Releases · musescore/MuseScore

New engraving and playback support for ornaments, including the ability to set custom alterations for trills, turns and mordents
A major improvement to the app's performance, allowing larger scores to play back up to 60% more efficiently
A dedicated new default reverb, which can be adjusted for each instrument track as well as globally across the entire mix
New auxiliary sends in the mixer, allowing instrument tracks to be routed to dedicated auxiliary channel strips for applying audio effects
New engraving and playback support for capos on guitar staves
New feature for displaying harp pedal diagrams
Dynamics and expression text now automatically combine, plus new controls for scaling and positioning dynamics
New live Braille module, including a panel that displays selected measures as Braille music notation (enabling more efficient score reading on Braille displays)
Upload audio directly to audio.com, allowing you to build a portfolio of your audio content to share with the world
View and open your online scores from musescore.com directly from the desktop app

Save to cloud: option to make a score "unlisted"
Publish to musescore.com: option to either replace the existing published score, or publish the score as a new file
New loading screen when opening multiple instances of the app on macOS
Fixed syllable-based pasting of lyrics
A more reliable VST scanning process
Around 100 engraving fixes and improvements (Read this article on musescore.org for a complete list)
Numerous bug fixes

This patch release contains fixes for numerous issues, and also includes some significant usability and engraving improvements.

Multiple issues causing score corruption have been fixed
Part scores are now scanned for corruptions
There is now a more comprehensive system for alerting you when there are corruptions identified on your score (including a mechanism to help you avoid saving those corruptions)

The Properties panel has been improved so it's possible to edit the visibility, colour and play settings of individual notes within chords
Toggling visibility of notes within chords now produces more predictable results
Images in frames can now be deleted
Parts can now be reset to their original layout
The UI is now easier to interact with when the user is holding the mouse unsteadily
The audio export process can now be cancelled
There's a new feature to save relevant diagnostic files (making it easier to get support from MuseScore developers)

Major improvements to how MuseScore handles with WASAPI (Benefits Windows users)

Various crashes have been fixed (including numerous VST-related crashes)
Zoom controls in the status bar are easier to use and more intuitive
Various problems with the visual behaviour of the app on second monitors are now resolved
Text line spacing option has been reinstated in Properties
Some playback problems have been resolved, including when entering tablature notation, and when changing the tempo using the tempo slider
Multiple other minor bug fixes

Multiple fixes to system-line objects
Several errors arising from setting notes to cue size are resolved
Fixes to the behaviour of system objects
Various fixes to the behaviour of stems
Voices now align correctly in 'full' tab staves
Sticking in percussion music no longer breaks slurs
Slurs now show correctly in parts when only some voices are displayed
Cross-page glissando lines have been finessed
Various collisions have been resolved (clefs and key signatures, accidentals and cross-staff beams)

Please see the 4.0.2 project for the complete list of issues addressed in this release

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