Does MuseScore 3 support "scrubbing"
I am writing choral music and long for the ability to scrub through the chords. Has this been implemented? I would be willing to donate if there is a scrubbing mode.
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Not quite.
You could try using the play panel to a very low tempo and then drag the playback slider with the mouse once playback has started.
In reply to Not quite. You could try… by jeetee
Darn, I do enough choral arranging that I may need to look elsewhere. I really need this feature. Thank you for your response.
In reply to Darn, I do enough choral… by ondesic
It's a tradeoff - no doubt you'll find other software that has this but lacks other things MsueScore does. Personally, when I switched from Finale to MuseScore, I missed it for a few days then quickly got used to the many other ways of checking my work. Not that I'd turn it down if someone were to implement it, but I think you'll discover there are many alternatives to this, and many things in MsueScore you'd much rather not do without *unless the "elsewhere" means, software costing close to $1000 which would indeed do everything MuseScore does and then some).
I too would really value scrubbing during playback, for exactly the same reason, choral arranging and composition. I use scrubbing in Melodyne to check what a chord is in something I'm trying to analyse and then want to check it is playing back right by scrubbing through the same chord in MuseScore. I adore MuseScore and am grateful for everything that it is, but scrubbing playback would be immensely useful.
In reply to I too would really value… by djgreen66uk1
Yes, I absolutely agree!
I totally agree. It's really worth it! I wish I could program it myself!
In reply to I totally agree. It's really… by alexandredese
Have you tried jeetee's suggested workaround of setting a very slow tempo (eg, 1 BPM) and then using the cursor keys? It's pretty brilliant!
In reply to Have you tried jeetee's… by Marc Sabatella
For Windows: Jeetee's workaround reformulated in a very simple AutoHotkey macro.
Select a note. After pressing CapsLock + Q a tempo text = 1 is created.
For more AHK info click my username.
See also:
https://github.com/MichLeon/Colored-Markers
https://github.com/MichLeon/Apply-Palette-Symbols
Workarounds are for some time but not forever. Features live by their accesibillity.
I stopped using Finale maybe 10 years ago and i still miss this one feature. Hack! Even sibelius and dorico have it now. Scrubbing is not a neach feature. It's industry standard by now. If writing sheet music was my daily job, i would honestly consider an other software just because of this one feature.
Sorry for the emotional tone. That's because I care. I know this project is mostly driven by volunteers but could you please prioritize basic features over new fonds or sound librarys? That would be great!
In reply to Workarounds are for some… by tuxwurst
In six years, a total of four people (out of the hundreds of thousands who use the software) have said they wanted this feature. That's a pretty good definition of "niche".
In reply to Workarounds are for some… by tuxwurst
What good is scrubbing if your playback sounds like hell.
It didn't do any good to Finale.