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Do you need wifi to use MuseScore?

MuseScore requires access to your internet connection with AVG. MuseScore doesn't need an internet connection to function, but if AVG blocks it, MuseScore hangs.

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Hardware incompatibilities

The following software is known to crash MuseScore on startup:

Software incompatibilities

AVG Internet Security hangs MuseScore

MuseScore requires access to your internet connection with AVG. MuseScore doesn't need an internet connection to function, but if AVG blocks it, MuseScore hangs. If AVG prompts you, Allow MuseScore and check "Save my answer as a permanent rule and do not ask me next time."

If it doesn't prompt you anymore,

Font problem on macOS

MuseScore is known to display notes as square when some fonts are damaged on macOS.

To troubleshoot this issue:

Go to Applications -> Font Book Select a font and press ⌘ + A to select them all Go to File -> Validate Fonts If any font is reported as damaged or with minor problems, select it and delete it Restart MuseScore if necessary

Font problem on Linux

If the default desktop environment application font is set to bold, MuseScore will not display the notes properly.

To troubleshoot this issue (gnome 2.*/MATE users):

Right-click on your desktop and select Change Desktop background Click on Fonts tab Set Regular style for Application font Restart MuseScore if necessary

For GNOME 3/SHELL users

Save As dialog empty on Linux

Some users reported that the Save As dialog is empty on Debian 6.0 and Lubuntu 10.10.

To troubleshoot this issue:

Type the following in a terminal which mscore The command will answer with the path of mscore. Edit it with your preferred text editor and add the following line at the beginning export QT_NO_GLIB=1

Launch MuseScore and the problem should be solved.

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Did MuseScore buy Audacity?

Audacity has been acquired by Muse Group, which also owns MuseScore and Ultimate Guitar. The popular recording and editing software will remain free.

Audacity, the open-source audio recording and editing software which launched in 2000, has been acquired by newly established company Muse Group. The deal was announced last week (30 April) by Martin Keary, who is Head Of Design at MuseScore, an open-source notation software also owned by Muse Group, and who will now “manage Audacity in partnership with its open-source community”, he said. The financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. Muse Group was formed just a few days prior to the Audacity announcement, on 26 April, to “support a portfolio of well-known and emerging music technology brands”, the new company said in a statement. Besides MuseScore, its portfolio includes the guitar community and tablature site, Ultimate Guitar, and guitar effects app Tonebridge. Ultimate Guitar’s founder Eugene Naidenov and current CEO Michael Trutnev are Muse Group’s chairman and CEO, respectively. In his YouTube video announcing the deal, Keary – also known as Tantacrul on the video platform – teased his plans for Audacity and confirmed that the software will remain free. “Just like we’re doing at MuseScore, we’re planning on significantly improving the feature set and ease-of-use of Audacity – providing dedicated designers and developers to give it the attention it deserves, while keeping it free and open-source,” he said in his video.

Watch the full video below:

Earlier this March, Audacity rolled out its first significant update in nine years, bringing the software up to version 3.0. It added an improved noise gate, analyser and file format, while also resolving 160 bugs. Audacity began development in 1999 at Carnegie Mellon University in a collaboration between software developer Dominic Mazzoni and his professor, Roger Dannenberg. As of 19 April 2021, Audacity has been downloaded over 100 million times on Fosshub.

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