X-MuseScore

3.5.0 [rev10]

Compose or import music, view the music score and edit it, with all the built-in notes, symbols and instruments, including a piano keyboard, a mixer, and a synth

X-MuseScore is a software tool which can be used in order to aid individuals in composing music, listening to it and editing scores, with the many options at your disposal.

The upper hand of a portable app


This is the portable counterpart of MuseScore, which means that you can easily bypass the installation process. Consequently, it means that the Windows registry and Start menu/screen are not going to suffer any kind of changes, and no traces will remain on the drive after its removal.
You should also know that if you move the program files to an external storage device, you make it possible to take X-MuseScore everywhere with you, and run it on any computer you have been granted access to.

Tabbed interface


The interface enclose a large amount of information, yet it is well-structures and thus, all user categories can find their way around it with ease. In addition to that, you should know it is possible to open multiple tabs in the same time, so that you can multi-task.

File types you can process


This utility supports a pretty long list of formats at import such as MSC, XML, MIDI, KAR, MD, CAP, BWW, SGU, MGU and OVE, while export is possible using MSCX, XML, MID, PDF, PS, PNG, SVG, WAV, FLAC and OGG file extensions.

An array of items to insert into songs


A huge instrument list is available, as well as multiple types of measures, barlines, clefs, key or time signatures, lines, brackets, accidentals, text and symbols, and you can take advantage of them when creating your own masterpiece. You can also insert notes, intervals and tuplets, edit the text style and save it as a MSS file, and use a search function.

Conclusion


To wrap it up, X-MuseScore is a complex and useful piece of software, dedicated to both power and novice users. It presents a huge amount of tools you can use, the response time is good, the import and export capabilities are quite impressive and it does not put a strain on the computer’s performance.