Installing Muse Sounds
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Muse Sounds is a library of sophisticated plugins that provide realistic playback for MuseScore Studio.
On Windows and macOS, Muse Sounds are installed via the Muse Hub utility, which can also be used to install MuseScore Studio. If you don't have Muse Hub yet you can download it for free from musehub.com.
Once installed, Muse Hub is found in the Windows system tray (shortcut Win+B to focus), or the macOS menu bar (press VO+M twice to focus while VoiceOver is running).
When Muse Hub is open, click Get under any sound you’d like to have in your library, and it will begin downloading and installing right away.
Muse Hub also contains a range of effects plugins. Download and install these from the Effects tab.
Once a plugin is fully downloaded, it will appear in the Mixer the next time you launch MuseScore Studio.
On Linux, Muse Sounds are installed via Muse Sounds Manager, which you can download from musescore.org as a DEB or RPM package for 64-bit Intel/AMD architectures (not ARM currently).
When Muse Sounds Manager is open, click Get under any sound you’d like to have in your library, and it will begin downloading and installing right away.
Once a plugin is fully downloaded, it will appear in the Mixer the next time you launch MuseScore Studio.
Any Muse Sounds plugins you’ve downloaded will be automatically assigned to the appropriate instruments in your score.
You can tell MuseScore Studio to always use available Muse Sounds plugins via the Playback Setup dialog.
Go to view → Playback setup
Select Muse Sounds in the Profiles section
Leave Set as default for new scores checked if you want all future scores to also use Muse Sounds
Click OK
The Muse Sounds playback profile will ensure that all Muse Sounds plugins will be assigned to every available instrument in your score. You can also manually assign a Muse Sounds plugin to a single instrument via the Mixer. This can be helpful for scores with more than one instrument, where you may wish to combine Muse Sounds plugins with other VSTs or Soundfonts.
Go to View → Mixer to show the Mixer (Shortcut: F10)
Hover over a plugin slot next to Sound
Click the dropdown button that appears
Navigate to Muse Sounds and select a sound from the desired library
Muse Sounds currently supports the following instruments:
Bass Trombone
Cimbasso
Horn in F
Horns a6
Trombone
Trombones a3
Trumpet
Trumpets a4
Tuba
Altos
Basses
Full Choir
Men
Sopranos
Tenors
Women
Marching Bass Drums
Marching Cymbals
Marching Snares
Marching Tenors
Show Style Tenors
Acoustic Nylon
Acoustic Steel Picked
Acoustic Steel Plucked
Electric Bass
Electric LP - Clean
Electric LP - Heavy
Electric LP - Lead
Electric SC - Clean
Electric SC - Heavy
Electric SC - Lead
Harp
Celesta
Dream Piano
Grand Piano
Hammond Organ
Harpsichord
Soft Piano
Suitcase Piano
Upright Piano
Wurly 200A
Bass Drum
Bell Tree
Bongos
Cabasa
Castanets
Claves
Cowbell
Crotales
Drum Kit
Field Drum
Glockenspiel
Gong
Marimba
Mark Tree
Metronome
Piatti
Shaker
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum
Sus.Cymbal
Taikos
Tam-tam
Tambourine
Timbales
Timpani
Toms
Triangle
Tubular Bells
Vibraphone
Wood Blocks
Xylophone
Contrabasses
Viola (Solo)
Violas
Violin 1 (Solo)
Violin 2 (Solo)
Violins 1
Violins 2
Violoncello (Solo)
Violoncellos
Alto Flute
Alto Sax
Baritone Sax
Bass Clarinet
Bass Flute
Bassoon
Clarinet in Bb
Clarinet in Eb
Contrabass Flute
Contrabassoon
English Horn
Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe
Piccolo
Soprano Sax
Tenor Sax
Any instruments not supported by Muse Sounds will remain assigned to MS Basic by default.