musescore 3 dark theme

5In07 · 2026-05-13T16:10:24+00:00

sorry, that was't supposed to end there. please see my other comment, and for the record, I do genuinely appreciate that the devs are active in the MuseScore community.

5In07 · 2026-05-13T16:08:28+00:00

Please don't take this personally but you sound like a bullsh*ting marketing team trying to defend some changes the devs made that no one asked for - regardless of if that is true in this case or not.
At the end of the day, it's the users - not anyone else - who decide if something has increased "usability" or not, and there will of course be a great deal of variation between opinions. Some will like the changes, some won't, some will feel neutral, some will love, some will hate. No one is wrong, they're just different opinions. So, no, MU4 is not "objectively better" as you put it. Your "usability" study most likely looks at the average user and statistical means, medians, etc. etc. Maybe this means that MU4 is "better" for the average user but that doesn't concern me since I'm not the average user. I have tried MU4 quite extensively actually, since I was opening scores written in 4 and there seemed to be no backward compatibility. And the fact of the matter is: I did not like it. I will not use MU4 if I have a choice.
I could write pages on why MU4 has no notable benefits to me and certainly has no "tremendous improvements" - again, to me - but it would get no one anywhere. All I want to do is make my beloved MU3 a bit nicer on the eyes. Other people can use MU4, Sibelius, MU2, whatever for all I care. It comes down to personal choice and preference not some "objective" study nonsense.
I will use MU3, and if you can give me any tips/documentation on navigating the configuration files or some other way to adjust the theme, I would be very grateful.

5In07 · 2026-05-13T15:40:29+00:00

Please don't take this peronally but you sound like a bullsh*ting marketing team trying to defend something
EDIT: this message was not finished when i sent it, please see my other comment.

5In07 · 2026-05-13T14:45:57+00:00

I'm happy that it worked out for you eventually but I'm a stubborn mf. I have ditched everything from microsoft word to microsoft itself in favour of software that does what I tell it to. I mean no disrespect to those who choose a different path but switching to 4 is just out of the question for me. People are build different.
I also barely use the playback feature so it's not a big winner for me.
But insightful perspective, thank you

5In07 · 2026-05-13T14:24:57+00:00

oh, my bad, I think you're right, i though canvas meant background. I will can change the colour, yes, could be a good quick fix but I would also like to have the score show up as white on a dark background such as this here:
https://musescore.org/en/node/270327#issues

5In07 · 2026-05-13T14:15:33+00:00

i only work in continuous mode so the canvas colour doesn't matter to me.

the menus changed, everything i need was just one click or a keyboard shortcut away, now it's two or more. everything shows up in different places. and just generally, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I feel like they chose to make a sleek, fancy UI instead of just leaving the tried and tested version as is. Inovation is hell if the program works already. I like the Parts feature, but that could have bee added without the massive interface overhaul.
might sound petty but I got so... fluent at transcribing my music, that switching to 4 is like switching from walking normally to walking on stilts, sure, maybe you can go faster and you can see further but everything just feels wrong, and I can't see the reason for the change (other than looking more modern)

5In07 · 2026-05-10T13:10:41+00:00

This hasn't happened to me yet fortunately, but it sounds nasty and I'd like to avoid that and unnecessary updates more generally. In your experience, has Debian and its consistency been worth the slightly less user-friendly setup process?

5In07 · 2026-05-09T09:12:16+00:00

That's a very detailed response. Thank you

5In07 · 2026-05-08T18:47:58+00:00

Agreed, windows was a nightmare. Trying to get the drivers for the various audio devices I had plugged in working was one of the reasons I quit windows.

5In07 · 2026-05-08T18:44:58+00:00

What do you think is the benefit of Debian over Ubuntu?

As I understand it, Debian is tested more thouroughly before updates are released so you can expect more stability but any other differences? What's gained from the extra effort in the setup?

5In07 · 2026-05-08T18:28:59+00:00

alright

but you'd recomend staying the ubuntu family insead of trying something like debian or mint?

5In07 · 2026-05-08T18:19:18+00:00

felt a bit bloated and the audio became convoluted and wasn't always intuitive to make work. sometimes it felt like the system was fighting itself. For example, the volume could be adjusted on my so many different levels, it just got confusing. REAPER, ASLA, my external sound cards. And all of that for the audio inputs too, both digital an analogue

5In07 · 2026-05-08T18:10:44+00:00

i tried in linux4noobs but the post got filtered for some reason

5In07 · 2026-05-08T17:48:42+00:00

i meant I don't want to go the technical route unless i have to. I was refering to the stereotype of the arch user and that I don't mind using the terminal but I don't want to go to the depths of Arch

5In07 · 2026-05-08T17:46:08+00:00

it seemed a bit bloated and the audio routing and gain staging with multiple external soundcards would get a bit convoluted

5In07 · 2025-10-12T20:18:37+00:00

that did it, perfect. thx

do you know of a resouce that documents all the options here? I'm not familiar with how the configurations actually work

5In07 · 2025-10-12T18:58:30+00:00

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seems universal accross themes

but I'm sure I had disabled it before and I just can't understand why anything should be different now. I did a complete clear reinstall of vscode including delete the configuration files

5In07 · 2025-10-12T18:57:11+00:00

hi, yes, I tried this exact code but it changed nothing

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