musescore / musescore/MuseScore

note repeats endlessly

Open
#20,653 6 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

feature request regression MS3 UX/interaction
Dominant language
C++
Stars
15.1k
Forks
3.3k
Avg merge
2d 2h
Merged PRs (30d)
91

Description

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Bug description

Pressing a key note (i.e. a key that produces a note in a staff) causes the note to be repeated endlessly.
Pressing Escape ends the repetition, but the sound keeps for a while.
Clicking on any note starts the replaying again apparently endless.

I have tried restarting the Application after deleting the folder Libraray/Application Support/MuseScore/MuseScore4 and the file Library/Preferences/org.musescore.MuseScore4.plist
It didn't change the behaviour.

Steps to reproduce
  1. Create a new score, assign any instrument.
  2. In the score press any note key, e.g. "g"
  3. The note is repeated and replayed endlessly
Screenshots/Screen recordings

https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/assets/65034781/9252dd9c-268e-4293-aeef-5d68c98383e5

MuseScore Version

OS: macOS 10.15, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.2.0-233521125, revision: github-musescore-musescore-eb8d33c

Regression

Yes, this used to work in MuseScore 3.x and now is broken

Operating system

macOS 10.15

Additional context

No response

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named. Reproduce the endless note replay with MuseScore 4.2.0-233521125 on macOS 10.15, then trace note-key input and playback behavior; done means a pressed note plays once, Escape stops it, and clicking another note does not restart endless repetition.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.