Millennial Irish! Remember rubbish nightclubs in the 2000's, which played the same music every Saturday? I'm trying to compile a list of the most commonly played songs during this period (eg. "I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)" by the Proclaimers). Throw some names at me!

I'll be giving a keynote talk about Audacity / MuseScore and open source design in Strasbourg next Thursday, 27th November. Last talk of the year. devfest.gdgstrasbourg.fr/speakers

One of the last major features to port from Audacity 3 to Audacity 4 - label tracks. This feature is a monster... but we're almost there.

1. The video I'm currently working on covers the pretty large subject of dance music (EDM, electronic music, etc). As part of this, I'm roving around a lot to soak up experiences outside my comfort zone of London, Brussels, Paris & Berlin.

YES!

Although Audacity was always going to have ASIO support (via a more complex route), this move from Steinberg has just made it a lot simpler. It's a great thing to see. www.steinberg.net/developers/a...

For anyone in London not busy tomorrow, my favourite dance music promotion, PM:AM, is on. Quite unique melodic, progressive techno. The community is the best part about it tho. Incredibly friendly, so if going solo, you'll be welcomed! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pmam-fluid...

Audacity 4 update. I created this short to describe another really important improvement we've just included. youtube.com/shorts/qzoQZ...

Fun times. It's going to be a busy week 🙂 For those wondering, this is exactly the reason I wanted to soft-launch the branding: to give me time to deliver the feedback to the creators. Beyond that, I'm incredibly pleased by the reaction to my own team's work. www.theverge.com/news/792368/...

New video is OUT! - How We're Building Audacity 4 youtu.be/QYM3TWf_G38?...

Our new release: MuseScore 4.6 is out now! This is an enormous release. Have a look and let me know what you think! youtu.be/J2gY9CbMuoI?...

My new video - How We're Creating Audacity 4 - is now available early on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/how-we...

Next video out in 2 weeks: How We're Making Audacity 4. Now that we're about 2/3rds way through development, I thought it would be a good time. A nice way to get feedback on ideas early. Runtime - around 50mins.

While we enter the final stages of our Alpha 1 release of Audacity 4, I thought I'd share this simple little improvement.

One of the developers on Audacity, Matthieu Hodgkinson, gave a talk about how he created our automatic tempo & time signature detection system at the Audio Developer Conference last year. They've just uploaded the talk which I've linked to below. youtu.be/yMbewdnupwU?...

Behold, a nice little text editing widget, which lets you input special characters more quickly. Out in around 1-2 weeks (MuseScore 4.6)

MuseScore Studio 4.6. Here's a little preview of a new system we've added that lets you manually hide staves. So glad we've finally got this change in. MSS was unfinished without it. Now, our focus will be on major big things for 5.0.

One of our partners: halbestunde.com is currently looking for an experienced product designer. It's a contract / remote role. If you are interested, email [email protected]. Musical BG is useful but not essential. Please include a portfolio of your work.

I like this shop.

if @tantacrul.bsky.social ever does a video on the ux of fl studio i think this would be a solid thumbnail candidate

Many have asked for a release of the 'Ooh Finale' song, so I've popped it up on a few streaming services. Enjoy!(?) open.spotify.com/album/1Yku74...

ICON HELP NEEDED FOR AUDACITY 4! I seem to be creatively challenged at the moment. Perhaps the community can come to the rescue?

Metering improvements in Audacity 4, which features quite a few requested improvements. Larger video about the overall design coming soon!

Audacity is looking for audio engineer (C++) to join our team. Please share with any developers you know who might fit the bill. Salaries are discussed at the outset of the hiring process. Apply here: www.mu.se/careers/audi...

A little update on how Audacity 4 is progressing. We've just about completed all the core editing work now and I wanted to demonstrate some of the workflow improvements we've included. Let me know if you'd like more little updates like this.

Cool! A new ruling is now forcing Apple to give more flexibility to services (like Patreon), so they can't skim 30% off the payments made to creators 🙌 www.theverge.com/news/659246/...

For anyone in Berlin who is interested, I'll be speaking again about Open Source design at WeAreDevelopers in July. My slot is late afternoon on the 10th. www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress

Thoughts on Dorico 6? About to upgrade later today and give it a spin.

That's what I'm talking about!

New video is OUT! Finale - How Music Software Dies youtu.be/Yqaon6YHzaU?...

How about a minimal UI mode in MuseScore Studio? And a slightly *more* minimal mode for those who want to save even more pixels? Not coming in 4.6... but coming soon!

Reminder that my new video: 'Finale - How Music Software Dies' is now available for early access on Patreon! Runtime: 1h 23m. If you want to see it first (and support the channel!), now’s the perfect time to join. www.patreon.com/posts/patreo...

My new video: 'Finale - How Music Software Dies' is now available for early access on Nebula! Runtime: 1h 23m. If you want to see it first (and support the channel!), visit: go.nebula.tv/tantacrul

My new video: 'Finale - How Music Software Dies' is now available for early access on Patreon! Runtime: 1h 23m. If you want to see it first (and support the channel!), now’s the perfect time to join. www.patreon.com/posts/patreo...

As I near completion of my last notation app review, I've come to the conclusion that this dialog is the single worst thing about Finale. Basically, if you need to use audio in any other app, Finale freaks and this appears up to 7 times in one go. Unimaginably annoying.

Here's an interview I did for The Internet Seriously Podcast on Thursday, where we discuss UX and tech regulation. youtu.be/eQsNWckU_90?...

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I HATE Native Access.

Here's an example of how our native effects will look in Audacity 4.

Reading 'Careless People' by Sarah Wynn-Williams, I'm stuck by the story of Meta's senior leader, Joel Kaplan and how Sarah was threatened for bringing up his sexually creepy behaviour to senior leadership at FB. Astonishing. Don't let FB silence this book! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

My instinctive first thought every time I see this: 'Please don't let this be the day that activation stops working again'

After @tantacrul.bsky.social mentioned me in his video on Aleatoric Music video (6 years ago 😅) I’ve finally resurrected the project that I felt most justified my inclusion! It was an app, now it’s a livestream on YouTube. www.youtube.com/live/-nEegj2...

A few tickets left for @Sungazer in Islington this evening. If you’re nearby, come along! dice.fm/event/v3evxd...

The first series isn't even done yet but for my money, The Pitt is the best series I've seen this year (topping even Adolescence). It's already in my all-time fav list. Incredible. www.imdb.com/title/tt3193...

One of the best video essays I've seen in a long time - and the very first upload from this creator too! It's about the pain felt by artists who lose access to tools they spent years learning. Just love it. Creator: @endvertex.bsky.social youtu.be/I4mdMMu-3fc?...

Just heard a story from a friend who works in a different company. Apparently, they judge their dev team's output according to the number of lines of code they write. Amazingly, one dev recently got in trouble for his optimisation work, which removed a few hundred lines.

My old friend, Sandhya Suri's debut feature film, SANTOSH, is opening in cinemas around the UK from March 21st. It's great. Join me in convincing her to require a soundtrack next time! Official Selection at Cannes last year. BAFTA & Oscar shortlisted. youtu.be/K69SXzqF5Ro?...

Last week, I gave a talk about how we can improve the design of open source software at FOSS Backstage Design in Berlin. Here's the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=12TJ...

Check our this list of engraving improvements to get an idea of quite how much stuff our engraving team do in each release. Our main release video can't even touch on 1% of them. musescore.org/en/node/375072

MuseScore 4.5 is out with tons of long-requested features. We've also made good on our promise to accommodate Finale users looking for a new home - adding 3 of their most popular features. Also, I hope you like my design for a new way to apply dynamics! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I-I...