MusE

{{Short description|Free software MIDI/Audio sequencer}}

{{Infobox software

| name = MusE

| logo = Muse-sequencer.png

| screenshot = Muse4.0 screenshot.png

| screenshot size = 250px

| caption = Screenshot of MusE 4.0

| author = Werner Schweer

| developer = MusE development team

| released = {{Start date and age|2000|01|13|df=yes}}

| latest release version = 4.2.1

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|09|24|df=yes}}

| programming language = C++, Qt

| operating system = Linux

| genre = Digital audio workstation

| license = GPL-2.0-or-later[https://github.com/muse-sequencer/muse/blob/master/src/COPYING MusE License]

| website = {{URL|https://muse-sequencer.github.io}}

}}

MusE is computer software, a sequencer for Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) and audio, with recording and editing abilities.{{cite magazine|last=Neumann|first=Frank|date=December 2003|title=The MusE Audio/MIDI Sequencer: Professional Music Maker|url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/37/MusE_Sequencer.pdf|magazine=Linux Magazine|location=Germany|publisher=Medialinx AG, Linux New Media|issue=37|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041012185340/http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/37/MusE_Sequencer.pdf|archive-date=October 12, 2004}}{{cite web |url=http://linux-sound.org/quick-toots/2-muse/quick-toot-muse.html |title=Recording A MIDI Sequence With MusE |last1=Phillips |first1=Dave |website=Sound & MIDI Software For Linux |publisher=Dave Phillips |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060407004701/http://linux-sound.org/quick-toots/2-muse/quick-toot-muse.html |archive-date=2006-04-07 }}{{cite web |url=http://linux-sound.org/quick-toots/4-sequencers_and_softsynths/quick-toot-midisynth_howto.html |title=HowTo Use MIDI Sequencers With Softsynths |last1=Barknecht |first1=Frank |website=Sound & MIDI Software For Linux |publisher=Dave Phillips |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426235453/http://linux-sound.org/quick-toots/4-sequencers_and_softsynths/quick-toot-midisynth_howto.html |archive-date=2006-04-26 }} It was originally written by Werner Schweer and now is developed by the MusE development team. It is free software released under GPL-2.0-or-later.

MusE aims to be a complete multitrack virtual studio for Linux. As of 2020, it has no support under other platforms as it relies on Linux-only technologies, such as Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). It also supports the Linux Audio Session Handler (LASH).

For version 0.7, the music notation feature was removed from MusE; this code later became the cross-platform notation app MuseScore Studio.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7912|title=Linux MIDI: A Brief Survey, Part 2|author=Dave Phillips|date=Nov 23, 2004|magazine=Linux Journal|access-date=2011-12-29}} A scoring feature returned to MusE in version 2.0.[https://github.com/muse-sequencer/muse/blob/master/src/ChangeLog github.com/muse-sequencer/muse/blob/master/src/ChangeLog] "0.7.0pre4 tagged" .. "removed obsolete score editor" and "27.04.2011" ... "merged score edit branch into trunk (flo)"

From version 2.2 MusE supports the LV2 audio plugin format and the formerly supported Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API (LADSPA), Disposable Soft Synth Interface (DSSI), and Virtual Studio Technology (VST).

From version 4.0 a redesigned user interface has been added.{{Cite web |title=Release MusE 4.0 |url=https://github.com/muse-sequencer/muse/releases/tag/4.0.0 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=github.com}}