musescore/MuseScore
Sep 2024 – Apr 2026
20 Months active
Languages Used
C++JavaScriptQMLXMLCMakeYAMLCSSC
Technical Skills
C++C++ developmentRefactoringRendering TechniquesSoftware ArchitectureSoftware Engineering
Roman Pudashkin
PROFILE
Roman Pudashkin
Roman Pudashkin engineered core features and stability improvements for the musescore/MuseScore repository, focusing on audio playback, score editing, and cross-platform reliability. He refactored playback and rendering pipelines in C++ and QML, introducing asynchronous programming patterns and robust event handling to enhance real-time audio synthesis and UI responsiveness. Roman delivered workflow enhancements such as online sounds integration, MIDI input reliability, and export tooling, while modernizing configuration and automation frameworks. His work addressed complex concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization challenges, resulting in a maintainable codebase that supports scalable music notation, efficient audio processing, and seamless user experiences across platforms.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
46%Features
Repository Contributions
515Total
Bugs
175
Commits
515
Features
150
Lines of code
13,908,242
Activity Months20
Work History
April 2026
7 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026: Focused on refining articulation data models, strengthening MIDI handling through tests, improving VSTi reliability, and enabling precise timing for drumset replacements. These changes reduce data noise, raise confidence in audio rendering, and enable more accurate performance scoring across MuseScore projects.
7 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026: Focused on refining articulation data models, strengthening MIDI handling through tests, improving VSTi reliability, and enabling precise timing for drumset replacements. These changes reduce data noise, raise confidence in audio rendering, and enable more accurate performance scoring across MuseScore projects.
April 2026
March 2026
20 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 (2026-03) monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore: Delivered key features that enhance MIDI control, audio reliability, and plugin robustness, while improving parsing and memory handling for more predictable performance. Focused on business value through smoother workflows, fewer crashes, and more stable audio rendering across environments.
March 2026
20 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 (2026-03) monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore: Delivered key features that enhance MIDI control, audio reliability, and plugin robustness, while improving parsing and memory handling for more predictable performance. Focused on business value through smoother workflows, fewer crashes, and more stable audio rendering across environments.
February 2026
23 Commits • 5 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 MuseScore development focused on performance, stability, and release readiness across the core playback, audio, and startup flows. Key work included playback UI and score-info performance optimizations, stability fixes across app lifecycle, new APIs and release-oriented enhancements, and CI/build improvements.
23 Commits • 5 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 MuseScore development focused on performance, stability, and release readiness across the core playback, audio, and startup flows. Key work included playback UI and score-info performance optimizations, stability fixes across app lifecycle, new APIs and release-oriented enhancements, and CI/build improvements.
February 2026
January 2026
37 Commits • 4 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 (2026-01) monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore: delivered core audio performance improvements, refactored infrastructure for stability and scalability, and introduced lazy rendering enhancements, with UI/context reliability improvements across the editor and mixer. Focused on business value: smoother audio playback, faster startup, and more robust plugin/device handling.
January 2026
37 Commits • 4 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 (2026-01) monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore: delivered core audio performance improvements, refactored infrastructure for stability and scalability, and introduced lazy rendering enhancements, with UI/context reliability improvements across the editor and mixer. Focused on business value: smoother audio playback, faster startup, and more robust plugin/device handling.
December 2025
43 Commits • 9 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 focused on delivering a robust, async-first architecture across core MuseScore components, enhancing user responsiveness, reliability, and data integrity. Key themes included async cloud-account management, non-blocking score retrieval and uploads, and a migration to the new NetworkManager. Addressed critical stability issues with locking, timers, and event handling while improving export fidelity and automation capabilities. These efforts deliver tangible business value by reducing wait times, preventing crashes, and enabling smoother cloud integrations and automated workflows.
43 Commits • 9 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 focused on delivering a robust, async-first architecture across core MuseScore components, enhancing user responsiveness, reliability, and data integrity. Key themes included async cloud-account management, non-blocking score retrieval and uploads, and a migration to the new NetworkManager. Addressed critical stability issues with locking, timers, and event handling while improving export fidelity and automation capabilities. These efforts deliver tangible business value by reducing wait times, preventing crashes, and enabling smoother cloud integrations and automated workflows.
December 2025
November 2025
44 Commits • 20 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 was focused on stability, reliability, and performance across MuseScore (musescore/MuseScore). Key areas included crash reduction, enhanced networked audio handling, improved observability, and targeted UI/rendering refinements. Deliverables combined bug fixes with architectural refinements and feature enhancements that reduce user friction, accelerate online interactions, and enable safer region exports. The team also advanced modernization efforts by adopting asynchronous NetworkManager usage across services and tightening tempo and playback consistency for a better user experience in both offline and online contexts.
November 2025
44 Commits • 20 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 was focused on stability, reliability, and performance across MuseScore (musescore/MuseScore). Key areas included crash reduction, enhanced networked audio handling, improved observability, and targeted UI/rendering refinements. Deliverables combined bug fixes with architectural refinements and feature enhancements that reduce user friction, accelerate online interactions, and enable safer region exports. The team also advanced modernization efforts by adopting asynchronous NetworkManager usage across services and tightening tempo and playback consistency for a better user experience in both offline and online contexts.
October 2025
18 Commits • 3 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 (2025-10) — MuseScore repository performance and stability improvements across playback, UI, export, and parsing. Delivered targeted bug fixes, notable performance optimizations, and internal refactors that enhance reliability, responsiveness, and maintainability.Impact: fewer crashes, smoother playback, more reliable exports, and a cleaner codebase with improved memory management and observability.
18 Commits • 3 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 (2025-10) — MuseScore repository performance and stability improvements across playback, UI, export, and parsing. Delivered targeted bug fixes, notable performance optimizations, and internal refactors that enhance reliability, responsiveness, and maintainability.Impact: fewer crashes, smoother playback, more reliable exports, and a cleaner codebase with improved memory management and observability.
October 2025
September 2025
39 Commits • 11 Features
Sep 1, 20252025-09 Monthly Summary for musescore/MuseScore: Delivered a focused set of enhancements across MIDI input reliability, UI/Score editing UX, and export tooling that collectively improve playback reliability, editing efficiency, and export flexibility. The work reduced user-facing glitches, streamlined workflows for composers and performers, and lowered maintenance costs through refactorings and better error handling.
September 2025
39 Commits • 11 Features
Sep 1, 20252025-09 Monthly Summary for musescore/MuseScore: Delivered a focused set of enhancements across MIDI input reliability, UI/Score editing UX, and export tooling that collectively improve playback reliability, editing efficiency, and export flexibility. The work reduced user-facing glitches, streamlined workflows for composers and performers, and lowered maintenance costs through refactorings and better error handling.
August 2025
61 Commits • 24 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 (Month: 2025-08) — Delivered cross-platform improvements, stability fixes, and performance optimizations across MuseScore core and MuseSampler ecosystem. Focused on business value: reliable note-entry workflows, robust drag/selection semantics, and streamlined cross-platform Linux support for MuseSounds, plus proactive versioning/update checks to reduce user friction. Also enhanced observability through logging and targeted UI improvements to improve user experience during playback, online sounds processing, and score editing.
61 Commits • 24 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 (Month: 2025-08) — Delivered cross-platform improvements, stability fixes, and performance optimizations across MuseScore core and MuseSampler ecosystem. Focused on business value: reliable note-entry workflows, robust drag/selection semantics, and streamlined cross-platform Linux support for MuseSounds, plus proactive versioning/update checks to reduce user friction. Also enhanced observability through logging and targeted UI improvements to improve user experience during playback, online sounds processing, and score editing.
August 2025
July 2025
33 Commits • 14 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025: Key features delivered, major fixes, and impact across MuseScore/MuseScore. The work focused on enhancing score rendering and playback fidelity, strengthening reliability, expanding sampler integration, and modernizing configuration to support evolving workflows. Result is richer notation display and dynamics handling, more reliable playback, better testing and stability, and clearer API/config guidance for downstream tooling.
July 2025
33 Commits • 14 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025: Key features delivered, major fixes, and impact across MuseScore/MuseScore. The work focused on enhancing score rendering and playback fidelity, strengthening reliability, expanding sampler integration, and modernizing configuration to support evolving workflows. Result is richer notation display and dynamics handling, more reliable playback, better testing and stability, and clearer API/config guidance for downstream tooling.
June 2025
12 Commits • 3 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore: Delivered end-to-end online sounds workflow enhancements and real-time playback improvements with a focus on reliability, UX, and expressiveness. Key features include online sounds processing workflow enhancements with export gating, manual processing trigger, onboarding tours, and per-user online sounds preferences; real-time playback enhancements with sustained notes, MIDI controller event support, new articulations, and refactored playback parameter handling; and targeted quality improvements to playback responsiveness during text editing. Notable lyric handling improvements include hyphenated syllable support and multiline lyric parsing fixes in playback context and MuseSampler. Commits span across the feature and bug work: 552fa341ffeb3685c2351a849bef12a82dcdc3aa, 82fcc1ee72dd26414670eb3199f3c7940b24fd79, d9599522dd07e9e4aa4c20620d4f955da50e4c89, 1f3c93dad7bcb93b6cdc889433728e2a51f2cb7a, 20f4683341ccec5c970ce16cd7ff09246331cb18, 77658c4e089cb9de42f646fb677033c94109444d, 475de346c84d721702d3172bcafcb67c4b9ca47d, b7b46434704e08a7a15447f6d6f8237f9d144466, a6d99a5a8607df8fb8430f9a4511b3508b436868, 93e353ee4a88ce4c4ec0f871a94bac4105de2eb9, 86407bda1e7376dda0ff57655631fa730fe33e46, eb625451af8d98cd4adb8a7dee45db3db6531b75
12 Commits • 3 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore: Delivered end-to-end online sounds workflow enhancements and real-time playback improvements with a focus on reliability, UX, and expressiveness. Key features include online sounds processing workflow enhancements with export gating, manual processing trigger, onboarding tours, and per-user online sounds preferences; real-time playback enhancements with sustained notes, MIDI controller event support, new articulations, and refactored playback parameter handling; and targeted quality improvements to playback responsiveness during text editing. Notable lyric handling improvements include hyphenated syllable support and multiline lyric parsing fixes in playback context and MuseSampler. Commits span across the feature and bug work: 552fa341ffeb3685c2351a849bef12a82dcdc3aa, 82fcc1ee72dd26414670eb3199f3c7940b24fd79, d9599522dd07e9e4aa4c20620d4f955da50e4c89, 1f3c93dad7bcb93b6cdc889433728e2a51f2cb7a, 20f4683341ccec5c970ce16cd7ff09246331cb18, 77658c4e089cb9de42f646fb677033c94109444d, 475de346c84d721702d3172bcafcb67c4b9ca47d, b7b46434704e08a7a15447f6d6f8237f9d144466, a6d99a5a8607df8fb8430f9a4511b3508b436868, 93e353ee4a88ce4c4ec0f871a94bac4105de2eb9, 86407bda1e7376dda0ff57655631fa730fe33e46, eb625451af8d98cd4adb8a7dee45db3db6531b75
June 2025
May 2025
5 Commits • 5 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore focusing on online audio processing improvements and playback reliability. Delivered robust real-time progress polling and status reporting for online audio operations, enhanced UI feedback, and cross-component synchronization to ensure uninterrupted playback across MuseSampler instances.
May 2025
5 Commits • 5 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore focusing on online audio processing improvements and playback reliability. Delivered robust real-time progress polling and status reporting for online audio operations, enhanced UI feedback, and cross-component synchronization to ensure uninterrupted playback across MuseSampler instances.
April 2025
25 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025: Stabilized MuseScore with a targeted set of bug fixes, performance optimizations, and new observability features. Focused on rendering correctness, playback reliability, object lifecycle hygiene, and runtime status handling to deliver tangible business value and improved developer confidence.
25 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025: Stabilized MuseScore with a targeted set of bug fixes, performance optimizations, and new observability features. Focused on rendering correctness, playback reliability, object lifecycle hygiene, and runtime status handling to deliver tangible business value and improved developer confidence.
April 2025
March 2025
28 Commits • 7 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 focused on stabilizing the MuseScore codebase while delivering targeted user-facing improvements and enabling faster QA cycles. Key work spanned bug fixes across editing, playback, and UI, plus features that improve onboarding and workflow efficiency. The result is a more reliable editing experience, clearer terminology, and smoother playback.
March 2025
28 Commits • 7 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 focused on stabilizing the MuseScore codebase while delivering targeted user-facing improvements and enabling faster QA cycles. Key work spanned bug fixes across editing, playback, and UI, plus features that improve onboarding and workflow efficiency. The result is a more reliable editing experience, clearer terminology, and smoother playback.
February 2025
55 Commits • 11 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 MuseScore monthly summary focused on robustness, usability, and performance improvements to deliver clear business value in notation workflows. Key features delivered include large-time-signature support in the Layout panel, improved backend recognition for title and composer when not explicitly stated, and interactive UX enhancements such as starting Notation input with A-G keys. Notable reliability and performance wins come from input-by-duration hardening, substantial rendering/system-objects optimizations, runtime assertions, and CI/versioning improvements. The release was prepared as v4.6.0 with nightly builds enabled and related CI updates, alongside refactors to NotationInput and UI context labeling.
55 Commits • 11 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 MuseScore monthly summary focused on robustness, usability, and performance improvements to deliver clear business value in notation workflows. Key features delivered include large-time-signature support in the Layout panel, improved backend recognition for title and composer when not explicitly stated, and interactive UX enhancements such as starting Notation input with A-G keys. Notable reliability and performance wins come from input-by-duration hardening, substantial rendering/system-objects optimizations, runtime assertions, and CI/versioning improvements. The release was prepared as v4.6.0 with nightly builds enabled and related CI updates, alongside refactors to NotationInput and UI context labeling.
February 2025
January 2025
29 Commits • 19 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly highlights for the musescore/MuseScore repository focused on strengthening the note input workflow, UX, and stability, delivering business value through faster composition, more reliable input handling, and better editor polish.
January 2025
29 Commits • 19 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly highlights for the musescore/MuseScore repository focused on strengthening the note input workflow, UX, and stability, delivering business value through faster composition, more reliable input handling, and better editor polish.
December 2024
19 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore focusing on engrave UI/UX, articulation playback, and stability improvements across the codebase. Delivered significant UI/UX enhancements for engraving and instrument scene workflows, expanded and stabilized articulation and pedal playback, and improved resource identification and crash safety. These changes improve artist expressiveness, project stability, and backward compatibility with existing projects.
19 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore focusing on engrave UI/UX, articulation playback, and stability improvements across the codebase. Delivered significant UI/UX enhancements for engraving and instrument scene workflows, expanded and stabilized articulation and pedal playback, and improved resource identification and crash safety. These changes improve artist expressiveness, project stability, and backward compatibility with existing projects.
December 2024
November 2024
10 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore focusing on layout/UI overhaul, system objects management, and stability improvements. Key outcomes include a UI overhaul renaming Instruments panel to Layout, a new SystemObjectsLayerTreeItem, enhanced add button behavior, and expanded system object settings in engraving and instruments scenes. Concrete fixes reduced audio edge cases and prevented crashes in percussion handling, while instrument replacement now preserves notation consistency. These changes improve workflow clarity, reliability of the engraving pipeline, and overall product stability.
November 2024
10 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore focusing on layout/UI overhaul, system objects management, and stability improvements. Key outcomes include a UI overhaul renaming Instruments panel to Layout, a new SystemObjectsLayerTreeItem, enhanced add button behavior, and expanded system object settings in engraving and instruments scenes. Concrete fixes reduced audio edge cases and prevented crashes in percussion handling, while instrument replacement now preserves notation consistency. These changes improve workflow clarity, reliability of the engraving pipeline, and overall product stability.
October 2024
2 Commits
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore focused on delivering critical edge-case fixes in playback and rendering, along with regression tests to ensure long-term stability. The work improved playback accuracy for complex notation, reduced risk of mis-rendering, and demonstrated strong collaboration between testing and code changes.
2 Commits
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 monthly summary for musescore/MuseScore focused on delivering critical edge-case fixes in playback and rendering, along with regression tests to ensure long-term stability. The work improved playback accuracy for complex notation, reduced risk of mis-rendering, and demonstrated strong collaboration between testing and code changes.
October 2024
September 2024
5 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 2024In September 2024, for musescore/MuseScore, delivered significant improvements to playback rendering and articulation handling, with a strong emphasis on maintainability and future readiness. Implemented a new NoteRenderer and refactored rendering context to streamline playback and reduce code duplication. Enhanced rendering of tied notes and articulations (including tremolo) and separated articulations from chords to improve visual clarity and playback accuracy. Fixed glissando rendering on tied notes, addressing a visual/ playback discrepancy and improving score fidelity. These changes reduce CPU load during rendering, improve the accuracy of playback, and provide a solid foundation for future performance optimizations and features. Commit highlights include refactors and feature work that reduced duplication and introduced the NoteRenderer, plus targeted fixes for tied-note rendering and glissando handling.
September 2024
5 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 2024In September 2024, for musescore/MuseScore, delivered significant improvements to playback rendering and articulation handling, with a strong emphasis on maintainability and future readiness. Implemented a new NoteRenderer and refactored rendering context to streamline playback and reduce code duplication. Enhanced rendering of tied notes and articulations (including tremolo) and separated articulations from chords to improve visual clarity and playback accuracy. Fixed glissando rendering on tied notes, addressing a visual/ playback discrepancy and improving score fidelity. These changes reduce CPU load during rendering, improve the accuracy of playback, and provide a solid foundation for future performance optimizations and features. Commit highlights include refactors and feature work that reduced duplication and introduced the NoteRenderer, plus targeted fixes for tied-note rendering and glissando handling.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness90.0%
Maintainability85.6%
Architecture83.8%
Performance83.4%
AI Usage21.4%
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Programming Languages
BatchCC++CMakeCSSHeaderJSONJavaScriptObjective-CPython
Technical Skills
API DesignAPI DevelopmentAPI IntegrationAPI designAPI integrationAlgorithmic CalculationAsynchronous ProgrammingAudio API IntegrationAudio DevelopmentAudio Engine DevelopmentAudio Engine IntegrationAudio EngineeringAudio Framework DevelopmentAudio PlaybackAudio Processing
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