I've read that MuseScore 4.4 will be getting improvements to dynamics, although it looks like it's focused on the internal sounds.

There's someone working on improving the UI for creating dynamics, although I don't know if/when it'll be folded into the main code branch:

https://musescore.org/en/user/5201410/blog/2024/07/01/gsoc-2024-dynamics-popup-week-5?source=https://vi-control.net/community

There are some people who are able to create their songs completely in BiaB, and there are others who can do all their work in MuseScore.

The problem with using one tool to do everything is that there are things that tool isn't going to be able to do.

To me, MuseScore offers some really good orchestral instruments, and a nice notation-based interface. But if you want to create your own sounds, there are easier tools to make that happen.

Plus, it locks you out of using tools like BiaB. Why notate a bass or guitar when BiaB can give you RealTracks with an excellent performance.

That's the advantage of a DAW - you can take files from multiple sources (BiaB, MuseScore, etc.) and assemble a finished product there. Most DAWs allow MIDI editing using piano roll notation. That's a bit off-putting if you're used to notation, but really efficient once you get used to it.

Since you don't have a DAW, why not have a look at Audacity? It's recently added a lot of features that make it a very usable DAW. Audacity is now owned by the same company what owns MuseScore. You can just drag and drop your audio tracks into Audacity and edit them there.

The main main issue I find with using Audacity as a DAW is that it's slow, and doesn't seem to support MIDI editing.

PG Music even has their own DAW, RealBand.

While there are learning curves to using DAWs, they are far outweighed by the benefits of using one. It allows you to use your various tools for what they do best, instead of making one single tool try to do things that it's not necessarily good at.

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?