New post! Avid Sibelius 2022.3 adds support for Windows 11 and macOS 12 Monterey. The UI graphics have been changed, the manuscript papers are updated with some helpful new behaviors, and the ManuScript plug-in language gains more functions.

Ambitus is a font that can be used to quickly create musical hints, like vocal ranges or initial pitches of instruments like timpani (“pitch incipits”). It can be used in standard word processors as well as in music notation software.

New post! Ambitus is a font that can be used to quickly create musical hints, like vocal ranges or initial pitches of instruments like timpani (“pitch incipits”). It can be used in standard word processors as well as in music notation software.

On the podcast: Our take on the latest Finale Music Notation Software and Dorico updates.

New podcast episode! Software updates are often blockbuster events, but sometimes they are smaller affairs that just make working in the programs appreciably better, like with the latest updates to Finale Music Notation Software and Dorico.

The AI transcriber is hungry again.

New post! Dorico 4.0.20 is out with improvements to the jump bar, a quick tool selector for the Key Editor, and easier synchronization in the Library Manager, among other fixes. On Mac, Quick Look and full Spotlight support is added.

New post! A reliable way to actually create true 100% black output in PDFs from Finale Music Notation Software, and a Keyboard Maestro script to automate the process for an entire set of parts.

Feature request for Finale Music Notation Software on this weekend's podcast episode with Darcy James Argue! https://www.scoringnotes.com/podcast/darcy-james-argue-jazzes-up-finale-with-style/

New podcast episode! Darcy James Argue returns to talk about his role in creating the fully revamped SMuFL-compliant jazz default file and document style in the Finale Music Notation Software v27.2 update, and offers some tips for how users can make the most of it.