The goal of music notation software design and development is to make a beautiful application that produces beautiful scores. Learn all about on the podcast.

New podcast episode! Sam Butler and Joe Plazak talk about their journey that began with the goal of making Avid Sibelius available on as many platforms as possible and resulting in Sibelius on iPad. Plus, a peek at what's to come in the future.

New post! The popular PDF Batch Utilities, available from NYC Music Services's Notation Central marketplace on a pay-what-you-wish basis, have been updated recently to fix several issues that appeared on macOS Big Sur (macOS 11).

The popular PDF Batch Utilities, available from our Notation Central marketplace on a pay-what-you-wish basis, have been updated recently to fix several issues that appeared on macOS Big Sur (macOS 11).

It sounds so simple, right? Two quarter notes in the space of three eighth notes. Except… there's a bit more to it in Sibelius and Dorico.

Often in published scores, we encounter text that extends beyond the barline. Here's how to use the Erase background option to mask barlines in Sibelius.

Notation Express for Dorico is a fully customized profile for the Elgato Stream Deck console that makes powerful Dorico features easy and fun to use.

A tutorial on creating aleatoric music notation. Some are less commonly used Sibelius features, while others are hacks to stretch Sibelius beyond its originally intended use.

New post! Dorico for iPad 1.1 removes the 12-player limitation for subscribers. There are many smaller but notable tweaks and bug fixes in this update, totaling nearly 50 in all.

Page numbers in Sibelius can be a bit of a mystery if you need to change their defaults. This in-depth post will take you through how page numbers are created, controlled, and modified in Sibelius.