New post! MusGlyphs has been updated to version 2.1 with the introduction of MusGlyphs Text, a version that allows the user to type ordinary text and musical symbols without needing to switch between two different fonts. Other updates include enclosures, more time signatures and clefs, straight flags, and more.

Scoring Notes Live: Comparing the major music notation software applications. A special live video presentation of the Scoring Notes podcast, in partnership with the MOLA conference.

Scoring Notes Live: Comparing the major music notation software applications. A special live video presentation of the Scoring Notes podcast, in partnership with the MOLA conference.

Some Dorico and Sibelius updates may be technical in nature, but never fear — that’s our sweet spot here on Scoring Notes. We discuss on the podcast.

Set a custom playback order for your music, including complex repeats and gaps, using the Manual Repeats feature in Sibelius.

New podcast episode! We discuss how to take the stress out of working on a deadline, organize a project, and make the end result better for everyone.

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.

Tame tempestuous tuplets, tremolos and beams in Sibelius with Notation Express. http://notationexpress.com/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

New post! Extend your keyboard shortcuts on a Mac by using BetterTouchTool, an app which allows the user to define a trigger, and then associate one or more actions that will be launched when that trigger is detected.

If you haven’t yet listened to this week’s Scoring Notes podcast episode, it’s a great explainer on the basics of how digital audio is produced and processed. Even if you “only” work with music notation software, you’re likely to encounter these concepts!