Don't fret! This was a fun discussion about guitar music and notation software on the podcast.
New podcast episode! Guitarist and composer Doug Gibson shares his transcription and notation process, gives us his opinions on what the various software platforms get right, and tells us his wishes for improvements when it comes to working with guitar music.
New post! Master the humble Selection Tool in Finale Music Notation Software and you will save precious seconds every time. Multiplied by a few hundred or a few thousand times each time you use it, and it adds up. Jason Loffredo hosts.
What’s with those strange-looking accidentals? Here's how to correct the occasional strange accidental symbol making mischief in your Sibelius score.
Batch Scale PDF, a simple, free app for Mac & PC that quickly scales many PDFs to any other size PDF.
At Notation Central, you'll find music and text fonts from a variety of foundries that can make your score look exactly the way you want.
Finale users know that Jari Williamsson's plug-ins are practically essential for working efficiently in Finale. JW Fit Music is another valuable tool that will make page layout easier and quicker, automating several steps to get good results.
New post! Using Sibelius Effectively: A Guide to Sibelius Ultimate by Luciano Williamson - Composer condenses years of experience and expertise using Avid Sibelius into a thoughtful, practical 70-page ebook. Written in an easy-to-follow, engaging style, its focus is on helping you produce quality music notation.
We talk about Sibelius's importing feature with the ability to bring Sibelius files directly into a template, as well as the Scoring Express templates and tools which help get great-looking results as quickly as possible.
Bob Zawalich explains the concept of house styles in Sibelius and how to identify families of styles for use in your scores.