We have an exclusive interview with the composer whose song was nominated for an Oscar, only to be withdrawn by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences over allegations of inside baseball.
January 2014
Sibelius 7.5 announced: An evolutionary, not revolutionary upgrade
The thorough review of the new features in the much-anticipated upgrade to Avid’s flagship music notation software, with improvements in the areas of navigation, performance, playback, sharing, and social media.
Swap the contents of two staves in Sibelius or Finale
You’ll be glad to trade what was a multi-step process for these handy and free plug-ins in Sibelius and Finale, which exchange the contents of one staff for another.
Sibelius users group meeting in New York on January 23
Sibelius expert trainer Ernie Jackson has just sent me a friendly note about upcoming meetings for Sibelius users in New York City. The meetings will be on Thursday, January 23, 2014 from 6 – 8 pm and 8 – 10 pm at the Digital Film Academy, 630 Ninth Avenue, in midtown Manhattan. In addition to […]
John Hinchey to give free Sibelius workshop at Sweetwater
My colleague John Hinchey will be giving a Sibelius workshop this Saturday, January 18 at 10:00 am, at the Sweetwater Performance Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The cost? How does free sound? Topics include: Why put notes on paper? Basic Sibelius concepts Sibelius signal flow Keys to an efficient workflow Tips to keep your musicians […]
Video tutorial: Optimize staff spacing
Are you manually dragging staves up and down to make room for items in your score that are too close together? Have a look at this new video tutorial on optimizing staff spacing automatically in your Sibelius scores.
MEI plug-in released for Sibelius
A Sibelius-to-MEI plug-in is available for exporting Sibelius files to the MEI format.
Sam Butler named as new product manager for Sibelius
A veteran Sibelius employee, former technical support specialist Sam Butler has been named senior product manager for Avid’s music notation and learning products.
Share your music with Scorch using Google Drive
A point-by-point guide on how to take advantage of the cloud storage that Google Drive offers to share Sibelius files online with Scorch.