Kawai has released the English-language version of Touch Notation, a modestly priced and remarkably full-featured music handwriting and gesture-based app for iOS devices like the iPad and iPhone.
April 2015
Stretching the limits of notehead styles and plug-ins in Sibelius
In this post geared towards Sibelius power users, Bob Zawalich describes the rather generous limitations of the numbers of notehead styles and plug-ins Sibelius can support at a given time, and how to get around those limitations, if needed.
Writing more music with StaffPad
A longer real-time video showing StaffPad in use, including writing two-voice music, triplets, slurs, grace notes, duplicating music, using the eraser, and the expression layer.
What’s with those strange-looking accidentals?
Here’s how to correct the occasional strange accidental symbol making mischief in your score.
Next Sibelius release to feature UI updates, new licensing options
The next version of Sibelius will be available in a variety of licensing options, and will feature annotations, support for the Surface Pro 3, and other UI improvements.
Use the Bravura font in Logic Pro X
A little-noticed feature in Logic Pro X allows for the use of the Bravura music font in the sequencer’s notation view.