More than a year after taking the helm of MakeMusic, and shortly after its latest software release of Finale 2014.5, I caught up with CEO Gear Fisher about the company’s products, its progress, and future.

More than a year after taking the helm of MakeMusic, and shortly after its latest software release of Finale 2014.5, I caught up with CEO Gear Fisher about the company’s products, its progress, and future.
Finale 2014.5 is released with a slew of bug fixes, interface changes, a few new features — and, some promised performance improvements that are worth exploring for a closer look.
Completely redesigned for Windows 10, the latest version of StaffPad is a free update for existing users and boasts impressive new features like partial bar selection, swing playback, handwritten dynamics recognition, sketch layer colors, and a new voice activated smart assistant.
Avid is in the process of hiring a team of six Sibelius developers to be based in Montréal. Avid’s Tim Carroll tells us about the new office, where the developers will work exclusively on Sibelius.
Save a Sibelius file as both the current version and an earlier version of the software, along with PDF and MusicXML formats, in just one step by using these new plug-ins from Bob Zawalich.