NAMM 2025: On with the show with Steinberg’s John Barron
At the 2025 NAMM Show, Steinberg's John Barron discusses Dorico's renewed presence at the show, and its recent updates and developments.
NAMM 2025: Musing on software and design with Martin Keary
At the 2025 NAMM Show, Muse Group's Martin Keary takes in his first appearance at the show, discusses recent and future MuseScore developments, and expounds on his philosophy of software design and the user experience.
NAMM 2025: Imbibing transcribing with Oriol López Calle
At the 2025 NAMM Show, Oriol López Calle, the founder of My Sheet Music Transcriptions, talks about his thriving service, approaches to transcribing and music preparation, and rapid technological innovations.
NAMM 2025: Decondensing Sibelius with Avid’s Sam Butler
At the 2025 NAMM Show, Avid's Sam Butler reflects on the past year of progress and industry news, the path forward, and breaks down Sibelius's marquee new feature, decondensing parts from a score staff.
NAMM 2025: On the scene
A whirlwind day of NAMM 2025 coverage with an overview of the show, and the people and products being showcased on the floor of the exhibition.
NAMM 2025 preview: Decondensing parts in Sibelius; Steinberg sale [updated]
As the 2025 NAMM Show gets underway, Avid is previewing a new decondensing parts feature in Sibelius, and speech-to-text AI technology in Pro Tools. Steinberg is launching a sale with up to 40% off products, including Dorico.
Download and install all Finale fonts on Mac and Windows
MakeMusic has made all of its Finale fonts available for anyone to download, for free, independently of Finale itself. This includes not just the "Finale" SMuFL fonts introduced in Finale 27, but the older fonts as well, such as the Maestro, Engraver, and Jazz fonts.
Dorico 5.1.81 update is available [updated]
Steinberg has released Dorico 5.1.80, a minor update to Dorico 5, with improvements on how VST plug-ins are accounted for during the application launch sequence, as well as more than 40 bug fixes.
Upcoming: NAMM 2025 [updated]
The 2025 NAMM Show will take place from Thursday, January 23 through Saturday, January 25, 2025, at the Anaheim Convention Center. We’ll have coverage from the show; here’s what to expect.
MakeMusic, Avid begin 2025 with personnel moves
Notable personnel changes at MakeMusic and Avid: Grégory Dell'Era has left his position as president at Alfred Music and MakeMusic, and Justin Tokke's position at Avid as senior product designer for Sibelius has been eliminated.
