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Written By Philip Rothman

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Music notation software and macOS Sonoma [updated]

September 26, 2023September 30, 2023

A summary of desktop notation software compatibility with macOS Sonoma (macOS 14) and Apple Silicon-powered Macs: How Sibelius, Finale, Dorico, MuseScore, and Notion are faring on Apple’s latest operating system and hardware.

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Lelandia fonts for Sibelius updated

September 13, 2023September 18, 2023

The Lelandia music fonts for Sibelius have been updated. This is a minor update, with a few fixes for clefs and dynamic text.

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Scoring Notes Twitter account ceases activity

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023

The X (formerly Twitter) accounts of NYC Music Services, which include Scoring Notes, NYC Music Services, and Notation Central, will no longer be actively used or monitored, effective immediately.

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Sibelius 2023.8 released

August 31, 2023September 11, 2023

Sibelius 2023.8 adds an option for repeating the most recently executed command via the Redo function, improves the automatically generated chord symbol completion feature, and resolves a number of outstanding items.

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Avid to be acquired by private equity firm STG for $1.4 billion

August 10, 2023August 24, 2023

Avid has announced that it will be acquired by the private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG) in a $1.4 billion deal.

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Using Sibelius Effectively: a guide to Sibelius Ultimate

July 28, 2023August 2, 2023

Using Sibelius Effectively: A Guide to Sibelius Ultimate condenses years of experience and expertise using Sibelius into a thoughtful, practical 80-page ebook. Written in an easy-to-follow, engaging style, its focus is on helping you produce quality music notation.

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Summer recharge, reading, re-listening, and reductions

July 3, 2023July 26, 2023

Summer is here! We have everything you need to catch up on your summer reading, re-listening (to podcasts), and reductions (in price, via a cool sale).

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Stream Deck Mobile 2.0 brings native iPad support for the first time — and a whole lot more

June 28, 2023July 3, 2023

Elgato has released Stream Deck Mobile 2.0, a major update to its mobile platform that supports iPads natively, including the full 32-button layout for Stream Deck XL profiles like Notation Express XL for Sibelius and Dorico.

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Avid enters the AI fray with automatic chord symbol completion in Sibelius 2023.6

June 22, 2023June 28, 2023

Sibelius 2023.6 introduces automatic chord symbol completion based on built-in AI technology and trained on several data sets of classical music. As you enter chord symbols, Sibelius will suggest the most likely chord based on the surrounding music.

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Behind Bars: General Conventions edition published

June 20, 2023July 1, 2023

Faber Music has published Behind Bars: General Conventions, the first section of Elaine Gould’s industry-standard music notation reference book, as a separate paperback edition.

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