Still using Dorico 3.0? We provide a helpful analysis for the smart shopper in light of Steinberg’s “PSA” about the pricing for the forthcoming Dorico 4 release and a limited-time money-saving opportunity if you intend to upgrade.
Written By Philip Rothman
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Graphical MIDI Tools 2 is a major upgrade to the DAW-like plug-in for Sibelius
A major upgrade is out for Graphical MIDI Tools for Sibelius, which allows the user to manipulate MIDI information in the score in a graphical manner. It has been completely overhauled as an application that runs within Sibelius to provide a piano roll window.
Avid introduces new license activation system alongside Sibelius 2021.12 update
Avid has introduced a new licensing system with the intent of making it easier for a single user to activate and use Sibelius on multiple computers. Sibelius 2021.12 for both desktop and mobile apps is out; headlining the improvements is a new way of entering percussion notation.
Dorico 4, planned for early 2022, will be first Steinberg product to use new licensing system [updated]
Dorico 4, to come in early 2022, will be the first application to use Steinberg’s new identity-based licensing system, which will enable single-user activation on two computers simultaneously.
Sibelius brings back perpetual license upgrades for a limited time
Avid is bringing back discounted upgrades, or “reinstatements”, for Sibelius customers with a perpetual license to get current with the latest updates and support — but the offer is only good through December 31, 2021.
Beta testers sought for Dolet 8, the MusicXML plug-in for Sibelius
MakeMusic is seeking beta testers for its free Dolet 8 plug-in for Sibelius. Although Sibelius has its own built-in MusicXML export function, Dolet exports MusicXML differently from the native Sibelius feature. This is the first update to Dolet since 2016.
Black Friday 2021 deals for music notation software and related tech [updated]
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Sibelius for Mobile update adds MIDI support and more
The latest update to Sibelius for Mobile brings step-time note entry via a MIDI keyboard. Support for pickup bars, merging bars, and better keyboard integration round out this update.
Music Notation Community Group reviews progress; discusses future MNX format
The W3C Music Notation Community Group held its 2021 annual meeting. The major discussion topic was the status of MNX, the new music notation format. In addition, the group reviewed recent achievements such as MusicXML 4.0, SMuFL 1.4, and a new documentation generator.