Timely news and announcements about music notation software, related products, and the fields of music notation and music technology.
The latest stop in our Overture series of first looks is a browser-based score editor with real-time collaboration and MusicXML support "for people who enjoy sheet music but find traditional tools intimidating."
PDF-BatchStitch 1.7.0 is now available from Notation Central. The update adds sequential page numbers with placement options, headers & footers, and a "Don't stitch" mode that processes every file in a folder separately.
SheetCue, a music reader app, has you draw the measures, define the repeats and cuts, and it drives a timed, measure-by-measure practice flow from your own PDFs or photos. The idea also opens a bigger question: the vendor lock-in that traps annotated score libraries inside a single app.
Bibliome is a new Mac app that files, OCRs, and answers plain-language questions about your whole PDF library — scores, method books, and IMSLP downloads — using AI that runs entirely on your machine, with no cloud in sight.
Francisco Partners has concluded its investment in Muse Group — the parent of MuseScore, Audacity, Hal Leonard, and Ultimate Guitar. The move caps a period that also saw notable personnel departures. Here's what changed, and what Muse Group says comes next.
Have you ever listened to an episode of the Scoring Notes podcast and wished you could ask a question directly on the show? Now's your chance. Send us your questions by July 22 and we may feature them on the next episode.
It's time to send us your questions for the Scoring Notes podcast — deadline July 22. Plus, a mid-year catch-up on Dorico, Sibelius, and MuseScore updates, Cantai, and a first look at the reimagined 2027 MOLA Tech Fair in San Francisco.
MakeMusic is stopping direct sales of the discounted Dorico Pro crossgrade after July 23 — Steinberg will honor the same price, but crossgrades won't include a free copy of Finale v27.
Cantai 3.0.0 merges its Dorico and Sibelius installers into one, adds Spanish lyric support, introduces the Ottetto ensembles and six new voices, and cuts pricing to $9.99/month or $149 lifetime across every platform.
Sibelius 2026.6 brings a long-awaited improvement to accidentals on cross-staff notes, auto-save and accessible touch screen navigation on mobile, a dynamic “concert pitch” wildcard, proper banjo tab, tie UX improvements, the return of macOS Quick Look, Cantai support, among other fixes and improvements.
