Like many things in Finale, the text tool offers a lot of power and control, but also many options to navigate. Here’s how to tame the type.
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Finale version 27 review: SMuFL and MusicXML 4.0 support
A review of Finale version 27. Headlining the new features are deep support for two open standards: Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL), and MusicXML. Tighter SmartMusic integration, playback improvements, and user interface enhancements round out what’s new.
Creating editorial marks with Dorico
A series of notation conventions has been established over the years to identify editorial content. For the creators of critical editions, we take a comprehensive look at Dorico’s formidable set of tools for making editorial marks.
NAMM 2020: Dorico 3.1 is out with condensing changes, lines, and much more
Dorico 3.1, released to coincide with the opening of the 2020 NAMM Show, introduces condensing changes, lines, bracketed noteheads, a new dynamics lane for playback, local chord symbols, Hi-DPI support on Windows, user-defined chord shapes, and loads more.
Check ties in Finale
Have you ever encountered a situation in Finale where you knew that you had a phantom tie going into a note where none was supposed to exist? Learn how to fix this by watching this 2-minute video tutorial.
Get accidentals to display correctly on cross-staff notes in Sibelius (updated)
Cross-staff notes and accidentals have long been problematic in Sibelius — sometimes they stubbornly won’t appear when they should, no matter what you try. Here’s a way to finally get those pesky accidentals to show up.
What’s with those strange-looking accidentals?
Here’s how to correct the occasional strange accidental symbol making mischief in your score.
New plug-in helps with cross-staff accidentals
Master plug-in developer Bob Zawalich has created another goodie to help with one of Sibelius’s nagging issues. It’s called Display Accidentals In Selected Notes and it may be downloaded directly through Sibelius 7 at File > Plug-ins > Install Plug-ins > Accidentals. Users may also install it manually in Sibelius 6 or 7 by visiting […]
Sibelius developer posts about his favourite features
James Larcombe is one of our very talented team of developers who works on Sibelius (he’s also a very talented multi-instrumentalist — this is a man who owns his own hurdy-gurdy and melodeon). For Sibelius 6, he worked on a number of subtle but important improvements in the appearance of printed scores. He’s posted a […]