Sibelius 2026.8 improves lines and cross-staff ties
Sibelius 2026.8 finally allows custom text on the continuation and end of a line, along with proper cross-staff ties, macOS Spotlight support, and a batch of fixes.
Maintenance releases and bug fixes for music notation software.
Sibelius 2026.8 finally allows custom text on the continuation and end of a line, along with proper cross-staff ties, macOS Spotlight support, and a batch of fixes.
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.
Dorico 6.2.30 deepens Cantai integration with independent voice playback, adds new options for wiggly glissando line appearance, continues a sustained run of MusicXML export improvements, and fixes more than 40 issues across the application.
Sibelius 2026.5 adds VST3 support, expands Sibelius Cloud Sharing to individual parts and score subsets, improves handling of bar rests, and fixes other items.
Dorico 6.2.20 brings support for Cantai, the new vocal synthesis plug-in from Turing Opera Workshop, with deeper integration and automatic voice detection. A handful of other improvements and more than 25 bug fixes are also included.
Dorico 6.2 adds smarter handling of repeats, expanded guitar tablature features, improved harmonic notation, engraving refinements, and workflow updates.
Sibelius 2026.2 introduces dark mode on desktop, refreshed UI icons, early cross-staff engraving improvements, scripting updates, and bug fixes.
NotePerformer 5.1.2 features several bug fixes and incremental improvements to NotePerformer's core sounds.
NotePerformer 5.1.0 features several bug fixes and incremental improvements to NotePerformer's core sounds. This is the first update since NotePerformer discontinued support for third-party VST3 instruments.
Sibelius 2025.12 adds an option to customize the order of parts, along with numerous minor improvements and bug fixes. In addition, upgrade pricing for perpetual licensees has been simplified.