Writing music—composition tools, techniques, and workflows in notation software.
The Graphical MIDI Tools plug-in for Sibelius is updated and has spawned three new separate custom tools: a harp tool, a walking bass tool, and a Native American Flute fingering tool.
Dorico 6 is out with engraving leading the way in this update. Cutaway scores and proofreading are two of the headline features, but there are robust advancements in chord symbols, text, playing techniques, user workflows, and much more.
Graphical MIDI Tools (GMT), the ingenious plug-in for Sibelius that allows the user to manipulate MIDI information in the score in a graphical manner, is now available in a free tier, with basic features that may be used for an infinite time.
The 2024 MOLA Conference in Cleveland was a rocking success. The second annual tech fair began a four-day convergence of performance librarians, publishers, technology vendors, industry experts, and more, in this important area of music preparation and production.
Discussions from the 2024 MOLA Conference, along with an excerpt from the opening tech fair session, "Putting Technology into Practice in the Music Library".
The 2024.5 Graphical MIDI Tools (GMT) update adds support for graphical hit points directly to the GMT interface, which can be used to complement the existing hit point feature in Sibelius.
The 2024.2 Graphical MIDI Tools (GMT) update adds a graphical tempo module directly to the GMT interface, making it easier to interact with GMT directly in the Sibelius environment.
The scope and scale of the improvements in the Dorico 5.1 update runs the gamut, with substantial new features in notation, engraving, productivity, organization, and playback, including the new Iconica Sketch library.
Dorico 5 is out with the inclusion of more SMuFL music fonts; speedier note input workflows; playback enhancements such as scrubbing, space and stage templates, pitch contour emphasis, MIDI trigger regions, and Groove Agent SE; an instrument editor; and a host of other worthwhile enhancements.
Graphical MIDI Tools for Sibelius is updated to version 2.1. This significant update adds a transport bar directly to the GMT interface. It also adds several new editing and navigation features.
