The Scoring Express Choral & Vocal suites for Dorico and Sibelius make their debut, including hymnal, octavo, and piano-vocal templates with exceptional layout and engraving settings.
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Scoring Express for Finale prices permanently reduced
In recognition of the coming end of official support for Finale, the price for the Scoring Express templates for Finale — all three versions, plus the bundle — are permanently reduced from their previous prices.
Scoring Express for Dorico updated for version 6
The Scoring Express templates for Dorico are updated for Dorico Pro 6, including improvements to the way Paragraph Styles, chord symbols, and system-attached items are handled.
Dorico 6 review: Proof positive
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.
Scoring Express for Dorico and Sibelius updated along with more help resources
The Scoring Express templates for Dorico and Sibelius now come with more video help tutorials and, in the Theatre & Studio templates, a corresponding annotated example file. Various new features and fixes are also part of this update.
Sibelius is now native on Apple silicon with the 2024.6 update
Sibelius 2024.6 introduces native Apple silicon support for the first time. Other improvements in this release include updates to MIDI copy and paste; ManuScript updates; and a number of bug fixes in the areas of clefs, ties, score subsets, and house styles.
Music spacing: the Finale frontier
Finale’s possibilities are truly astronomical, and its settings can seem like a black hole. Jason Loffredo boldly navigates the Finale frontier of space — music space, that is — with a down-to-Earth explanation of its constellation of features to help you reach for the stars.
Dorico 5 review: Moving the music forward
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.
Scoring Express jazz templates for Finale released; Sibelius and Dorico suites updated
The Scoring Express Jazz package of templates and libraries for Finale is now available, adding to the popular Chamber and Theatre & Studio packages, and bringing it on par with the versions already available for Sibelius and Dorico.
22 in 22: All NorFonts are on sale for 22% off
The Notation Central Black Friday sale continues with NorFonts. This is the beautiful and growing catalog of music and text fonts by Nor Eddine Bahha, who has fully embraced SMuFL font design, giving Dorico and Finale v27 users more distinctive options.