The latest update to Sibelius for Mobile for iOS and iPadOS supports dynamic parts for the first time. The update also includes a few usability enhancements.
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Avid introduces new license activation system alongside Sibelius 2021.12 update
Avid has introduced a new licensing system with the intent of making it easier for a single user to activate and use Sibelius on multiple computers. Sibelius 2021.12 for both desktop and mobile apps is out; headlining the improvements is a new way of entering percussion notation.
Sibelius 2021.9 updates search, ManuScript, Keypad gestures
Sibelius 2021.9 brings updates in the areas of searching, the Keypad, ManuScript, and a handful of other areas, including features first seen on the iPad version.
News-in-brief: Sibelius First, and two iOS keypad apps
Here’s a quick take on a few developments of late regarding the upcoming free Sibelius First software, and two keypad apps for iOS that offer notation software support: Sibelius KeyPad for Mac and NumPad.
Add custom shortcuts for Keypad features in Sibelius
Keyboard shortcuts are productivity staples for most desktop software, including Sibelius. But did you know you can assign custom shortcuts, including ones for any feature on any Keypad layout?
Using the NewerTech wireless numeric keypad and Karabiner to complement Apple’s keyboard
A review of a new wireless numeric keypad that perfectly complements Apple’s compact wireless keyboard or laptops.
Beam over rests with more control by using the keypad
This blog post is written by Alexander Plötz, a music engraver, editor, proof reader and more based in Dresden, Germany. Read on to learn more about using Sibelius’s third keypad layout to exert fine control over beams that continue over rests. This tutorial originated from a discussion over at the Sibelius help forum on how […]
NumPad 3.0 for iPhone supports all six Sibelius Keypad layouts
Back in November of last year, I blogged about edovia’s NumPad 2.0 app for iPhone, which included a dedicated Sibelius Keypad layout. This morning I received another email from developer Luc Vandal to let me know that NumPad 3.0 has just been released on the App Store, and the support for Sibelius has been further […]
Use your iPhone or iPod Touch as a numeric keypad with Sibelius
Now this is pretty ingenious. My colleague Gabe Cobas tells me that BALMUDA Design’s NumberKey application for iPhone and iPod Touch (available from the iTunes App Store for £1.19 here in the UK) works beautifully with Sibelius on Mac OS X 10.5. Recent Apple laptops have done away with the embedded numeric keypad that was […]