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Notation Express for Dorico 6: Your Stream Deck just got smarter

March 18, 2026March 31, 2026

Notation Express for Dorico 6 introduces real-time bidirectional feedback, chainable Note Tools, and a refined product lineup. This major update represents a significant architectural step forward for Stream Deck control in Dorico.

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Specify bars per system in Sibelius

October 29, 2025November 1, 2025

A Sibelius plug-in to easily break a passage selection of bars into systems, specifying the number of bars in each system.

Tips

A “condensed” overview of formatting scores in MuseScore Studio

June 25, 2024August 5, 2024

Proper score formatting can make a dramatic difference in readability. We take a look at two of those formatting techniques — condensing scores and adding oversized time signatures — and how to incorporate them into MuseScore.

Tips

Create attacca on the bottom staff in Sibelius

April 30, 2024May 4, 2024

Sibelius doesn’t make it obvious or easy to place movement-ending text like “attacca” below the system, but it is possible. Here’s how.

Tips

Quickly specify measurement units in Dorico

April 15, 2024April 18, 2024

We explore how to set the global measurement units in Dorico, how to quickly override those defaults, and some secrets of the spin box.

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Notion Mobile 3.3.1 released

March 26, 2024April 3, 2024

Notion Mobile, the cross-platform music composition application from PreSonus, has recently been updated to version 3.3 with many new enhancements and fixes.

Meta

Notation Express for Sibelius 2024 released

March 7, 2024March 18, 2024

Notation Express and Notation Express XL are totally rebuilt for Sibelius 2024, adding lots of new buttons and features, along with cross-platform support and language independence.

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Dorico 5.1.10 update is available

January 18, 2024January 22, 2024

Dorico 5.1.10 adds a new harp pedals editor, a page size editor, view options for accidentals, and better MusicXML support. In addition, more than 50 bugs have been fixed since the 5.1 release.

Reviews

Sibelius 2023.11: Sonoma support, more system object positions, better Keypad

November 30, 2023December 4, 2023

Sibelius 2023.11 adds many more system object positions for items like tempo marks and large time signatures, refreshes the Keypad, brings the automatic chord symbol completion feature to mobile, and adds official Sonoma support, among other improvements.

Meta

Notation Express for Dorico 5 released

October 25, 2023November 11, 2023

Notation Express and XL for Dorico 5 add lots of new buttons and features to support many of the newer features in Dorico.

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