Extracting and formatting instrumental parts from a full score.
Originally appearing as a document that composer David MacDonald created for his weekly master class, this bullet-list of score preparation and production notes will improve the quality of your performance materials in no time. To it we have added relevant links from Scoring Notes and other sources.
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.
What do we mean when we refer to the "weight" of paper? We sort out the definitions of paper weights, sizes, and the various means and methods of calculating them — pound for pound.
Dorico has a remarkable set of features to assist with producing PDF files that are reliably organized, but you need to know how to finesse the settings to get a consistent set of results.
The Sibelius 2025.3 update addresses issues related to decondensing parts and hidden notes, and fixes some other longtime bugs and workflows.
Sibelius 2025.2 introduces a new "decondensing parts" option, where Sibelius will create two new Dynamic Parts from a single staff, rename them for you, and show only the music relevant to each player, using a new "staff filter" feature.
At the 2025 NAMM Show, Avid's Sam Butler reflects on the past year of progress and industry news, the path forward, and breaks down Sibelius's marquee new feature, decondensing parts from a score staff.
As the 2025 NAMM Show gets underway, Avid is previewing a new decondensing parts feature in Sibelius, and speech-to-text AI technology in Pro Tools. Steinberg is launching a sale with up to 40% off products, including Dorico.
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.
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.
