Road report: Seeing Seattle

August 8, 2025

A quick and fun trip to Seattle in the middle of a surprisingly busy summer, meeting living legends in the world of music notation software and technology.

Using Finale in the unsupported era

July 23, 2025

The second in a series of several articles about the end of Finale's support. This focuses on how to use Finale for at least a while longer, after the period of official support has ended.

Importing native Sibelius files with irregular time signatures

April 14, 2025

Sibelius allows you to import files directly into another existing Sibelius file or template, but the feature doesn't work if you have irregular time signatures or a non-standard pickup bar. Fortunately, there is a way, using a very special plug-in.

Untangling ties in Finale

August 5, 2024

Ties in Finale can be a knotty endeavor, but we won't string you along. Untangle them, and their methods of entry, editing, and manipulation, in this installment of the Conquering Finale video tutorial series.

Sibelius is now native on Apple silicon with the 2024.6 update

June 20, 2024

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.