Avid’s widely used music notation software—news, reviews, tips, and plug-ins for scoring in Sibelius.
Robert Patterson's Denigma Online converts Finale .musx files to MusicXML entirely in your browser, with no copy of Finale needed. We walk through the options, the caveats, and how the results compare with Finale's own MusicXML export in Dorico and Sibelius.
Cantai 3.0.0 merges its Dorico and Sibelius installers into one, adds Spanish lyric support, introduces the Ottetto ensembles and six new voices, and cuts pricing to $9.99/month or $149 lifetime across every platform.
Sibelius 2026.6 brings a long-awaited improvement to accidentals on cross-staff notes, auto-save and accessible touch screen navigation on mobile, a dynamic “concert pitch” wildcard, proper banjo tab, tie UX improvements, the return of macOS Quick Look, Cantai support, among other fixes and improvements.
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 2026.5 adds VST3 support, expands Sibelius Cloud Sharing to individual parts and score subsets, improves handling of bar rests, and fixes other items.
Use of Sibelius's Command Search, summoned with a single press of the comma key, is a habit worth forming. A practical guide to its use, the payoff on mobile, and the middle ground between muscle memory and Ribbon-hunting.
Sibelius 2026.2 introduces dark mode on desktop, refreshed UI icons, early cross-staff engraving improvements, scripting updates, and bug fixes.
At the 2026 NAMM Show, Avid's Joe Plazak and Sam Butler have a conversation about Sibelius's access, product positioning, and development philosophy.
A field report from a day at NAMM 2026, with an overview of the show, the people and products being showcased on the floor of the exhibition, and observations about the latest trends.
NotePerformer 5.1.2 features several bug fixes and incremental improvements to NotePerformer's core sounds.
