What are the best practices when preparing a score with the expectation that it will be read from a screen, not paper? This is an excellent question — one whose answer today may likely change in the coming years.
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forScore 11 release further refines the best-in-class iOS score reader
forScore has released forScore 11, the first major update to the iOS score reader since 2016. It’s largely an evolutionary update, but the improvements are thoughtful, practical, and welcome.
The best iPad score reader for most people
We spent time with each of the leading iPad score reader apps — forScore, Newzik, nkoda, Blackbinder, and Piascore — to assess the current state of the category, and to help musicians decide which of the excellent options best suits their needs.
iPad Pro 2018 thoughts from a composer and music educator
The release of the iPad Pro 2018 edition presents some truly astonishing hardware that has the potential to replace a lot of what composers, performers, educators, and librarians are doing with notated music. Just don’t throw out your laptops yet.
Symphony Pro 5 takes several steps toward our mobile notation future [updated]
David MacDonald has our in-depth review of Symphony Pro 5 — the latest offering of the iOS scoring app. The latest version’s marquee feature is handwriting recognition with Apple Pencil support. See how Symphony Pro stacks up in a burgeoning marketplace of tablet-based scoring apps.
News in brief: Sibelius upgrade plans, new Finale features, Logic update — and e-ink for sheet music
A take on the week’s news in music notation and technology, from Sibelius upgrade plans to new Finale features, Logic Pro X updates, and a dual-screen e-paper music reader that may be in our future.
New Surfaces announced; StaffPad for Windows 10 on the horizon
Microsoft’s new Surfaces do an admirable job of pushing the all-in-one tablet/PC concept forward, and the forthcoming StaffPad update for Windows 10 takes full advantage.
A look at using NotateMe with built-in PhotoScore technology
NotateMe, the music handwriting app for mobile devices, can now take photos of your music and interpret them. Learn how it works with an eye on its place in the history of music notation software.
NotateMe, the music handwriting app, is upgraded to version 2
NotateMe 2 sees major improvements in handwriting recognition, MusicXML import, speed, editing, entering notes, playback, layout, education, and workflow.
NotateMe music handwriting app out of beta; v. 1.0 released
NotateMe, a music handwriting app by Neuratron Ltd, was released earlier this week as version 1.0, having spent two months in a public beta period. We first covered the release of the NotateMe beta in October. Neuratron is the maker of the AudioScore transcription software and PhotoScore music scanning software, and the handwritten music recognition engine […]