[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcAx-gksclo[/youtube] Check out this video tutorial by Philip Rothman of NYC Music Services, which shows you many of the powerful things you can do with the Inspector in Sibelius 7, which is the new and improved replacement for the Properties window in previous versions of Sibelius. The Inspector is much more useful than the Properties […]
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How to make plug-ins appear in any ribbon tab in Sibelius 7
In this guest post, plug-ins maven Bob Zawalich shares his tips on how to make plug-ins in Sibelius appear on any ribbon tab. Bob has written more than 300 plug-ins for Sibelius, and nearly all of his creations are either included in Sibelius by default or available for download from the Sibelius web site. In […]
Navigating around your score using plug-ins
In this guest post, Sibelius plug-in guru Bob Zawalich describes several of the plug-ins he has written to make navigating around long scores quicker and easier. Several downloadable plug-ins that make it easier to navigate in a score are available to Sibelius 6 and 7. Find these on the plug-in download page in the Navigation […]
Sibelius sings with EWQL Symphonic Choirs
In this guest post by A. Eric Heukeshoven, find out how to make Sibelius 6 sing lyrics during playback using the latest version EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Choirs. Eric is a member of the music faculty at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, where he teaches composition, arranging, ear training, low brass, organ, and jazz piano. […]
Creating composite symbols in Sibelius
Sibelius includes many hundreds of different symbols for every purpose, but every now and again you may find yourself requiring a symbol that isn’t included. One way to create a new symbol is to combine two or more existing symbols into a new one, creating a composite symbol. In the above video tutorial, I explain […]
Learn Sibelius 6 in one hour, the ebook
My post linking to James Humberstone’s Learn Sibelius in one hour videos remains the most often-viewed post on this blog after more than 18 months. Now James has written an ebook to accompany the videos, and it’s available as a Kindle book on Amazon. Weighing in at a svelte 60 pages, James’s book covers the […]
Brazil’s Backstage magazine features Sibelius tutorials
Brazil’s Backstage magazine, the country’s most respected audio/video magazine, is running a series of Sibelius tutorials, penned by Pro Class‘s Cristiano Moura, who has been featured on this blog before. The first tutorial, in October 2010’s issue, is called “1001 ways to navigate in Sibelius”. My Portuguese isn’t good enough to count all the ways Cristiano […]
Building a custom input device for drumline percussion
If you’re looking for the highest-quality marching percussion sounds available, then look no further than Tapspace Virtual Drumline, the most comprehensive set of sampled sounds for marching band and drum corps percussion. Percussion notation is famously complex, and even more so when you’re writing for a whole ensemble of instruments with dozens, if not hundreds, […]
Producing effective drum parts in Sibelius
Practical advice from an expert arranger is worth its weight in gold, and my pal John Hinchey, both a talented trombonist and a successful arranger based in Nashville, is sharing his wisdom on his blog, Notes on Notes, which I commend to you. He’s currently posting an invaluable multi-part tutorial about producing effective drum charts in […]
Using Dropbox to sync your Sibelius settings and scores
This tutorial was contributed by Robert Puff, orchestrator, arranger, copyist and Sibelius user. For more information about Robert, check out his company’s web site. If you’ve ever worked on the same project using two different computers, you may have wondered if there was a way to synchronize not only your scores, but your settings in […]