A Sibelius plug-in to easily break a passage selection of bars into systems, specifying the number of bars in each system.
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Road report: Seeing Seattle
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
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.
Running a series of Sibelius commands using the Execute Commands plug-in
Speed up your workflow by using the Execute Commands plug-in to automate a sequence of Sibelius commands. This step-by-step tutorial shows you how.
Untangling ties in Finale
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
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.
Restore the link in File Info fields between score and parts in Sibelius
In Sibelius, when working in a file with a score and parts, you can unintentionally break the link between the wildcards used for title and composer text. It can cause a whale of a problem, but fortunately there’s a way to escape.
Music spacing: the Finale frontier
Finale’s possibilities are truly astronomical, and its settings can seem like a black hole. Jason Loffredo boldly navigates the Finale frontier of space — music space, that is — with a down-to-Earth explanation of its constellation of features to help you reach for the stars.
The missing link(ed) parts in Finale
“Part”-y on with this installment of the Conquering Finale video tutorial series, where we discuss linked parts, how they work, and how to manage them effectively within your Finale documents.
RGP Lua is a powerful plug-in for Finale
Finale has long been at its most powerful when combined with third-party tools. If you have basic coding skills and have ever wished you could automate Finale yourself, check out RGP Lua, a free plug-in that uses Lua scripts to interact with Finale documents.