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Introducing the Dynamic Chain in Notation Express for Dorico — select a passage, arm the chain, press a gradual and two ...
06/18/2026

Introducing the Dynamic Chain in Notation Express for Dorico — select a passage, arm the chain, press a gradual and two dynamics in any order, and place the complete marking in one move. Also new: smart niente buttons, hairpin line style cycling, poco a poco, and more.

New in Notation Express for Dorico: the Dynamic Chain, which builds a hairpin-and-dynamics gesture in a few taps. Plus even more new features.

Score preparation and production, revisited. Six years after the checklist that launched this podcast, we work through i...
06/06/2026

Score preparation and production, revisited. Six years after the checklist that launched this podcast, we work through it section by section — what the software has solved, what it hasn't, and what wasn't even on the original list.

Score preparation and production: Proofreading, decondensing, digital delivery, front matter, and the tools that have (and haven't) changed.

Dorico 6.2.30 deepens Cantai integration with independent voice playback, adds new options for wiggly glissando line app...
06/03/2026

Dorico 6.2.30 deepens Cantai integration with independent voice playback, adds new options for wiggly glissando line appearance, continues a sustained run of MusicXML export improvements, and fixes more than 40 issues across the application.

Dorico 6.2.30 adds independent voice playback for Cantai, new glissando line options, MusicXML improvements, and more than 40 bug fixes.

LS Iris has always been a distinctive presence in the SMuFL font landscape — a handwritten music font with calligraphic ...
05/28/2026

LS Iris has always been a distinctive presence in the SMuFL font landscape — a handwritten music font with calligraphic roots and a warmth that sets it apart from the field. After several years off the market, it’s back, newly overhauled and significantly expanded.

LS Iris, a handwritten music font with warm, calligraphic roots, is back on the market, newly overhauled and significantly expanded.

The Graphical MIDI Tools plug-in for Sibelius is updated and has spawned three new separate custom tools: a harp tool, a...
05/26/2026

The Graphical MIDI Tools plug-in for Sibelius is updated and has spawned three new separate custom tools: a harp tool, a walking bass tool, and a Native American Flute fi*****ng tool.

The Graphical MIDI Tools plug-in for Sibelius is updated and has spawned three new tools for harp, walking bass, and Native American Flute.

MuseScore Studio 4.7, the final 4.x release, adds arrowheads on lines, chord brackets, guitar dives, ASIO support on Win...
05/13/2026

MuseScore Studio 4.7, the final 4.x release, adds arrowheads on lines, chord brackets, guitar dives, ASIO support on Windows, and workflow improvements for repeat and duration changes.

MuseScore Studio 4.7, the final 4.x release, adds new engraving tools, guitar dives, ASIO support on Windows, and key workflow improvements.

Sibelius 2026.5 adds VST3 support, expands Sibelius Cloud Sharing to individual parts and score subsets, improves handli...
05/07/2026

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.

Sibelius 2026.5 adds VST3 support, expands Sibelius Cloud Sharing options, improves handling bar rests, and fixes other items.

What happens when your notation software can sing? Richard DeCosta, founder of Cantai and the Turing Opera Workshop, dis...
05/02/2026

What happens when your notation software can sing? Richard DeCosta, founder of Cantai and the Turing Opera Workshop, discusses bringing expressive vocal synthesis directly to Dorico, Sibelius, and MuseScore.

Richard DeCosta discusses Cantai, the vocal synthesis engine bringing sung playback to Dorico, Sibelius, and MuseScore.

Cantai, the vocal synthesis plugin from the Turing Opera Workshop, now works directly in Dorico. Here's a review of how ...
05/01/2026

Cantai, the vocal synthesis plugin from the Turing Opera Workshop, now works directly in Dorico. Here's a review of how to get started with it, with an assessment of its strengths, limitations, and what's coming next.

A review of setting up and using Cantai in Dorico, with an assessment of its strengths, limitations, and what's coming next.

Dorico 6.2.20 brings support for Cantai, the new vocal synthesis plug-in from Turing Opera Workshop, with deeper integra...
04/30/2026

Dorico 6.2.20 brings support for Cantai, the new vocal synthesis plug-in from Turing Opera Workshop, with deeper integration and automatic voice detection. A handful of other improvements and more than 25 bug fixes are also included.

Dorico 6.2.20 arrives with Cantai vocal synthesis support, improved chord symbol region filtering, a Lyrics Select More fix, and more than 25 bug fixes

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