Scoring Notes
Scoring Notes
We love music notation software and related products and technology, so that’s what we cover here. You’ll find timely news, in-depth coverage about the field, and honest reviews about products you use every day. You’ll learn about the interesting people in our field and find out our opinions on ever-changing developments in the industry.
Categories: Music
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With music notation work often intersecting in some capacity with music production and scoring to video, it’s important to know when your software of choice is the best option for a particular need within a project, and when it’s not. When it comes to fine-tuned formatting and engraving decisions, we can’t move from one notation software product to another without losing that important detail work. However, with the underlying composition itself, the information can be moved quite effectively with MusicXML or MIDI to and from to other software when a particular tool is needed elsewhere. Steve Morell joins Philip Rothman and David MacDonald to take a look at how video, tempo, and time are handled with the four most popular desktop music notation software options — Dorico, Finale, MuseScore, and Sibelius — and how they compare to the unique notation/DAW hybrid approach from the tablet app StaffPad, as well as other solutions available. More from Scoring Notes: Video, tempo, and time (oh my!)
Previous episodes
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135 - Video killed (it with) the notation star Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 0h
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134 - An interview with Steinberg’s Daniel Spreadbury Sat, 02 Mar 2024
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133 - NAMM 2024: An interview with Muse Group’s Jack Sutton Sat, 24 Feb 2024 - 0h
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132 - NAMM 2024: An interview with MakeMusic’s Jason Wick Sat, 17 Feb 2024 - 0h
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131 - NAMM 2024: An interview with Avid’s Sam Butler Sat, 10 Feb 2024 - 0h
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130 - NAMM 2024: Wrap-up and interview with CEO John Mlynczak Sat, 03 Feb 2024 - 0h
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129 - The staples of printing self-published music Sat, 06 Jan 2024
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128 - A December to remember Mon, 18 Dec 2023
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127 - Black Friday deals are music to our ears Sat, 18 Nov 2023
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126 - StaffPad updates go beyond just keeping the lights on Sat, 11 Nov 2023
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125 - Chris Swaffer’s Notion of where music notation software is headed Sat, 07 Oct 2023 - 0h
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124 - Asked and answered, part 3: Back to school Sat, 02 Sep 2023 - 0h
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123 - Music notation platforms: an industry perspective Sat, 05 Aug 2023 - 0h
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122 - Behind “Behind Bars” with Elaine Gould Sat, 01 Jul 2023
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121 - Half Notes: A comparison of tablet music reader technology experiences Sat, 17 Jun 2023 - 0h
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120 - Asked and answered, part 2: In awe of the DAW Sat, 03 Jun 2023
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119 - Asked and answered, part 1 Sat, 06 May 2023
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118 - Ask your questions on the Scoring Notes podcast Sat, 15 Apr 2023 - 0h
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117 - (Re)learning how to use music notation software Sat, 01 Apr 2023 - 0h
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116 - How we don’t use music notation software (but do use related technology) Sat, 04 Mar 2023 - 0h
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115 - Justin Bianco, forScore, and more Sat, 04 Feb 2023 - 0h
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114 - Behind the scenes with MuseScore 4’s design and engraving improvements Sat, 07 Jan 2023
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113 - Reflect and refresh Sat, 17 Dec 2022 - 0h
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112 - From “zero to slice”: Soundslice takes on optical music recognition with AI Sat, 03 Dec 2022 - 0h
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111 - Back in the black with holiday deals and discounts Sat, 19 Nov 2022 - 0h
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110 - Melissa Smey’s commission mission Sat, 05 Nov 2022 - 0h
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109 - Aaron Copland, in his own words Sat, 22 Oct 2022 - 0h
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108 - Setting the scene with Joshua Luty Sat, 01 Oct 2022
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107 - Setting a high bar (from Selling Sheet Music) Sat, 17 Sep 2022 - 0h
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106 - What’s new? Sat, 03 Sep 2022 - 0h
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105 - Tim Davies takes the macro view Sat, 06 Aug 2022
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104 - Half Notes: Nicole Jordan confers at the conference Sat, 30 Jul 2022 - 0h
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103 - Half Notes: Mark Fabulich on committing to technology Sat, 23 Jul 2022 - 0h
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102 - Half Notes: Jane Cross, keeping music files safe Sat, 16 Jul 2022 - 0h
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101 - MOLA 2022: Advancements in music notation software Sat, 09 Jul 2022 - 0h
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100 - The scoring expressway Sat, 25 Jun 2022
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99 - Flutronix: Allison Loggins-Hull and Nathalie Joachim Sat, 04 Jun 2022 - 0h
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98 - Upgrade your desk — and what’s on (and around) it Sat, 07 May 2022 - 0h
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97 - What’s next for the podcast Sat, 09 Apr 2022 - 0h
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96 - Lyrics and vocal music, part 2 Sat, 02 Apr 2022 - 0h
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95 - Lyrics and vocal music, part 1 Sat, 26 Mar 2022 - 0h
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94 - Where in the world is…? [encore] Sat, 19 Mar 2022 - 0h
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93 - Recapping the latest Dorico and Finale updates Sat, 12 Mar 2022 - 0h
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92 - Darcy James Argue jazzes up Finale with “style” Sat, 05 Mar 2022 - 0h
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91 - Cleo Huggins, the designer of the first music font Sat, 26 Feb 2022 - 0h
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90 - The rights stuff Sat, 19 Feb 2022 - 0h
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89 - Michael Good, the inventor of MusicXML [encore] Sat, 12 Feb 2022 - 0h
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88 - Pressing all the right buttons Sat, 05 Feb 2022 - 0h
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87 - Print perfect Sat, 29 Jan 2022 - 0h
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86 - Back to the future of music notation on computers Sat, 22 Jan 2022 - 0h