Did I Write This?

Here’s a bizarre dilemma that is only possible in this post-Sibelius era. Recently, while fishing through folders on my computer looking at old “sketches” and unfinished things, I found a folder that said “string quartet”. I had no recollection of ever having worked on a string quartet since college. Inside the folder were two...

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Sibelius and Leopard

I hope this information will be obsolete within a few days, but having done the research, I’d like to help out any other Mac/Sibelius users out there. If you’re upgrading to Leopard and still using Sibelius 4, you’ll need to get a compatibility patch from Sibelius. Unless, that is, you don’t need to be able to, uh, open and save...

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Flying Blind (or What Has Sibelius Done To My Inner Hearing?)

Flying Blind (or What Has Sibelius Done To My Inner Hearing?)

The sewer project has turned out to be a complete fiasco. It now appears that my studio is going to look like this for at least a couple more weeks. Meanwhile, I’d been revising Letter To Hungary for its upcoming second performance, and the parts are just about due. I’ve been forced to work at my desk, where I do have Sibelius, but it’s...

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Sibelius Acquired by Digidesign

Yesterday music notation software maker Sibelius announced that they were acquired by Digidesign��, maker of Pro Tools�, and whose parent company Avid also owns M-Audio�. In the official press release, both companies seem to emphasize the educational possibilities of the merger, which is good. As for new products that may result, the idea of some future...

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Befejeztem!

Befejeztem!

So, as of yesterday, Letter To Hungary is now out the door, delivered electronically to a printing store in Budapest. (See, I keep telling people: the internet is good for some things.) Turns out, generating parts using Sibelius 4 has not been the Hamptons clambake I’d anticipated based on the hype. (Don’t get me wrong; I loooove Sibelius.) ...

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