John Hinchey

Nashville Music Producer, Composer and Arranger

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Tips for Using Optical Music Recognition Software

Optimal Music Recognition Software (OMR) apps, also known as ‘music scanning' apps, can be a powerful tool in an arranger ...
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Notate Me

NotateMe Tips: A Great App for Handwritten Music Recognition

Do you miss the days of grabbing a pencil jotting down notes quickly on paper but you realize we live ...
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Sibelius 7 Playback Tips: Tweaking ritard and accelerando lines

In my last blog post in this series Sibelius 7 Playback tips: Tweaking Gliss lines we looked at using the Inspector to ...
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Sibelius Tutorial: Working with Large Scores Part 3: Extra staves, now you see them now you don't!

Sibelius Tutorial: Working with Large Scores Part 3: Extra staves, now you see them now you don’t!

In the last post I showed you how to use plug-ins to quickly voice 4 horns and setup staves for ...
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Sibelius Tutorial: Working with Large Scores Part 2: How do you eat an elephant?

Sibelius Tutorial: Working with Large Scores Part 2: How do you eat an elephant?

In my first post in this series I introduced you to the Focus Family and Focus Set plug-ins, which I find ...
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Sibelius Tutorial: Working With Large Scores: Part 1 Focus Family Plug-ins

Sibelius Tutorial: Working With Large Scores: Part 1 Focus Family Plug-ins

In this series of blog posts I'm going to share some tips on working with large scores in Sibelius. Some ...
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Sibelius: Yeah, there's a plugin for that: 'Run Plugins By Name' and a follow up to Keyboard Shortcuts

Sibelius: Yeah, there’s a plugin for that: ‘Run Plugins By Name’ and a follow up to Keyboard Shortcuts

One of the the great things about writing a blog like this is, I learn new things all the time.  ...
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Sibelius:Keyboard Shortcuts Part 3:Key Of The Day and A Cousin Named "Key Tips"

Sibelius:Keyboard Shortcuts Part 3:Key Of The Day and A Cousin Named "Key Tips"

In part 1 of this series we looked at Sibelius's built in keyboard shortcuts, in part 2 we explored organizing, ...
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Sibelius:Keyboard Shortcuts Part 2: Have A Plan, Why 'W' = 'We'-duce and Finale Schema

Sibelius:Keyboard Shortcuts Part 2: Have A Plan, Why ‘W’ = ‘We’-duce and Finale Schema

In my last blog post, I talked about learning the keyboard shortcuts built into Sibelius and how this can boost your productivity ...
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ProTools: Change Grand Staff to Single Staff in Score Editor

ProTools: Change Grand Staff to Single Staff in Score Editor

Well here's a first, a blog post with a ProTools tip!  To be honest I don't use ProTools a lot, ...
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