In this installment of “Advanced Filtering Tips” I am going to combine several filtering elements and take advantage of an often overlooked attribute of the …
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Sibelius: Playing an MP3 (or Wav or AIFF) in Sibelius
Recently I received an email from a friend asking if there is a way to load an MP3 into Sibelius for playback and sync it to the tempo of the MP3. Why yes there …
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Finale to Sibelius Translation: Part 2 Tools-Articulation & Chord
This post is part 2 in my series of posts translating Sibelius 6 for Finale users. Remember I’m using Finale 2010 as Finale version of reference for these …
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Finale to Sibelius Translation: Part 1 Learning and Semantics
Many composers, arrangers, orchestrators and music prep professionals who are long time Finale users are finding that if pays to be fluent in Sibelius as well. …
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Notes On Notes Mailbox: Sibelius-Drum cues in a flute part
Here's a question from an email I recently received related to my last series of blog posts. “Hi John, Thanks very much for your posts on Sibelius 6! I'm …
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Sibelius Tutorial: Drum set notation-part 5-Combo & Cues
With this post I’ve cover the remaining drum set notation types sited in my first post in this series. 5. Combination notated and slashes As …
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Sibelius Tutorial: Drum set notation-part 4 Repeat, Slash & Rhythmic
Next on the list of drum set notation 2. Repeat bars Let’s face it, most drum set parts consist of a lot of repetition. The drums create that steady …
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Sibelius Plug-in: Make Pitches Constant-Drums
Make Pitches Constant-Drums is one of my favorite plugins related to creating drum set parts. It is a variation on Stefan Behrisch’s very versatile Make Pitches …
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Sibelius Tutorial: Chord Diagrams with No Staves
Using the concepts I’ve presented in the “Signal Flow and Music Notatation Software” blog posts, let’s look at an example of how to apply this to a real world …
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Signal Flow & Music Notation-part 3
Review: basic signal flow chain is: source> chain (with or without modifiers)> output. See my previous posts: "Signal Flow & Music Notation-part 1" …