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December 14, 2013 By John Hinchey

Sibelius 7 Playback tips: Tweaking Gliss lines

This is the first in a series on tutorials on tweaking  Sibelius 7 playback. The ways to tweak playback in Sibelius 7 can go pretty deep if you really want to …

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September 15, 2012 By John Hinchey 7 Comments

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 indispensable when working with large scores.  Let’s …

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September 13, 2012 By John Hinchey

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 scores are just plain BIG! When working on a …

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September 6, 2012 By John Hinchey 2 Comments

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.  Master plug-in programmer Bob Zawalich left a comment on my …

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August 31, 2012 By John Hinchey 3 Comments

Sibelius:Keyboard Shortcuts Part 1:The Key To Productivity!

Weather it's pulling down a menu in Sibelius 6 or pointing and clicking on the ribbon in Sibelius 7, using your mouse, track ball or trackpad is not the most …

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February 22, 2012 By John Hinchey 11 Comments

Sibelius tutorial: Installing Plugins in Sibelius 7

Yeah, there's an easier way to install plugins With all these recent blog posts on plugins, I thought it might be a good time to talk about the new Install …

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February 15, 2012 By John Hinchey 2 Comments

Sibelius: Yeah, there’s a plugin for that: Line Between Notes update!

In my previous blog post in this series I talked about the Line Between Notes plugin.  Shortly after that blog post, Bob Zawalich updated this great plugin and …

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Highwire plugin

October 8, 2011 By John Hinchey 5 Comments

Sibelius: Yeah, there’s a plug-in for that: Line Between Notes

In my previous blog post in this series I talked a bit about plug-ins.  I’d like to continue by introducing you to another one of my favorite plug-ins that I …

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Plug-in Man

October 3, 2011 By John Hinchey Leave a Comment

Sibelius: Yeah, there’s a plug-in for that: Edit Instrument Names

Something that I say over and over again about Sibelius is, if you think to yourself, “There must be an easier way to do this,” there probably is. Often the …

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Sibelius and Finale

October 1, 2011 By John Hinchey 8 Comments

Sibelius & Finale: File sharing amongst and between part 1

Surprisingly, I run into many Sibelius users who are under the impression that once you upgrade to Sibelius 7 you can’t exchange scores with someone using …

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    John Hinchey is a producer, arranger/composer and speaker. He helps musical artists (such as Martina McBride), production companies (for cruise lines and theme parks), and independent singer/songwriters with musical arrangements, composition, music prep and trombone. In addition to arranging for Sting's Rainforest Benefit Concerts, he has also produced, arranged and/or composed music for the 2004 Democratic Convention, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, the critically acclaimed CD "Rewiring Genesis: A Tribute To 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" and more.

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