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Sibelius 7

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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July 14, 2012 By John Hinchey 4 Comments

AVID Closes Sibelius UK Office

If you read my blog it's pretty clear what my notation software of choice is, Sibelius.  The big reason, it just works for me.  The way my mind views music …

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March 10, 2012 By John Hinchey 6 Comments

Sibelius: Small Stave In Part Only

Here’s a quick tip that you might not use every day but could come in very handy. The situation is this:  You need to display a staff as a small staff in a …

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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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Swiss army knife

September 15, 2011 By John Hinchey Leave a Comment

Sibelius: Advanced Filter Tips part 3

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 MP3

September 13, 2011 By John Hinchey 23 Comments

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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    John Hinchey helps his clients' projects sound beautiful with the notes he puts on paper.

    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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