All items tagged with music notation (9)

MOTU Launches Digital Performer 11 and Redesigned UltraLite-mk5 USB-C Audio Interface

July 8, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

MOTU Launches Digital Performer 11 and Redesigned UltraLite-mk5 USB-C Audio Interface

Following 18 months without any announcements, Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) announced that it is now shipping Digital Performer version 11, a major upgrade to their flagship audio workstation software now including lots of improvements, support for macOS Big Sur, native compatibility with Apple silicon Macs and dozens of additional user-requested enhancements. And the Cambridge, MA-based company also announced a redesigned UltraLite-mk5 USB-C audio interface.

PreSonus Announces Studio One 5 Update with Cloud Collaboration and Live Performance Environment

July 8, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

PreSonus Announces Studio One 5 Update with Cloud Collaboration and Live Performance Environment

PreSonus unveiled Studio One 5.0 for macOS and Windows. The audio and music production software is now even more powerful and more integrated, supporting new workflows. As usual with PreSonus updates, it offers a combination of major new features and many of the most requested features top the list of additions and improvements. PreSonus also designed a completely new integrated environment for live production, added cloud collaboration, and expanded the composition and notation tools.

Avid Unveils New Generation Audio Software and Venue Live Sound Mixing Surfaces at NAB 2018

April 9, 2018 by Joao Martins

Avid Unveils New Generation Audio Software and Venue Live Sound Mixing Surfaces at NAB 2018

It’s a new era for Avid, now with Jeff Rosica as Avid new CEO and President. Of course the completely new generation of products announced at NAB 2018 (Las Vegas, April 9-12) is the result of years of preparation, but the way this latest wave of innovation was announced at the Avid Connect 2018 event is already a sign of changes in the company. Essentially, Avid is accelerating the delivery of new tools, apps, services, and solutions for creative professionals and media companies.

Musicanote Launches Online Music Score Annotation Service

December 29, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Musicanote Launches Online Music Score Annotation Service

Musicanote, a music media content startup from Seoul, South Korea, which previously developed a music search engine, has now launched an online music score annotation service. The platform for archiving musical knowledge, enables text, images, and videos to be added to music scores online. Musicanote is a member of the K-ICT Born2Global Centre, a startup ecosystem from the main Korean government agency under the Ministry of Science and ICT.

Steinberg Unveils Dorico Music Notation Software

October 14, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Steinberg Unveils Dorico Music Notation Software

Challenging established brands in music notation, German company Steinberg Media Technologies just announced details of its own next-generation scoring application for Windows and macOS. Designed by musicians for musicians, Steinberg wants it to become the new choice of professional composers, arrangers, engravers, copyists and educators the world over. Developed by an experienced team, Dorico wants to be the new standard in notation software.

MakeMusic Releases New Version of Finale Music Notation Software

August 18, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

MakeMusic Releases New Version of Finale Music Notation Software

MakeMusic announced the release of a new version of Finale, the acclaimed music notation software. Features added in this release include 64-bit support, better playback abilities with an expanded Garritan sound library, a new ARIA Player with improved interface, improved ability to transpose note entries, and ReWire support to synchronize Finale playback with other pro-level audio software. The new software also improves creating very tall time signatures (popular in large scores) and other improvements requested by publishers.

Avid Updates Pro Tools to 12.5 and Sibelius to 8.2

April 1, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Avid Updates Pro Tools to 12.5 and Sibelius to 8.2

With a user base growing impatient for relevant updates (meaning new faster tools and functions), Avid has just announced the launch of Pro Tools 12.5, introducing the promised Avid Cloud Collaboration functionalities. Avid also updated its music notation and composition software Sibelius to version 8.2, introducing the user community’s top requests.

PreSonus Notion for iOS Adds Handwriting and Apple Pencil Support with iPad Pro

December 1, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

PreSonus Notion for iOS Adds Handwriting and Apple Pencil Support with iPad Pro

The latest update to PreSonus Notion for iOS takes mobile music creation to the next level with a new in-app purchase that adds handwriting recognition for iPad users. Using a finger or stylus, users are now able to write music in their own handwriting and see it effortlessly convert to digital notation. With an Apple Pencil on the iPad Pro, it’s even possible to write with pressure and thickness and even greater accuracy.

New W3C Music Notation Community Group Pushes Format and Language Specifications for Digital Music Notation

July 29, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

New W3C Music Notation Community Group Pushes Format and Language Specifications for Digital Music Notation

Steinberg Media Technologies and MakeMusic are founding members of a new community group formed under the auspices of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to develop and maintain format and language specifications for notated music used by web, desktop and mobile applications.