iCollect Everything – Best app for your collections!
One of the things that REALLY drives me bonkers is when people use spreadsheets for what they should be using a DataBase for! At the same time I understand the problem! Greater consumer level databases are hard to come by! HISTORY LESSON Back in the day before iWork – iWork started it’s life on January 11, 2005 at MacWorld Expo – (remember those?)Before iWork we … Continue reading iCollect Everything – Best app for your collections!
New Apple Hardware
Well it is currently June 14, 2023 and WWDC 2023 has now come and gone. What did we get as far as hardware? 1)A new MacBook Air with a 15″ screen and it has an M2 chip in it!2)Mac mini and Mac Studio with M2 chip in them! I am writing this post currently on my 2016 MacBook Pro 15″ with 2.7 GHz Quad Core … Continue reading New Apple Hardware
Dorico 5 Released! (and yes, I am still alive!)
Oh dear!… It seems to have been quite a little while since I have posted! Now that summer is here maybe we can find some time to write a bit more. There have been a few notable items this past month – Apple’s WWDC has come and passed, and NAMM has been held successfully – Congrats John on making it through your first of what … Continue reading Dorico 5 Released! (and yes, I am still alive!)
Working with Notation and Audio in StaffPad
Every now and then there are innovations that come along and simply change the way that our work gets done! The process of having an audio file that a musician would like to figure out a written musical arrangement of is nothing new. The process with which we get that done has changed though over the years. This post is NOT about a new process, … Continue reading Working with Notation and Audio in StaffPad
Notion Mobile – What a Feat!
PreSonus has been hard at work coming up with ways to make our lives easier as musicians! This is NOT an easy feat to accomplish! Back in October Notion Mobile was released as a FREE – CROSS PLATFORM music notation tool! Now…. I KNOW I am a bit behind but life has hit hard these past few months! At the same time as Notion Mobile … Continue reading Notion Mobile – What a Feat!
Perform with that iPad – Korg iOS Apps on Sale
Are you a musician that likes making music? Than I am SURE you MUST have an iPad – right? SO many amazing instruments are available! Korg has some great ones – and they are on Black Friday sales currently! Here is the line up – (Don’t bother clicking the picture as I simply ripped it off the Korg website. Simply go search the App Store … Continue reading Perform with that iPad – Korg iOS Apps on Sale
Is this Happy Thanksgiving or Happy App Sales Week?
Well whatever the case and wherever you live there are some great deals on music apps that are outstanding for anyone looking to use their iOS devices for something more than surfing the web. In fact…. I even feel bad sometimes using my iPad as a digital sheet music reader as much as I do because there are SO many astounding music making apps available … Continue reading Is this Happy Thanksgiving or Happy App Sales Week?
Save 50% on Dorico in Steinberg’s Cyber Weeks sale
Not to steal headlines or anything but seriously…. 50% off? Alongside a new Version 4.3 update on the desktop and a Version 2.5 update for iPad – there isn’t going to be a better time to pull the trigger and make this purchase! Remember – using Dorico on iPad is about like using the desktop version – only, you know…. different because it’s on iPad … Continue reading Save 50% on Dorico in Steinberg’s Cyber Weeks sale
I didn’t know we couldn’t do it so we did it.
So this resonates SO much as a teacher of students who get told way too often that they can’t do something. Or they get told “it’s hard…” or worse, they get told “it’s too hard!” What are you telling your students? What are you telling YOURSELF? Continue reading I didn’t know we couldn’t do it so we did it.
Sibelius Mobile Does NOT support [export] XML? (See updated notes)
UPDATE – NOVEMBER 22, 2022 As of today, Nov 22, 2022, (with the Version 2022.11.1 update) Sibelius for iPad now actually WILL let you import XML files! But it STILL will not let you EXPORT XML! What? Wait… huh? HOW in the WORLD did this EVER get the “OK” from people that make the decisions? Like EVERY other iPad Notation app I use supports XML. … Continue reading Sibelius Mobile Does NOT support [export] XML? (See updated notes)
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