Dorico and Sibelius with Robby Burns (iPad Pros - 0121)

Professional desktop-class music notation software is finally available on the iPad. Music educator and percussionist Robby Burns discusses the arrival of Dorico and Sibelius on the iPad with Tim Chaten, who is a former music composition student that spent thousands of hours writing music in Finale. 

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Chapter Markers

00:00:00: Opening

00:02:33: Support the podcast!

00:03:56: Robby Burns

00:06:59: Robby's Studio

00:09:22: What this episode is about

00:09:58: How do you use the iPad?

00:13:09: Web apps

00:15:56: The current status of iPads for musicians

00:20:40: What is your iPad setup?

00:24:34: Music Notation - the landscape of software

00:32:18: Notion and Symphony Pro

00:34:20: QT (Cute)

00:37:26: Sibelius and Dorico's iPad Release

00:40:23: Sibelius

00:41:19: The Scoring Notes Interview

00:43:39: The two different approaches

00:46:59: How I write music and Sibelius’s approach

00:50:28: Sibelius Keypad

00:52:37: Sibelius vs Dorico

00:53:42: Command Search

00:56:06: Create menu

00:56:31: Keyboard shortcuts

00:58:25: Custom keyboards

01:00:01: Dorico's Keyboard Popovers

01:02:27: Dorico's way of inputting rests and play mode

01:05:13: Key editor

01:05:53: Dorico's Philosophy 

01:08:01: Future Mixer request

01:12:08: MIDI input

01:12:29: CME xKey 25

01:14:57: Sibelius - Trackpad input

01:18:28: Apple Pencil in Sibelius

01:20:04: Dark Mode in Sibelius

01:21:44: M1 Encouraging the Creation of this App

01:24:38: Various Tiers

01:27:31: Dorico - Setting up the score

01:28:53: XML

01:30:59: Scanning apps

01:31:30: Flows

01:33:37: Players

01:34:14: Most used Dorico keyboard shortcuts?

01:36:26: Two modes in Dorico

01:38:02: Virtual instruments

01:38:26: Multiple layers in the same staff?

01:39:27: Less obvious toolbar icons

01:40:47: Pitch before rhythm 

01:42:22: The free version of Dorico

01:42:42: Drop down menu

01:43:20: Gallery view

01:43:45: Desktop app on the iPad

01:46:03: Extending a note duration

01:47:20: Changing from F# to Gb

01:49:57: Your process for adding articulations

01:51:40: Selecting a group of notes

01:52:47: Commenting system

01:54:18: Dorico for performances

01:56:29: MIDI keyboards with QWERTY keys

01:57:08: Move to Staff Above or Below

01:57:56: Any other custom keyboard shortcuts?

01:58:53: Dealing with ledger lines

02:00:47: Why Dorico is resonating

02:01:31: Clefs

02:03:30: Intervals

02:05:32: Percussion

02:11:17: Properties Window

02:12:35: Moving play head position?

02:15:46: Touch optimizations

02:16:06: Write mode

02:17:35: Frames

02:19:42: Mixed Meter

02:22:51: Siri Shortcuts

02:24:49: Abstract music - engrave mode

02:26:12: 3rd Party Audio Units

02:34:17: StaffPad's playback approach

02:35:16: GarageBand Audio Units

02:36:35: Creating your own samples

02:37:57: Logic on iPad

02:40:29: Anything else on play mode?

02:40:45: Printing

02:42:23: Read mode

02:43:39: Pro apps on iPad

02:47:08: Recommendations

02:51:45: Music Ed Tech Talk

02:53:40: Matthew Cassinelli is to blame

02:56:26: Where can people find you?

02:56:31: RobbyBurns.com

02:56:50: MusicEdTechTalk.com

02:57:10: Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers

02:57:46: Patreon

02:58:39: @RobbyBurns

02:59:04: Closing

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