TI:ME Welcomes Three New Board Members:
TI:ME is pleased to announce the appointment of three outstanding educators to their Board of Directors: Robby Burns, Gillian Kellar, and Kevin Longwill. Each brings unique and complimentary musicianship, instructional experience, and technological leadership that strengthens TI:ME’s mission to support meaningful, forward-thinking integration of technology in music education.
Happy to be working with TI:ME in this capacity.
Edit: I have been informed that this page is very old and that the iOS version of this app has been out since 2015 and has not received updates since. Hard to recommend a 10 dollar app with that in mind.
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A colleague turned me on to Harmony Cloud earlier in the month. It’s a new ear training tool from vibraphonist Stefon Harris, and it seems really neat.
I attended a masterclass featuring Stefon Harris back in the early 2000s, and something I distinctly remember about his teaching was how well he could communicate complex harmonic ideas in jazz through much more musical and emotive language. For example, he described the sound of a dominant chord with a b9 and 13 in it was like “a warm hug” or “rocking a baby to sleep.” He perfectly bridged the complexity of improv with concepts any listener can relate to. I’m really curious to see how his musicianship and teaching skill translate into this app.
harmony-cloud-app — Stefon Harris:
Harmony Cloud™ helps you hear, practice, and create music in ways you never thought possible. Harmony Cloud™ is a revolutionary step forward in the world of ear training, created by world-renowned jazz musician and educator Stefon Harris. The app is designed to help serious musicians at all levels expand their understanding of harmony, feel music on a deeper level, and fearlessly explore the world of improvisation. Its underlying (patent-pending) algorithm stitches together chords you select into an unending source of unpredictable, yet musical, chord progressions. Try our Beta Version today! Be on the lookout for an official iOS release coming soon!
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Logic Pro has some new updates. Some of them are novel and cool, but a new feature that captures performance data before the user presses record is exactly the kind of iterative workflow improvement that I love to see.
Logic Pro amplifies beat making on Mac and iPad with advanced new capabilities – Apple:
Flashback Capture allows artists to recover unforgettable performances, even if they forgot to hit record.2 Users can quickly restore MIDI and audio performances using a key command or a custom control bar button. By enabling Cycle mode, musicians can improvise multiple takes, and Flashback Capture will automatically organize each pass into a take folder.
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On the recent episode of Music Ed Tech Talk, Will and I were discussing how rare it is that iPad apps function similarly to their desktop counterparts. DaVinci Resolve is an exception to this standard, and it only seems to get more powerful with every new release.
DaVinci Resolve 20 for iPad: Features & AI Enhancements:
Alongside the release of DaVinci Resolve 20 for Windows and macOS, version 20 of DaVinci Resolve has now been released for iPadOS as well. Similar to the desktop release, this update adds a number of new AI features across the application.
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If you haven’t heard, OpenAI is merging with Jony Ive’s company io, and they have announced that they are working on a hardware product. They are very jazzed about it. Probably a past version of myself would be too, but given my mixed feelings about where AI sits in our culture right now, I couldn’t help but throw up in my mouth several times while watching the announcement video.
Still, I admit I am very curious what they are cooking up.
I think Jason Snell over at Six Colors has the take on this news that I most closely identify with.
Sam and Jony and skepticism – Six Colors:
But right now, all we have are words and an awkward video of Sam and Jony drinking espresso. The words are all vague. I’ll believe whatever they’re going to release when I see it. Until then, like so much in the AI world in particular and the tech world in general, it’s meaningless hype, signifying nothing.
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Dorico 6 is out today and it is full of really great stuff.
Dorico 6 is now available: Perfect scores, faster – Dorico:
We’re delighted to announce the immediate availability of Dorico 6, the brand new generation of our family of music notation and composition software for macOS, Windows, and iPadOS. This version is absolutely packed with new features, with a particular focus on engraving and workflow, though there are improvements throughout the application, and we hope that every Dorico user will find several things to be excited about.
If you’re an existing Dorico user, you can update or upgrade to Dorico 6 right now, or if you want to try before you buy, a completely free 60-day trial version is also available from today.
Before we begin, check out the introductory video beautifully produced by my colleague Anthony, with music of his own composition, performed by cellist Cristina Munoz Caamano, who also appears in the video and on our web site. We hope it’ll put you in the mood to find out more about what we’ve been working on, and why.
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As usual, the Scoring Notes blog has a really detailed post reviewing all of the new features, which I encourage you to check out.
Dorico 6 review: Proof positive – Scoring Notes:
Every major Dorico update affects all areas of the application, but if the Dorico 5 cycle could be characterized as full of audio goodies, Dorico 6 is brimming with delights in the areas of engraving and workflow. Cutaway scores and proofreading are two of the headline features, but there are robust advancements in chord symbols, text, playing techniques, and more — they’re all either new or more robust than ever.
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There’s never been a better time to try Dorico, especially if you’re still considering alternatives to Finale. With a bit of time spent learning the popovers and jump bar, Dorico can deliver better-looking scores with more power and ease than any alternative.
Seamlessly Sync Readwise and Craft:
Highlight text in articles or books and instantly sync it to Craft and across all your devices.
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Craft is now integrated with the Readwise service, which I love for saving my highlights and notes from Kindle books and web articles.
If you ask me, Readwise integration is the essential component of a note-taking workflow built on PKM apps. Even though I am using Apple Notes for my general note-taking these days, and Craft more specifically for information I share on the web, it is really exciting to see them integrate this.
Linked in the article are instructions for a discount on Craft and a free trial of Reader.
Bob Habersat over at Shed the Music created a super useful tool for generating a CSV file in the exact format Soundtrap requires for uploading students in bulk.
If you’ve done this before, you know it’s a hassle. I’m all for anything that makes the process even a little easier.
Check it out –> Soundtrap CSV Creator – Shed the Music
I am still hopelessly in favor of a federated social internet, but Rob Shearer shares some very valid concerns about the state of Mastodon, in particular, in this blog post…
I am currently winding down the Mastodon bots I used to post sunrise and sunset times. The precipitating event is that the admin of the instance hosting the associated accounts demanded they be made nigh-undiscoverable, but the underlying cause is that it’s become increasing clear that Mastodon isn’t, and won’t ever be, a good platform for “asynchronous ephemeral notifications of any kind”. I’d also argue (more controversially) that it’s simply not good infrastructure for social networking of any kind. There are lots of interesting people using Mastodon, and I’m sure it will live on as a good-enough space for certain niche groups. But there is no question that it will never offer the fun of early Twitter, let alone the vibrancy of Twitter during its growth phase. I’ve long since dropped Mastodon from my home screen, and have switched to Bluesky for text-centric social media.
These are solid updates. I am happy to see iWork apps continuing to get regular meaningful updates outside of the cycle of annual operating system updates.
Apple Updates iWork Apps With New iOS 18.4 and macOS 15.4 Features – MacRumors:
Each app also received a few other enhancements that are not tied to the latest software updates.
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