747: Daniel Spreadbury on next-generation music notation

<p class="p1"><a href="https://blog.dorico.com/about/">Daniel Spreadbury</a> is the Product Marketing Manager for Steinberg’s professional scoring application <a href= "https://new.steinberg.net/dorico/">Dorico</a>. Before joining Steinberg, Daniel and many members of the Dorico team worked for many years on the Sibelius music notation software.</p> <p class="p1">We discuss the innovative approach Dorico takes to user interface, how Adobe Lightroom influenced the initial development of Dorico, lessons learned from legacy products like Sibelius and Finale, and much more. </p> <p class="p1">Enjoy, and <a href= "https://new.steinberg.net/dorico/se/">pick up a free version of Dorico SE</a> to experiment with all the interface and design concepts that we dig into here!</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://contrabassconversations.com/app"><em>Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle!</em></a></span><span class= "s2"><br /></span></p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1">Check out my <a href= "https://courses.discoverdoublebass.com/p/beginners-classical-bass"> Beginner's Classical Bass course</a>, available exclusively from <a href="https://discoverdoublebass.com/jasonheath">Discover Double Bass</a>!</span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1"><strong>Thank you to our sponsors!</strong></span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://new.steinberg.net/dorico/"><strong>Dorico</strong></a> - Dorico helps you to write music notation, automatically producing printed results of exceptional quality — and plays it back with breathtaking realism. It is easy enough for anyone to learn, yet has hundreds of advanced notations, features, options and sounds to satisfy even the most demanding professionals.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> With its streamlined, natural user interface, students and those with less experience in scoring can compose and arrange straight into Dorico, making learning the lang