Pressing all the right buttons

Notation Express is a custom-designed profile for the Stream Deck console, Stream Deck XL console, and the Stream Deck Mobile app for iOS, that maps hundreds of notation features to a colorful push-button interface and makes the software fun to use in a unique way. For Dorico 4, Notation Express was been completely rebuilt — every button has been re-programmed to take advantage of Dorico 4’s new ability to receive commands directly from Stream Deck, instead of relying upon a custom key command profile as the intermediary. Philip Rothman and David MacDonald talk about how they developed this new version of Notation Express and the immediate benefits of the new system. We also discuss how this new API opens up even more possibilities, not only for the future of Notation Express, but also for other tools. More on Scoring Notes: Notation Express for Dorico 4 released