Reviews
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Scoring Notes
“The value is in the very high ratio of quality to effort.” David MacDonald’s hands-on review of Cantai in Dorico.
Articles & news
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Scoring Notes
Philip Rothman on Cantai 3.0.0: one installer for Dorico and Sibelius, Spanish lyrics, choir ensembles and six new solo voices.
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Making the Most of Notation Software
Dr. Tom Rudolph walks through setting up Cantai for vocal playback in Sibelius.
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Sound On Sound
MuseScore Studio 4.6 gains Online Sounds, built with Cantai, which sing your lyrics back as you write.
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KVR Audio
Muse Group’s MuseScore Studio update brings real-time lyric playback with Cantai’s voices.
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Rekkerd
MuseScore Studio 4.6 plays typed lyrics back in Cantai’s voices, so composers hear vocal lines while they write.
Podcasts
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Scoring Notes Podcast
Philip Rothman and David MacDonald talk with Richard deCosta about how Cantai was built, the singers behind its voices and what comes next.
Videos
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Pascal Hahn Music
In German: setting up Cantai in Sibelius, with a short demo, in seven minutes.
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Discover Dorico
“Why Cantai?” The Dorico team’s own session on setting up Cantai and getting your vocal scores to sing.
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David Larsen
How to use Cantai in Dorico: hear your lyrics sung, edit the vocal part and hear the change.
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Scott Watson
A teacher’s tutorial on configuring a Dorico Pro score for voice and chorus with Cantai.
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Sound of Maw
A Dorico demo for vocal quartet, harp and string orchestra, straight from notation to playback.
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MuseScore Café with Marc Sabatella
Marc Sabatella sets up Cantai in MuseScore Studio and tries it on a variety of music.
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MuseScore
MuseScore’s first look at Cantai singing the lyrics of your score in MuseScore Studio.
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David McCoy
A first test of Cantai singing lyrics from MuseScore, with editing and pronunciation.
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David Das
Calls Cantai a “NotePerformer-style revolution” for choral music, and walks through an example.
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