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about BTM Innovation

Posted on October 3, 2017 by btmi

BTM Innovation was created in Adelaide Australia by Peter Grimshaw in 1995 to support his many software projects that now in daily use across the globe.  In 2009 he was joined by Ulrich Steffen Eck who manages the support of … Continue reading →

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A Polish First

Posted on April 19, 2017 by btmi

PWM Edition recently completed the massive project to convert the instrumentation of their entire rental catalogue into the Universal Instrumentation Code format, and is the first publisher to do so. The real power of the UIC (particularly in searching) can only … Continue reading →

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Work Tags

Posted on February 19, 2017 by btmi

A new feature of HLMSW coming in the next release tackles the problem surrounding the extended use of HLMSW to manage much more than just hire/rental material. With HLMSW version 8.0.6.0 or later you now have the ability to quickly … Continue reading →

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BTMI in New York

Posted on September 24, 2016 by btmi

The HLMSW version 8 roadshow moves the USA in the first week of October, 2016 and Peter Grimshaw will be in New York visiting all of our HLMSW customers to update their HLMSW system to the latest (and greatest) that has been … Continue reading →

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HLMSW Versions

Posted on February 10, 2016 by btmi

We currently have 2 versions of HLMSW available, and we recommend that ALL HLMSW users have the most recent version of HLMSW installed. To see what version of HLMSW you have installed, click on menu option Help/About in HLMSW. HLMSW Version 7.40 … Continue reading →

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QR Magic

Posted on October 21, 2015 by btmi

Can you guess what this QR Code represents? This is one way that you can distribute a UIC that describes all of the instrumental forces required in a symphonic work. With the appropriate software, the code could be translated to: 2[1/Picc.2] 2 … Continue reading →

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BTMI in Sweden

Posted on September 21, 2015 by btmi

Next week will see the BTMI team in Stockholm, Sweden to install the HLMSW and Zinfonia systems for the prestigious Scandinavian publishing house Gehrmans Musikförlag. This is an exciting installation for us because it marks the FIRST site to be using the very … Continue reading →

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First-come, first-served

Posted on September 17, 2015 by btmi

HLMSW sites with lots of users have had to deal with one long-standing issue – the possibility of 2 users working on the same composer, work, set, account or transaction at the same time.  At the moment when this occurs, the … Continue reading →

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The world at your control

Posted on July 21, 2015 by btmi

One of the most important and complex aspects of the Zinfonia system is the way it  manages the distribution of works and orders across the globe.  Publishers have always had tools to manage these rules (either in  HLMSW or in Zinfonia itself) but … Continue reading →

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics

Posted on February 9, 2015 by btmi

Now that hundreds of orders are passing through Zinfonia every week, we have added a new report to provide managers with simple metrics to help them manage their Zinfonia presence. The statistics page is available in the Reports section of the Publish administration … Continue reading →

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