Essential Information About Sibelius Software (Annual License)
- Comprehensive score editor for composing, arranging, and laying out complex scores, from solo to orchestra.
- Fast workflow: note input via mouse, keyboard, or MIDI, with a clear interface even for long scores.
- Unlimited score sharing via Sibelius | Cloud Sharing and the ability to add comments directly within the score.
- Realistic rendering thanks to a 36 GB sound library and numerous fine editing tools.
What Sibelius Is For
Sibelius is music notation software designed to write and produce professional scores, create arrangements, extract parts, and prepare educational materials. It is aimed at composers, orchestrators, and arrangers as well as teachers wishing to generate worksheets and music writing exercises. Its approach combines precise editing, readability, and immediate playback to validate harmony, counterpoint, articulations, and layout before printing or digital distribution.
Main Features
Fluid notation and efficient navigation
Input adapts to your working method: mouse, keyboard, or MIDI master keyboard. The intuitive interface and clear navigation facilitate orientation, even in large forms (movements, repeats, long scores). Auxiliary functions like magnetic layout and dynamic voices speed up writing and reduce revisions, while maintaining a clean and readable result.
Advanced layout and detailed control
Sibelius includes a comprehensive collection of desktop publishing tools as well as a score inspector to precisely adjust every element (spacing, collisions, texts, articulations, engraving details). Ideal for preparing editions intended for printing, PDF, or professional context distribution.
Creativity, import, and note recognition
The ideas platform allows capturing and reusing motifs and passages. With over 2000 library entries, you have starting points to enrich your writing. To speed up content entry, AudioScore Lite enables monophonic note input via microphone, and PhotoScore & NotateMe Lite convert printed scores or PDF/JPEG files into editable scores.
Collaboration and studio integration
Share your scores and gather feedback with Sibelius | Cloud Sharing (unlimited), and insert comments directly into the score for clear correction tracking. ReWire support facilitates connection to compatible DAWs to integrate notation into the production workflow.
Technical Specifications
License and Activation
- Type: annual license with upgrade plan for 12 months
- License validity: 12 months
- Copy protection: online activation
- Simultaneous activations: 2
- Activation possible on 2 workstations simultaneously
- Product: download (activation code available on invoice after order processing)
System and Required Configuration
- Windows: from 10 (64-Bit)
- Mac OS: from 10.14 (64-Bit)
- Minimum RAM: 1 GB
- Minimum hard drive space: 37 GB
- Internet connection: required for installation and activation
Features
- Scorewriting software
- Composition, arrangements, and editing of complex scores or parts
- Creation of worksheets and music writing exercises for educational purposes
- Complete desktop publishing tools + score inspector for detailed adjustments
- Intuitive user interface with clear navigation, even with long scores
- Note input: mouse, keyboard, MIDI
- Score sharing via Sibelius | Cloud Sharing unlimited
- Auxiliary functions: magnetic layout, dynamic voices
- Add comments directly within a score
- Ideas platform to capture and reuse musical ideas
- Over 2000 library entries for creative impulses
- AudioScore Lite: monophonic note input via microphone
- PhotoScore & NotateMe Lite: conversion of printed scores or PDF/JPEG into editable scores
- Sound library: 36 GB for realistic playback
- ReWire support for connection to compatible DAWs
Supported Languages
- German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese
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