Sibelius

Released to public in 1993

- Available on PC and Mac in 1998
Bought
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by AVID Technology in 2006

Video and audio production company
Pro Tools
M-Audio

2012 AVID laid off original development team and closed original London
office
- Only offers 90 days of tech support
Full Version- 8.0 normal $600, can find for $300 on sweetwater
- Free 30 day trial
- Subscription model- $20/mo
Lite version- Sibelius First (~$100)
- Virtual piano
- Midi input
- Scan sheet music
- External audio input- program transcribes and converts to
Sib notation
o AudioScore- SUPPOSEDLY CAN TRANSCRIBE CD
Connectivity with Scorch- free software developed by Avid
- Sibelius scores can be uploaded, shared, printed, published, etc.
- Contains playback controls, auto page turns, page orientation, etc.
- IPAD version $2
No Tools- able to access, edit, select any notation element
simultaneously
- Ribbon-based layout (similar to MS Office)
Default settings are easier to work with, but not as customizable as
Finale
Surface Pro Tablet compatible (handwrite with stylus)
Sharing- can go straight to Youtube, Dropbox, Facebook,
Soundcloud
Plug-in library