Sibelius

The latest generation of the world’s best-selling music notation software, Avid Sibelius 7 is sophisticated enough to meet the demands of top composers, arrangers, and publishers, yet simple enough for beginners and students.

Work quickly with the brand-new, task-oriented user interface. Experience your scores in stunning clarity with the exclusive, professional-quality sound library. Collaborate more easily thanks to full MusicXML interchange support and other sharing options. With all these advancements and many more, Sibelius 7 is the fastest, smartest, easiest way to write music.

Sibelius 7 features

•Task-oriented user interfaceThe brand-new Sibelius 7 user interface provides task-focused tabs that lead you through the process of creating a score from start to finish. Every feature has both an icon and a text description which you can access via a button or a keyboard shortcut—with full con-textual help available when you need it.

*New ribbon-style interface / Tabbed document interface / Ergonomic improvements
*Keyboard access / Status bar / Make it stick

•Professional sound library—only in Sibelius

You finesse every detail of your score—you want to hear every nuance during playback. Sibelius7 includes more than 38 GB of professional content, including a specially recorded symphony orc-hestra, rock and pop instruments, and much more. This exclusive content is only available in Sibelius 7.

•Native 64-bit support—only in Sibelius
Today’s 64-bit capable hardware and operating systems provide big speed and memory advantages. Sibelius 7 is the world’s first 64-bit notation software, enabling you to unlock the full power of your 64-bit system—and work more quickly, with more vi-rtual instruments and effects, than ever before.
*Unleash the full power of your computer–only in Sibelius
*Music without limits
*Multi-core capability–only in Sibelius *32-bit compatible *ReWire–only in Sibelius ReWire normally requires both the master and the slave to be 32-bit applications, because the underlying technology is not yet available for 64-bit systems. But Si-belius 7 can run as a 64-bit application and communicate with a 32-bit ReWire ma-ster, thanks to its unique inter-process communication approach.

•Optimized for single monitor use—only in Sibelius
Sibelius has always tried to act as an intelligent assistant, taking the drudgery outof your work. Sibelius 7 now remembers exactly what you were doing the last time you worked on your score, restoring not only the zoom level and showing you where in yourscore you were working, but also the document tabs, window sizes and positions, view options, and more.
*Full screen for full speed ahead—only in Sibelius
*Dockable panels / Redesigned Mixer

*Context-sensitive Inspector

•Text and typography enhancementsTake advantage of the latest OpenType fonts, including advanced features like ligatures, andemploy them in text frames with full DTP-level capabilities. There’s no need to export projects to a separate DTP application—now you can complete many of them within Sibelius 7.
*Advanced typography / DTP-style text frames
*Hierarchical styles–only in Sibelius
*Plantin from Monotype Imaging–only in Sibelius

•Graphics import and exportSibelius 7 makes it easy to import graphics in all major formats, then manipulate them to buildcomplex layouts for publishing, creating teaching materials, instructional books, and more. You can export the full score as publication-quality graphics in PDF format, plus individualpages orsmaller sections in EPS, PNG, and SVG formats. It’s never been faster or easier to finish the jobto the highest standards. *Picture perfect - It’s so easy to import graphics into Sibelius, it’s as simple as drag and drop. You can import any imagein any standard format (including BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIFF, and SVG)—just drag it in. *SVG support / External links / Use graphics as symbols

*One-click PDF export

Computer requirements for Sibelius 7

•Minimum requirements for Sibelius 7 software only
*Windows: Windows XP SP3 (32-bit only), Windows Vista SP2 with the Platform Update Pack or later, Windows 7 SP1 or later, 1 GB+ RAM, 750 MB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive
*Mac: Mac OS X 10.6.7 or later, Mac OS X 10.7, 1 GB+ RAM, 750 MB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive

•Recommendations for Sibelius 7 Sounds sample library
*Windows: Intel Core 2 Duo (or equivalent) or better, 4 GB+ total physical RAM, 40 GB total hard disk space (7200 rpm or faster drive recommended; SSD preferable), ASIO-compatible soundcard
*Mac: Intel Core 2 Duo or better, 4 GB+ total physical RAM, 40 GB total hard disk space(7200 rpm or faster drive recommended; SSD preferable).

•Using external hardware MIDI playback devices with Sibelius 7
If you have an external hardware MIDI playback device that you wish to use with Sibelius 7, please check
that a compatible sound set is available