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       SIBELIUS 6 DEMO VERSION  (c) Copyright Sibelius Software 1995


CONTENTS:

 Introduction
 Installing
 Using the demonstration
 Some of its features
 Sibelius 7 and Sibelius 7 Student



---------INTRODUCTION

This is a demonstration version of Sibelius 6 version 2.5, released in Dec
1994. There are many enhancements compared with previous versions,
particularly to do with playback. This demo disk (unlike some older ones)
has playback fully enabled so you can hear just what it's like.


Sibelius 6 is a complete tool for processing music - that is, inputting
music using a MIDI keyboard or mouse, editing it as music notation and then
playing it back through the computer's speaker or MIDI, or printing it out.

It's based on Sibelius 7, which is now used by some of the world's
best-known composers. Perhaps its most spectacular success to date has been
in the music publishing industry, where one would normally expect to find
only Apple Macs and IBM PCs. But because Sibelius 7 knocks spots off
anything available on other computers (read the Reviews file if you don't
believe it), these professionals are drawn to invest in Acorns instead. But
of course, printing music is just one aspect of what Sibelius 7 does.


This demo version is complete except that the following features have been
disabled:

  Printing
  Saving
  Exporting Draw files

Also, the full version comes with some extra things like speaker voices,
more sample files and 'style sheets' (ready-made standard combinations of
instruments).

If you want further details, contact Sibelius Software (details at the end
of this file). You could also come and see it in action - we exhibit at many
of the top music and computer exhibitions both in the UK and around the
world.

Please feel free to make copies of this demo and give them to anyone; but
please make sure you include all the associated files too (fonts, music
files etc).



---------INSTALLING

FONTS

You will need to install the OpusII fonts in order to use the program. You
are assumed to have the outline font manager already.

If you have had a previous demo disk, you will need to delete the old
OpusII fonts if you still have them, as they have changed. (Do this by
holding down Shift while double-clicking on your computer's !Fonts, then
delete the directory called OpusII. You may need to unlock OpusII if it
doesn't appear to delete.)

Then install the fonts from this disc as follows:

If you don't have a RISC PC computer:

* Get the directory display which contains your own !Fonts. (It will be on
  one of your Applications disks, or on your hard disk if you have one.)
* Drag the !Fonts which is on this demo disk into the directory display
  containing your existing !Fonts. The new fonts will be added to your
  existing ones.
* Double-click on your own !Fonts.

If you do have a RISC PC computer:

* Double-click on the !Boot application on your hard disk.
* Click on Fonts on the Configure window.
* Drag the !Fonts from this demo disk onto the big arrow on the Configure
  Fonts window.
* Click on Set.


FUNCTION KEY STRIP

Sibelius 6 makes a lot of use of the function keys for speed, so you have to
print a key strip. Once you have installed the OpusII fonts (above):

* Load a printer driver for your printer
* Start !Draw
* Double-click on Key strip
* Press the Print key and click on 'Print'.

The keys with grey backgrounds are less important than the white ones.



---------USING THE DEMONSTRATION

Specific instructions on how to work this demonstration are in the
!!Manual!! file in the Read Me directory.

The rest of this file gives more general information.



---------SOME OF SIBELIUS 6'S FEATURES

Sibelius 6 understands and continuously applies hundreds of rules of music
notation and positioning normally known only to a handful of experts. Many
of these rules are mysterious and are not to be found in any book.

The rules are continuously applied by the program in the background - you
just input the notes, whether from MIDI keyboard or with the mouse, and
Sibelius 6 will apply its expertise as it goes along. Nevertheless, most of
the rules can be overridden by the user if required.

Applying all these rules to a complete score takes Sibelius 6 about
0.1 seconds - regardless of the length of the score!


Sibelius 6 can do many things not explained in this demo. Contact Sibelius
Software (details at the bottom of this file) for full details.

The program was written entirely in assembly language to be extremely fast,
and uses its own top-speed versions of many operating system routines.



---------SIBELIUS 7 AND SIBELIUS 7 STUDENT

Sibelius 7 is to Sibelius 6 what Impression Publishers is to Junior
Impression - it's got a whole lot more features for dealing with things
like orchestral scores, avant garde music, publishing and so on.

Sibelius 7 Student is a new, considerably cheaper version of Sibelius 7.
It's much the same, but with some specifically publishing features cut. The
most significant limitations are: 24 instruments max, 512 bars max.

Sibelius 7 Student is aimed at about A-level standard, but is available to
absolutely anyone (not just those in education).

Read the 'Diffrences' file in the Read Me directory to find out more about
what the differences between these three programs are.


This disk can give barely a taste of what this program can do in its
entirety. For a full information pack, contact:

  Sibelius Software
  75 Burleigh St
  CAMBRIDGE
  CB1 1DJ
  Great Britain

  Tel:   [phone]  ([phone])
  Fax:   [phone]  ([phone])
  email: [e-mail]

Please inform us how you heard about Sibelius, whether you have an Acorn
computer already, and which program you're most interested in.