Sibelius Software

Features of Sibelius 7

• Editing
  • automatic but adjustable positioning and spacing of all musical symbols (notes, rests, barlines etc.)
  • notes, rests, barlines, symbols, text and staves can be positioned, moved, modified and copied instantly using the mouse
  • groups of bars can be inserted, copied or deleted at any time; Sibelius 7 makes all necessary consequential changes to the layout of the score
  • the whole score, individual instruments or arbitrary passages of music can be transposed chromatically or diatonically by any interval (automatic for transposing instruments when extracting parts)
  • unlimited number of symbols on any page

• Instruments and staves
  • all types of instrument permitted (vocal, keyboard, wind, percussion, stringed, electronic etc.)
  • minimal loss of speed, even when using over 100 staves
  • over 100 predefined instruments
  • automatic but adjustable arrangement of instruments into correct order

• Format and spacing
  • automatic instantaneous reformatting of the entire score during any operation
  • page size and stave size can be changed instantly at any time
  • intelligent attachment of markings (e.g. slurs, text) to appropriate notes
  • forcible system-breaks and page-turns
  • spacing between notes and staves instantly adjustable by moving the mouse

• Playback & MIDI
  • MIDI input (new Flexi-time)
  • follows music while playing, fast-forwarding and rewinding
  • reads & interprets instrument names, metronome marks, dynamics, articulation marks etc.
  • reads natural language, without need for 'stock phrases'
  • supports General MIDI standard and other patches

• Text
  • text organised into styles depending on the use (e.g. expression markings, lyrics, titles)
  • any text font can be used (all standard laser printer fonts are available)
  • text size adjustable in units of 0.01 points
  • automatic positioning of lyrics and addition of extension lines and hyphens
  • automatic lettering/numbering of rehearsal marks in correct sequence and in various formats
  • instantaneous adjustment of font, size, leading, alignment etc. of all text in a given style, e.g. expression markings, instrument names, 'tuplet' numbers and so on

• Part extraction
  • automatic part extraction of single or multiple instruments, requiring almost no 'tidying up' afterwards
  • automatic transposition during extraction
  • automatic collection of bar rests into multirests

• Printing & Publishing
  • prints on virtually any laser, inkjet, bubblejet or dot-matrix printer
  • not limited to PostScript printers
  • unsurpassed print quality
  • automatic print enhancement for low- and medium-resolution printers
  • scaled printing (10%-999%)
  • collating
  • double-sided printing
  • optional crop marks
  • can create PostScript and EPS files on DOS disks, for outputting to film or bromide at typesetting bureaux who use IBM PC or Apple Mac computers
  • pages can be exported to word processors and graphics editors as EPS or Draw Files
  • EPS files can be incorporated into documents on IBM PC and Apple Mac computers
  • Draw Files are editable and can be imported directly into Acorn graphics programs and word processors

Demonstration versions

• Sibelius 7
• Sibelius 7 (Student)
• Sibelius 6

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