What's new in Sibelius 5

8/7/2019 What's new in Sibelius 5

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Ideas Hub Panorama New sounds VST & Audio Units

Instant cues Complete layout control... and much more!

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See Sibelius in action at www.sibelius.com/5

Sibelius 5 represents the latest advancein the worlds favourite music software.Weve listened to what Sibelius users havebeen asking for, and have spent many

months adding fantastic enhancementsfor writing music, the latest technologiessuch as VST & Audio Units, and completelynew features, such as the Ideas Hub.

Whether you use Sibelius for writing music,teaching or just for fun, dont be afraid ofgetting up-to-date. Sibelius 5 is better and

easier than ever, and once youve tried ityoull be glad you made the change!

Sibelius 5 Ideas Hub

150+ high-quality sounds

VST & Audio Units

Panorama

Instant cues

Changing instruments

Blank pages

Advanced bar numbers

Reprise & other music fonts

New & undoable plug-ins

...and much more!

Sibelius keeps me inspired.

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director o the

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Dont get let behind upgradeto the most exciting new version yet!

WHATSNEW


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A Eureka experience!

No more scribbled bits o

paper and backs o envelopes.

Sibelius 5 captures all o

my ideas and miraculously

I can fnd them again in

an instant.

Howard Goodall, composer

Ideas Hub is a unique new featurethat lets you capture, use andre-use snippets of music. As wellas using your own ideas, over 2000ready-made ones are included ideal for teaching.

Ideas Hub

Make use o ready-made ideas rom proessional

musicians spanning a huge range o styles.

Tag ideas with keywords to fnd them instantly.

Find an idea you like. Capture it in the Ideas Hub.

Never lose another ideaWhen writing music you often come upwith a bit of melody, rhythm,accompaniment or chord progressionwith some potential. Now, instead ofwondering what to do with it, just tapa key to store it in the Ideas Hub. Thenyou can re-use these ideas later in anyscore, just like pasting from the clipboard;Sibelius even transposes ideas into theright key and range.

Tag, organize and searchAn idea can be a passage of music ofany length, any kind and for any numberof instruments. Once youve capturedan idea you can edit it, tag it with yourown keywords (e.g. canon, lyrical, riff) tohelp nd it later, or even colour-code it.The Ideas window lets you browse andsearch through all the available ideas bykeyword tags, instrument, time signature,key and so on, and even play them back.

Plus, you can export them later to shareyour ideas with other people.

Ready-made ideas for studentsOver 2000 ready-made ideas are includedfor students to use, in a huge range ofstyles from classical, jazz and band toworld music, rock and hip-hop.By using these ideas in their music,students of all abilities can discover howmelodies, harmonies and rhythms can beput together to create differing texturesand musical structures.

They could start with just one or two

ideas for inspiration, or alternativelyuse ideas as building blocks to createa complete piece. You can keep trackof what theyve done, because Sibeliusmarks where ideas are used in the score.

If you prefer, you can switch off all of theready-made ideas, or just give studentsa few specic ones, for more focusedexercises.


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Stunning new sounds & playback

Enhanced realismYou can now specify exactly howarticulations, lines, tremolos and symbolsplay back for example, to change thelength and loudness of accents andstaccatos, the speed of tremolos, or howfast chords with wiggly arpeggio linesare spread. Hairpins automatically readdynamics to work out how loud or softthey should end up, and sustained notesget continuously louder or softer along thehairpin.

Always chooses the best soundsOur revolutionary new way of categorisingsounds, called SoundWorld, ensuresthat Sibelius always chooses the mostsuitable sound available on any device with no need to reset them if you switchequipment. And if you want to tell Sibelius

which device you prefer for particularsounds, e.g. GPO for strings and SynthogyIvory for piano, you only need do so once just set and forget.

150+ high-quality built-in soundsSibelius 5 comes with Sibelius SoundsEssentials as standard a collection of over150 pitched and hundreds of unpitchedpercussion sounds, covering a wide range oforchestral, rock & pop, jazz and marchingband instruments, plus the full GeneralMIDI set. Weve selected the soundsfrom top-name libraries such as GarritanPersonal Orchestra, Garritan Jazz & BigBand, Garritan Concert & Marching Band,M-Audio Session, and Tapspace VirtualDrumline everything you need to startproducing high-quality playback, audio lesand CDs.

Sibelius Sounds Essentials plays back usingKontakt Player 2, the very latest versionwith much improved performance. It canplay any number of sounds simultaneously(limited only by your computer), loadsthem almost instantly, and has extrabuilt-in effects. Any other Sibelius Soundsyou have (e.g. Kontakt Gold, GPO SibeliusEdition) will work better than ever, too.

World Music New!HIgh-quality samples o

indigenous instruments

rom around the world,

including Cuban percussion

and a Taiko drum ensemble.

Choral New!Solo and ensemble samples

or soprano, alto, tenor and

bass, plus high-quality organ

and piano sounds.

Rock & PopAll the sounds youll need

to write rock, pop and jazz

music, including a wide

range o guitars, keyboards

and drums.

Other Sound Libraries Available

Tapspace Virtual Drumline Pitched and unpitched percussion sounds or marching band musicGarritan Personal Orchestra The acclaimed collection o orchestral sounds

Garritan Concert & Marching Band Wind, brass and percussion sounds or band music

Garritan Jazz and Big Band Over 50 jazz and big band instruments, including scream trumpet

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VST (on Windows and Mac) and Audio Units (on Mac only)are state-of-the-art standards for high-quality instrumentalsounds. A huge variety of VST and Audio Unit instrumentsare available from numerous manufacturers and nowSibelius 5 can play back using any of them! So youre no

longer limited to our sounds you can now use world-famous ones such as EastWest Quantum Leap SymphonicOrchestra, Vienna Symphonic Library, Synful Orchestra,and many others. Plus you can use any Kontakt Player 2 orKontakt 2-format sounds, too.

Many effects to enhance the results (such as advancedreverb, EQ, lters) are also available, which you can chainand mix together. Plus you can use as many different VST orAudio Unit instruments and effects simultaneously as yourcomputer can handle.

VST & Audio UnitsFlawless recordings, every timeEven if your computer isnt powerful enough to playa score back in all its glory, Sibelius can now createa perfect, glitch-free audio le, by processing it at aspeed that suits your computer. And if you have a fastcomputer, Sibelius creates the audio le faster thanreal time!

Now you

can use anycombination

o sotware,

instruments

and eects

to play back

your score.

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Eortless control with a new MixerThe Mixer has been completely redesigned in a compactvertical layout with more features. There are extra fadersfor VST and Audio Unit instruments and effects, a mastervolume control, plus you can adjust the volume and pan ofwhole instrument families (e.g. brass, strings) at once. And ifyou have an M-Audio keyboard you can use its own faders

and transport buttons to control Sibeliuss playback.

Experience breathtaking sounds and eects with Kontakt Player 2.


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Panorama is a new, clearer way ofviewing music in Sibelius. Instead ofbeing chopped up into systems andpages, the music is shown in a single,innitely-wide strip far easier to readand navigate around. So now you can justthink about the notes, and forget about

page layout until youre ready to print.You can switch between Panoramaand normal view whenever you like,or use Panorama in combination withFocus on Staves if you just want tolook at a few instruments.

An easier way to composeAs well as allowing you to forget about page layout duringcomposition, Panorama makes the whole experience ofinputting music more enjoyable. Because theres only onesystem on the page, Sibelius can move smoothly from leftto right as you compose, without any disorientating jumpsfrom one system to another. Dragging staves in Panoramawont affect the layout of the real score. So you really arefree to think about your music without any distractions.

Panorama

Encourages students to create morePanorama provides benets in education too.Teachers often nd that page layout acts asan articial barrier for students, and that theystop composing when they reach the end of apage; Panorama removes this barrier, encouragingstudents to take their ideas further and explore

greater possibilities in their compositions.

Magic MarginNo matter where you navigate to in your music,Panoramas Magic Margin makes it crystal clearwhat stave youre on. It even reects changes toinstruments on the same stave, something thatsnow incredibly easy to set up.


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Panorama is absolutely the astest way to get music into Sibelius! I can enter an entire piece without worrying about

layout, breaks, or page turns. Then one click, and Im looking at the normal view, ready to fne-tune or printing

Doug Lebow, composer, arranger and producer

Enhanced scanningThe latest version of PhotoScore Ultimate the advanced version ofPhotoScore Lite for scanning music into Sibelius reads many moremusical markings, such as repeat lines and cross-staff beaming.It can also recognise hand-drawn music. And like Sibelius 5, PhotoScoreis now a Universal Binary application for use on Intel-based Macs.

Keyboards and speakers tocomplement Sibelius 5You can now get even more from your upgrade,

with special prices for keyboards and speakers

from our sister company, M-Audio.

Write music faster by playing directly

into Sibelius from a touch-sensitive,

self-powered USB keyboard.

Hear every detail of

the stunning new

sounds in Sibelius 5

with professional-

quality speakers.


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Customise cue appearanceSibelius 5 does the work of creatingcues for you, but you still have completecontrol over how they appear. You canchoose whether you want articulationsand dynamics to be included, and whetheryou want the cue to have new clefsand octave lines or be transposed to anappropriate pitch for the destinationinstrument.

Easy instrument changesScores often have two or moreinstruments played by the same person,such as percussion, or clarinet doublingsaxophone. Or sometimes you needto rewrite a whole part for a differentinstrument. Now Sibelius will do thisautomatically for you: simply put aninstrument change anywhere in themusic, and Sibelius 5 will change theinstrument from that point onwards altering its name, clef, sound, even the

transposition and staff type if necessary.Plus, if you write for unusual instrumentsyou can now design your own, choosingthe name, clef, range, sound, etc. youwant. From glockenrimba to trumpet inF#, your imagination is the only limit!

Create cues instantlyCreating cues in parts is now the work ofa moment. Simply copy the music youwant to appear in the cue, and choosePaste As Cue. Sibelius 5 does the rest foryou it makes the cue small, puts it in asuitable voice, transposes it or changesclef as necessary, deletes dynamics andarticulations (optional), adds a text label,hides the cue in the score, and stops itplaying back. You can even add

a cue to multiple instruments at once.Whats more, there are two new plug-insto make cueing even easier. Suggest CueLocations suggests suitable points forcues in your score, based on either thenumber of bars rest or the duration of arest in a part, while Check Cues veriesthat cues youve previously added are stillcorrect, in case youve changed the music.

Even easier instrumental partsTakes care o everything: instructions, clesand transposition changes, with just one click.

David ORourke, jazz arranger,

orchestrator and guitarist

Paste As Cue makes creating cues the work o

a moment Sibelius automatically makes the

music small and stops it playing back.

Easy instrument

change: Sibelius

automatically

transposes the

music and changes

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Insert blank pagesYou can now insert blank pages anywherewith a couple of clicks, then add text,graphics, etc. to produce title pages andperformance instructions. They even workin parts too in fact, you can make anyblank page or title page appear in the score,the parts, or both.

Different margins fordifferent pages

Scores no longer need to use the samemargins throughout you can setdifferent margins on different pages, e.g.to allow room for titles and copyrightlines. Plus you can now easily altermargins in parts.

House StylesWhen importing a house style, or copyingbetween scores, Sibelius 5 only adds extratext styles, line types, notehead types,symbols and so on where necessary, and

wont overwrite existing ones if theydiffer. You can now also move individualtext styles and other object typesbetween scores.

Complete layout controlFlexible numberingBar numbers, page numbers and rehearsalmarks now support special numberingformats used in some types of score.

Bar numbersYou can set any passage of music(such as introductions and insertedsections) to use special bar numberformats, e.g. 1a, 1b, 1c or a, b, cin capitals or small letters.Or use your own prex/sufx, such as 1

new, 2 new, alt 1, alt 2 You can alsonumber bars in any frequency you like,such as every 8 bars instead of 10.

Bar numbering can now take account ofrepeats in various formats. Automatic barnumbers can be selected, moved, hiddenand ltered just like anything else. And tomake it all easier, the main bar numberoptions are now all in a single dialog.

Page numbers

Sibelius 5 lets you renumber, changethe format of, or hide page numbersanywhere in a score. For example, youcould number the introductory pages of

Bar numbers, page

number changes and

instrument changes are

all stunningly simple!

Robert Pu, copyist

and engraver

As well as special

number ormats,

bar numbering can

now take account

o repeats in various

ormats.

your score i, ii, iii or a, b, c, with themusic pages numbered 1, 2, 3...

Rehearsal marksAdd automatic prexes/sufxes torehearsal marks, e.g. 1A, 2A, 3A Andwhere rehearsal marks coincide with barnumbers, you can hide the bar numbersautomatically to avoid collisions.


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Plug-insYou can now undo plug-ins, so youneednt be afraid of trying them out!Whats more, the ManuScriptlanguage used to write plug-ins nowsupports tuplets, object deletion,notehead types, bar number changes,

cue-sized objects, blank pages, timepositions, score duration, and lyricsyllabication. This makes current andfuture plug-ins far more powerful.With a total of over 100 plug-ins, thelatest ones in Sibelius 5 include:

TupletsSplit, join and modify tuplets,e.g. turn two triplets into a sextuplet,or a sextuplet into a quintuplet.Many other plug-ins now work withtuplets, too.

Simplify Notation

Cleans up music input from Flexi-timeor a MIDI le by adjusting note values,split points, voicing, etc.

Film scoringFit a passage of music into an exacttime by adjusting tempos, and showthe exact rhythmic position of allhit points.

Transform Scale

Turn music from one scale intoanother, e.g. minor to pentatonic.

Power tools

Opus Note Names

The new Opus Note Names font lets

you write the names of notes inside thenotehead ideal if youre writing musicfor students who are just taking up aninstrument, particularly thoselearning piano.

Chord symbols

There are two new fonts for chordsymbols Opus Chords Sans and OpusChords Sans Condensed with regularand narrow sans serif characters, similarto Arial / Helvetica. Plus various extracharacters can now be included in

chord symbols.

Music fontsReprise

Reprise is the latest in Sibeliuss growingrange of elegant fonts. In fact, Reprise isa whole family of 9 fonts that produce anastonishingly realistic simulation of hand-copying. Its music symbols are drawn witha xed-width nib (rather than the italic nibused in Inkpen2), and additionally it includestwo rubber-stamp fonts for titles and otherlarge text. Special characters and plug-insare included for adding hand-drawn linesand boxes to text and rehearsal marks,and house styles for incorporating Reprise

into scores. Overall Reprise is a beautifulreproduction of traditional hand-copying,in a style particularly suitable for jazz, leadsheets, big band, and show music.

Reprise a beautiul reproduction o hand-copying.

Functional analysis

Musicologists and students can now write

functional analysis in Sibelius 5, thanks tothe new Opus Function Symbols font andtext style.

Early music & avant garde

Sibelius 5 now includes extra music

symbols for early and contemporarymusic, such as prolations, Bachornaments and clusters.

Fits lyrics to musicTo save typing all the lyrics into a score,you can now add them automaticallyfrom a text le Sibelius 5 even splitsthem into syllables for you. Or if you typethe lyrics in yourself, Sibelius will checkthat youve split syllables in all theright places.

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Universal BinaryAs usual, Sibelius 5 supports the very latesttechnologies. Its now a Universal Binaryapplication, so it runs at top speed onIntel-based Macs. You can use it on the new

Leopard operating system (Mac OS X 10.5),and it also has improved tab, mouse and scrollwheel support.

Plus still more eatures i you

have Sibelius 1, 2 or 3!

Dynamic partsNo more extracting parts Sibelius creates themautomatically, and updates themas you work on the score.

Copy to WordCopy any selection to theclipboard, so you can paste itinto Word and other programs.

Worksheet Creator

Over 1700 worksheets andresources for teachers, includingprojects, exercises, songs,instrumental pieces, lyrics,posters, reference material andother resources.

SibeliusEducation.comPublish lesson materials onlinefor students to play, print anddownload, and share resourceswith other teachers.

VideoAdd a video le to your scoreand play it back in sync withyour music. Add hit points in thescore to mark important visualevents, making it easy to write

music to match the video.

Focus on stavesShow only the staves youreworking on great when yourewriting large scores.

Computer requirementsWindows

Sibelius 5: Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, 350 MB hard disk space, 512 MB+ RAM recommended, DVD-ROM drive

Sibelius Sounds Essentials and Kontakt Player 2: 3.5 GB total hard disk space, 1 GB+ total RAM recommended,ASIO-compatible sound card recommended

Mac

Sibelius 5: Mac OS X 10.4 or later, 350 MB hard disk space, 512 MB+ RAM recommended, DVD-ROM drive

Sibelius Sounds Essentials and Kontakt Player 2: 3.5 GB total hard disk space, 1 GB+ total RAM recommended,G5 or Intel processor recommended

Download the free Sibelius 5 demoat www.sibelius.com/5

TextPlain & boxed system text styles

(for instructions to appear in score & parts)

Text styles for composer, title etc. on title pagesYou can make text cue-sized

Correctly number bars split between two systemsSelect all bar numbers on a system using Select MoreBar number changes automatically centered in the

bar when bar numbers are

Various new & improved characters in various fontsAlign page-aligned text to margin of rst page

or current page

Look & feelFit Page Height zoom level (useful with Panorama)Extra tutorial videos covering main new featuresOn-screen Reference is now in PDF format

opens faster and easier to read

Improved dialogs, e.g. Edit Text Style, playbackdictionary

Extra keyboard shortcutsNew desk texturesUse different textures when editing ideasTexture preview

Playback & MIDIShow/hide empty staves when importing a MIDI leExport Type 0 MIDI lesSet tick resolution (PPQ) of exported MIDI lesChoose which sound set to export a MIDI le forMultiple input devices no need to choose which

one youre using

Alternate pitched & unpitched percussionplayback on same staff

Other improvementsEasier network installation using standard

Windows Installer (.msi) package

Scorch now fully Firefox-compatible onWindows and Mac

Sibelius les much smaller about 20K plus typicallyjust 1K per page

Export in Sibelius 4 formatVarious bugs xed

Power tools

Clefs change where necessary if you switchbetween sounding pitch and transposing score

Transpose to specied key (rather than by interval)

Add blank pages up to next left/right-hand page

(for page turns in complex parts)Go To Bar steps through each occurrence of the bar

number if it recurs in several movements or songs

Select & delete system/page breaks & otherlayout marks

Export graphics in PNG format, plus BMP on Mac too

Cue-sized graphics

Graphics scale on small staves

400+ different instruments

Delete Bar menu item

Plug-ins

Make Piano Four Hands Layout splits the musicbetween left- and right-hand pages

Add Capo Chord Symbols: for guitars with capos

Add Continuous Controller Changes: produce specialMIDI effects for sample libraries

Groovy Music Mark-Up: for exporting music toGroovy Music educational software

Improvements to: accidentals plug-ins, CalculateStatistics, Pitch Mapping, Scales & Arpeg gios

EngravingEdit aperture of either end of hairpins individually

Hairpins no longer cross system breaksunnecessarily, and always point the right wayafter a system/page break

Hidden music no longer affects visible notestems and rest positions

Hide empty staves even if they have hiddenobjects (e.g. cues) on

Accidentals now at correct size when normaland cue-sizes voices coincide

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Sibelius Educational SuiteEasy-to-use software coveringevery aspect of teachingand learning music,from beginner toadvanced level.

The software saveshours of preparationtime for teachers whileproviding a stimulatinglearning environment forstudents, and can be usedseparately or side by side.

Find out more atwww.sibelius.com/education

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With MIDI keyboards, speakers, audiointerfaces and audio editingsoftware, youllnd everythingyou need to equipyour home studio,all at great prices.

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