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The Sibelius Artist Black Friday deal puts Avid's one-year music notation subscription at $79, 43% off, with the offer ending Jan 1, 2027.
Sibelius is notation software for writing, arranging, engraving and sharing scores. Avid describes it as the world's bestselling notation tool.
Sibelius runs on a computer, iPad, iPhone, Android tablet, phone or Chromebook, so you can work wherever you are.
You can enter notes from the onscreen Keypad, a MIDI keyboard, your computer keyboard or an Apple Pencil. Sibelius handles note layout, orientation and rest details for you.
Scores can cover anything from solo piano to full orchestra, with multiple instrument parts. You can add detail beyond notes and rests:
Looped playback lets you improvise ideas over a passage.
A sample library is included, so you can hear a score played back with a range of instruments. Third-party libraries such as NotePerformer can be plugged in for different instrumentation.
The Arrange feature builds extra instrument parts from existing ones. Pick an orchestration style and Sibelius generates new parts from your source material.
You can also explode chords across several parts, or merge multiple parts into one with a click.
A single click brings in MusicXML, MIDI or native Sibelius files, and you can drop the material into a fresh score or one you already have open. Notation, instrumentation, techniques and articulations are assigned automatically, and several scores can be combined with control over what comes in.
Parts are created as you build the score and update whenever the score changes. Editing a part does not alter the full score.
Multi-edit tools let you add slurs, hairpins, ties or staff lines across several instruments in one action. Sibelius spaces notes and elements to keep everything aligned.
Over 140 free plugins are included, with hundreds more available, covering engraving, notation, layout, processing and text tasks.
Sibelius Cloud Sharing lets anyone view, download and play your scores in a web browser, with no Sibelius install needed. Your personal cloud space includes 1 GB.
Review mode locks the score so collaborators can add comments and annotations without changing the notation. You can also save scores to iCloud, Dropbox or other supported cloud services and open them on desktop or mobile.
For publishing, the Inspector and desktop publishing tools give control over tracking, leading, scaling and alignment, plus custom house styles and manuscript paper. Export to PDF, or bounce audio for streaming services, or publish to Score Exchange to sell sheet music.
Yes. The Sibelius Artist 1 Year Subscription from Avid is 43% off at $79 in the Black Friday deal, which ends Jan 1, 2027.
You write and arrange scores for anything from piano to orchestra, adding chord symbols, guitar tab, lyrics, articulations and graphics. Notes go in via the Keypad, MIDI keyboard, computer keyboard or Apple Pencil, and playback uses the included sample library.
On Mac you need macOS 10.14 to 14, 4+ GB of RAM and 36 GB of disk space. On PC you need Windows 10 (22H2) or Windows 11 (23H2) with the same RAM and space, plus an ASIO compatible audio interface or sound card.
Yes. Sibelius Cloud Sharing lets others view, download and play your scores in any web browser without owning Sibelius. Your personal cloud space includes 1 GB, and you can also save scores to iCloud, Dropbox or other supported services.
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