Sibelius

Introducing Sibelius 8 - Switch to Sibelius from a full version license of Finale, Encore, Mosaic, or Notion to the full version of Sibelius 8 and save. With Sibelius 8 you also now get a 1 year All Access plan included. Proof of ownership is required for verification. Please note that streamlined versions of these products (such as Finale Notepad, Finale Songwriter, MusicTime Deluxe, and Notion Protege) do not qualify for crossgrade pricing.

Overview

Sibelius is the world's best-selling music composition and notation software, offering sophisticated, yet easy-to-use tools that are proven and trusted by top composers, arrangers, publishers, educators, and students alike. It's the fastest, smartest, easiest way to write music for live performance, film and television, media entertainment, or in the classroom.

Sibelius offers many unique features that help drive your creativity while tidying things up, so you can deliver beautifully rendered scores. From the task-oriented interface, 36 GB sound library, and music transcription and scanning tools, to timesaving Magnetic Layout and Dynamic Parts, Sibelius empowers effortless music composition.

New Features:

Share your music in the cloud

Sibelius | Cloud Sharing opens up a whole new way of working. This groundbreaking technology enables you to share scores from Sibelius to your own personal cloud space (included free), or embed scores in a webpage, and invite anyone to flip through pages and play your compositions using any computer, laptop, or mobile device. It's ideal for previewing and reviewing musical works in the studio, in the classroom, or on a sound stage.

Effortlessly glide through music with Magnetic Glissando

Create beautiful glissando and portamento lines easily with new Magnetic Glissando automatically attaching and optimally positioning lines between the start and end notes. Should you need to move a note, the glissandi or portamento line will automatically follow the notehead it's attached to as you move it. This saves you tons of time from manually positioning lines when you create a slide or edit notes.

Create custom staff sizes in your score

Thanks to a popular suggestion from Sibelius users, you can now change the individual staff sizes of independent instruments and groups of instruments. This gives you more flexible composition possibilities to get the best layout for your score. You'll also find new Engraving Rules options, providing you with fine precision control over the layout.

Work faster with the updated Inspector

With the new, improved, and enhanced Inspector window, accessing, editing, and controlling elements in your score is easier than ever. You can now dock the Inspector window to the left of your score, or have it float freely, for always-available access. Plus, you can now style and align text right from the Inspector's Text pane.

Change staff sizes by system

Need more flexible and precise control when engraving your score? You can now set the staff size of individual instruments, a set of staves, or an entire page to be any of the four sizes available in Sibelius. You can change the size of a staff throughout your score, or resize smaller portions. Plus, with new features in the Inspector, you can take full control of the layout of your score.

Collaborate more easily with MusicXML

Working with other composers who use different notation software? Or maybe you prefer to start composing in a different app before moving your score to Sibelius for arranging, orchestrating, and engraving. With improvements to MusicXML import and export that preserve the integrity and layout of the original notation, it's easier than ever to work on music coming from or going to other programs.

Get All Access with Sibelius

Whether you choose to own, upgrade, or subscribe to Sibelius, your purchase comes with an All Access plan, giving you access to all future releases and expert help for the duration of your plan or subscription. Write at the speed of your creativity with the tools used most in live performance, music publishing, and film composition.

System requirements for Sibelius:

Windows
• 64-bit Windows 7 (SP1 or later), Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
• 1+ GB of RAM (4GB RAM recommended for Sibelius Sounds library)
• 1 GB hard disk space for Sibelius software only
• Internet connection required for software download and activation

Mac
• Mac OS X 10.9, 10.10, or 10.11
• 1+ GB of RAM (4GB RAM recommended for Sibelius Sounds library)
• 1 GB hard disk space for Sibelius software only
• Internet connection required for software download and activation