Sibelius 4

Professional
Notation Software

If you're a regular reader of any music magazine, you've probably heard of Sibelius. It's fast becoming the notation software of choice in the music community. And the reason is simple—finally there's a full-featured notation program that's actually user-friendly!

Sibelius 4 now includes the excellent Kontakt Player Silver from Native Instruments, which provides high-quality playback of your music with the following sounds/voices:
  • Guitar (nylon strings)
  • Piano (Bösendorfer)
  • Church organ
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • Clarinet
  • Bassoon
  • Tenor Saxophone
  • Trumpet
  • Trumpet section
  • French Horn
  • Trombone section
    • Timpani
    • Glockenspiel (hard sticks)
    • Harp
    • String section
    • String section pizzicato
    • Male voice ‘ah’
    • Choir ‘ooh’
    • Unpitched percussion: 100 sounds including General Midi standard drum set, drum rolls, marching toms & tonal bass drums, orchestral bass drum & tam-tams, tuned woodblocks, cymbal techniques, etc.

     

     

    We are planning to use Sibelius 4 on our next publication, so we'll be able to tell you more about the program in the future. Until then, you can learn more by visiting sibelius.com.

    Be sure to return to gfmusic.com to save $150 on your purchase of Sibelius 4! (To avoid competing with its retailers, Sibelius charges the full suggested retail price on their site.)   

       

    Please read the following carefully, as the system requirements for Sibelius are different from Kontakt Player Silver.

    Sibelius 4 System Requirements

    Windows: Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP, Pentium or faster, 192Mb+ RAM (128Mb+ for Windows 98SE/Me), 250Mb hard disk space.

    Mac: Mac OS X 10.2.8/10.3.9/10.4 or later, 256Mb+ RAM, 250Mb hard disk space.

    Important: Sibelius 4 does not support Windows 95/98 (1st edition)/NT, and does not support Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X 10.0-10.1.
      

    Kontakt Player Silver & Save as Audio Track

    Absolute minimum (scores that use 1 or 2 different sounds):

    Windows: Windows XP, 500MHz processor or faster, 250Mb hard disk space (in addition to Sibelius 4), preferably ASIO-compatible sound card.

    Mac: G3 500MHz or faster, 250Mb hard disk space (in addition to Sibelius 4)

    Extra requirements for using up to 8 different sounds:

    Windows: 700MHz processor or faster, 256Mb+ RAM

    Mac: G4/G5, 512Mb RAM

    A faster processor & more RAM is preferable, particularly for using reverb.

       

    Sibelius 4 (Includes software for both Mac and Windows): $429

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