Compose, arrange, and engrave without limits
Sibelius | Ultimate (formerly Sibelius)
offers an advanced toolset, enabling you to work with an unlimited
number of instrument parts and tailor every facet of your score to your
needs. Create sophisticated sheet music with an expanded set of notation
tools and symbols, customizable notes and instruments, and film scoring
workflows. And speed through score refinement with advanced layout,
editing, and publishing tools.
Write music quickly and easily
Sibelius | Ultimate features a task-based interface that leads you
through the entire score creation process. Enter notes from the onscreen
notation, keyboard, or fretboard windows, or from your MIDI keyboard.
Add notational elements, dynamics, custom symbols, and text. And easily
navigate large, complex scores using the timeline.
Create beautiful scores fast
Spend more time writing music instead of fixing it. As you write,
Magnetic Layout automatically gives everything just the right amount of
space and avoids collisions to produce beautiful results, cutting
writing time in half. And Dynamic Parts can automatically create and
update separate instrumental parts whenever you change your score.
Turn music into scores
Sibelius comes with two companion applications that enable you to
turn recorded, performed, printed, and handwritten music into notation.
With AudioScore Lite, you can input notes by singing or playing a monophonic instrument through a microphone. With PhotoScore Lite you can turn printed, PDF, and JPEG sheet music into editable scores—and even handwrite music.
Hear your music in stunning detail
With the included 10 GB sound library of high-quality sampled
instruments, you can play back compositions to hear how it would sound
with full instrumentation. The Espressivo feature adds a more humanistic
feel, so your score sounds the way you intended it to be heard. You can
also use VST and AU virtual instruments and effects.
Get unmatched Pro Tools integration
Take your compositions even further when you integrate Pro Tools into
your workflow. Using ReWire (included), you can easily record
instrument parts from your Sibelius | Ultimate scores to Pro Tools and
other DAWs for further recording, editing, and mixing. And you can
directly send Pro Tools tracks from its Score Editor to Sibelius |
Ultimate for further notation refinement.
Capture ideas
Got a little melody line, chord progression, or lyric you want to
file away quickly? No need to drop everything you’re doing. The Ideas
Hub enables you to capture and tag those inspired snippets of music and
ideas quickly for later use or reuse. If you’re having writer’s block,
Sibelius | Ultimate also comes with over 2,000 ideas in its library to
help get you inspired and rev up your creative flow.
Polish your score to perfection
With a full suite of desktop publishing tools and score Inspector,
you can control and finesse every score element with ease. Fine-tune
lyrics, dynamics, and other text with tracking, leading, scaling, and
alignment tools. Use hierarchical styles to change fonts and add
emphasis. Add graphics using drag-and-drop. Even create your own house
styles and manuscript papers to give your scores a unique look and feel.
Share your work
Easily share an unlimited number of scores online using Sibelius Cloud Sharing and invite others to view, play, and comment on your music. Expand your storage space with an Avid Cloud Premium. You can also collaborate through MusicXML, print scores, and export your music as MP3, MIDI, or PDF files.
Add comments directly on a score
With the Annotate feature, you can draw freeform directly on a score
and communicate edits, instruction, and feedback to collaborators,
arrangers, musicians, or students—streamlining collaboration and review.
All annotations are grouped intelligently and always remain attached to
the bar to which you’ve added them. Plus, they can be switched off, so
they don’t appear when printing.
Practice and perform with your iPad
Got an iPad? Export your score for Avid Scorch,
an iOS app that transforms your iPad into an interactive music stand
and score library for practice and performance. With Avid Scorch on your
iPad, you can view scores and adapt them to your instrument by
transposing the music, changing instruments, or even converting to and
from guitar tab.
Get updates and help when you need it
Sibelius | Ultimate is available through a low-cost monthly or annual
subscription, or you can purchase a perpetual license and own the
software outright. Both include access to all new Sibelius releases and
Standard support throughout your active subscription or renewable 1-Year
Software Updates + Support Plan (included with perpetual license
purchases).
Increase your music sales
For music publishers, Sibelius Cloud Publishing greatly enhances the online sheet music shopping experience, leading to
higher customer sales and satisfaction. With the technology embedded on
your site, your visitors can preview, play, change instruments, and
transpose scores before buying—on any computer or mobile device. Once
purchased, they’ll get a high-quality version that’s fit for print.
Teach music composition
Sibelius | Ultimate is ideal for teaching music notation,
composition, and theory to students of all ages. It includes over 1,700
ready-made teaching materials, including worksheets, projects, and
exercises, as well as a Classroom Control window to track your students’
progress. In addition, Sibelius | Ultimate network licensing makes it
easy to assign licenses to students on any computer—even their own.
Minimum Requirements for Sibelius Ultimate Software Only
Windows
64-bit Windows 7 (SP1 or later), Windows 8.1 (not Windows RT) or Windows 10
1+ GB of RAM
1 GB hard disk space for Sibelius software only
DVD-ROM drive (only for Media Pack)
Internet connection required for software download and activation
Mac
Mac OS X 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12 or 10.13
1+ GB of RAM 1 GB hard
disk space for Sibelius software only; 36 GB additional hard disk space
for the Sibelius Sounds library (optional installation)
DVD-ROM drive (only for Media Pack)
Internet connection required for software download and activation