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Description:
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There are so many improvements in Sibelius 4 that there just isn't room to explain them all in detail! So here are all those we haven't mentioned already:
Look & feel
* hide all tool windows
* adjust tool window translucency
* more accurate text width on screen (Windows option)
* new screen smoothing options
* new shortcuts for changing bar rest or notehead type
* new shortcuts for laptops without keypads
* school feature set now lets you disable obscure text styles, plug-ins, etc.
* dashed slurs draw faster
* undo moves to edit position
* button to switch between score & part
Plug-ins
Further new plug-ins:
* Chord Symbols as Fractions (writes bass note below a line)
* Show Handbells Required (compiles handbells used chart)
* Add Accidentals to All Sharp and Flat Notes
* Strummer (plays guitar strumming)
* 12-tone Matrix (calculates all transpositions/retrogrades/inversions)
* Duplicates in Staves
* What Is Where (lists all objects in score)
* Check Attachments
* Add Note Names now supports French, Spanish and German
* Add Cautionary Accidentals improved
* Find & Replace Text now works with lyrics & system text
* many new ManuScript functions
Playback & MIDI
* Kontakt pre-loads sounds, so no delay when you start playback
* new staff types to play Kontakt Gold extended percussion
* plays ties between different voices
* turn page early, for sight-reading from screen (option)
* multi-channel MIDI guitar support
* omits spurious MIDI guitar notes
* set tightness/looseness of MIDI guitar chord input
* tempo slider in Scorch (Mac)
* improved Playback and Input Devices dialog
Video
* supports AVI, MPEG, WMV (Windows), MOV formats
* show hit point name, timecode and/or bar/beat
* show timecode at start of system or every bar
* specify positioning of timecode & hit points horizontal
* set video start time in score
* SMPTE offset imported from MIDI files
* imports MIDI markers as hit points
Engraving
* lyric hyphen centering improved
* new text styles
* fixed text size even on small staves (option)
* fingerings on chord diagrams
* slurs/ties don't flip at page breaks
* move articulations on rests up/down
* allow notes & systems to compress to fit more music on a system/page
* flip fractional beam left/right
* tremolo positioning improved
* repeat barline spacing improved
* pick-up (upbeat) bars show written-out rests automatically
* extra bar number position options
* new page sizes (9.5 x 12.5", 10 x 13")
Files
* opens & exports Sibelius 2, 3 & Sibelius Student files (also opens Sibelius 1.x files)
* new File>Export menu listing each file type separately
* export any rectangle of music as graphics file
* auto-save & auto-backup improved
* automatically include date, time etc. in extracted part filenames
* tuplets import better from MIDI files
* import MIDI file tempos up to 4 decimal places
* MIDI files open faster (Mac)
* improved EPS export with Illustrator & Inkpen2 Script
* move word menus between computers as files
Installing & upgrading
* drag-and-drop install (Mac)
* updates old scores with new options
* checks for future software updates
* separate settings for each network user
* non-admin users can't register (to prevent student misuse)
Other improvements
* new & improved instruments, from Fife to Balalaika family
* write remote keys enharmonically in transposing instruments (option)
* wildcards to include title, page number, date, etc. in text
* print 2-up
* printing spreads improved
* reorder words in word menus
* improved Quick Start dialog
* many bugs fixed
Computer requirements
Sibelius 4 and PhotoScore Lite/Professional
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.
Sibelius 4 does not support Windows 95/98 (1st edition)/NT or Mac OS 9/10.0/10.1
Kontakt Player Silver & audio export
Absolute minimum (scores that use 1 or 2 different sounds):
Windows: Windows XP (or some Windows 2000 configurations), 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)
*** from www.sibelius.com
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.
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Sibelius, software, notation,
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Registered: February 2008
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ericwood
Registered: February 2008
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Review Date: 11/15/2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Even though I just started using this version I find that this version is extremely easy to navigate. My favorite feature so far is the dynamic parts. It saves so much time.
I recommend thisversion to everyone. from the professional to the amatuer.
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I wanted to update my review (now that I have been working with it for a few weeks). There is a little bit of an adjustment to this version of Sibelius.Some of the functions have moved,been renamed or both. At first it was a little frustrating, but after getting used to the changes I am finding that my work flow is much better. I still absolutely love the dynamic parts feature. I will warn you though, that you still need to look over the parts. (To may need to makeminor adjustments to things..for example, in the score the placement of a dynamic might look good, but in thepart it may need adjusting.)
This version has an online reference manual, that I think is great.
There have been reported "bugs" from other users,but I haven't experienced them yet. (It may be the way they are doing things ora problem with the program. But like most new versions of software,they will have updates that will fix these problems.)
I also use Finale but I have to admit with this new version of Sibelius I am finding that I use it more than I am using finale.
Bill
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Review Date: 7/7/2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Intuitive interface, Small Learning Curve,
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Marching sounds not built in
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I have been a longtime Finale user and finally switched over to Sibelius when I bought a new Mac. Punching in scores is a lot faster with Sibelius than it was in finale, mostly because of the inituitive controls. Sibelius also makes much better printed scores than finale, I have never figured the exact reason why, but they have always looked "cleaner" IMHO.
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