Product Description

Competitive Upgrade Offer only available to Finale, Encore, Mosaic and Sibelius Student Edition users residing within North, Central and South America Minimum System Requirements - PC - Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, 512MB+ RAM, 350MB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive / Recommended - 1GB+ total RAM, 3.5GB total hard disk space, ASIO-compatible soundcard / Mac - Mac OS X 10.4 or later, 512MB+ RAM, 350MB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive / Sibelius 5 is a Universal application that runs on both PowerPC processors and new Macs with Intel processors. Recommended - G5 or Intel processor, 1GB+ total RAM, 3.5GB total hard disk space

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6659 in Software
• Brand: Sibelius
• Model: 9910-42556-00
• Released on: 2007-06-25
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X
• Format: CD-ROM

Features

• Easy-to-use music-writing software makes writing scores a breeze
• High-quality, built-in sounds play back scores with astounding realism
• Create audio files, which can be converted to MP3s or burned to CD
• Ideas Hub instantly captures ideas; 2000+ pre-installed ideas included
• Produce instrumental parts effortlessly; compose for video; sell online

From the Manufacturer
Whatever your musical style, Sibelius 5 makes writing scores a breeze--giving you more time to focus on the music. Stunning new features like Panorama mean you don’t need to think about pages while you’re composing or arranging. You can just let you creativity flow. Ideas Hub is a real first for music software. It lets you instantly capture your musical ideas, and then find them again in a second--so you’ll never lose another idea. Plus new, high-quality, built-in sounds play back your scores with astounding realism, because there’s no better way to perfect your music than by hearing it.

You can create audio files, which can be converted to MP3s or burned to CD, produce instrumental parts effortlessly, compose for video, sell your music online, and do hundreds of other things you might never have dreamed of.

Features:

• Write and refine music easily: Sibelius is so easy to learn and use that you can start writing your first piece within minutes--not days! Discover the joys of writing music with a program that's simple and intuitive. And, of course, being able to change your music in the blink of an eye--no more rubbing out!
• Hear your music: The easiest way to perfect your music is by hearing it. Just click the play button in Sibelius to hear your music performed with surprising realism, thanks to the built-in Sibelius Sounds Essentials library. Sibelius reads, understands, and plays back all standard markings, and you can buy extra sound libraries for choral music, world music, and more.
• Print beautiful scores: The world’s largest sheet music publishers use Sibelius to produce the music you see in the shops. Now you can create the same standard of print-out. And with Sibelius, it’s just so easy.
• Instrumental parts that magically update: Sibelius makes producing instrumental parts a joy. In fact, when you start your score, the parts are already there. You can flick between them using a simple drop-down. When you make a change to the full score, the relevant parts are automatically updated, and vice versa.
• Never lose another idea: Ideas are precious. That’s why Sibelius 5 gives you the Ideas Hub--the easy way to capture, tag, find, and bring together your musical ideas. With Ideas Hub, you’ll never let another flash of inspiration slip by again.
• As well as your own ideas, Ideas Hub comes preloaded with over 2000 ready-made ideas. They cover all styles of music and help provide useful inspiration for your compositions.
• Publish, or sell, your music online: As well as printed music, Sibelius publishes beautifully online, too. You can create Web versions of scores which can be viewed by anyone using the free Scorch Web browser plug-in. And you can easily start selling your scores online via SIbeliusMusic.com.

• Ideas Hub: capture, use, and re-use snippets
• Panorama: a new, clearer way of viewing music
• Stunning new sounds and playback: 150+ high-quality built-in sounds
• VST and Audio Units: mix and match from different libraries
• Easy cues and instrument changes: instrumental parts made even easier
• Complete layout control: flexible page layout and numbering
• Power tools and undoable plug-ins: new fonts and plug-ins
• More new features: over 40 other improvements

Customer Reviews

Great product, but beware!!!: This is not for you if you have Sibelius 4.
Since I made the mistake, it's worth warning others not to do so.

This is not an upgrade if you are a Sibelius 4 Professional Edition user!!! This might be obvious, but not for people like me who live in South America.

I love Sibelius 5 Professional. Great product, even if you love your Finale or any other program. This new edition is even better, because it allows for VST, DXi, and many other useful additions. Comes with a nice set of sounds from Garritan, but it doesn't include the full Garritan Personal Orchestra, as another product does.

Quality product
This product is better described as a crossgrade rather than upgrade.

I bought into the Sibelius product at version 3. The enhancements that version 5 provides are helpful additions - but I am a little surprised that it's taken Sibelius so long to add the function that allows users to see the score in one continuous line (similar to Finale).

Best Notation Software
All I can say is "DITTO" for the quality of this software program from the reviews I read before buying it. It is more than what I expected. I bought this as an upgrade to Sibelius Student and I think this is the least inexpensive way to get the full Sibelius version. What can I say? I am happy to the max.