(The) Essential Sibelius

Sibelius 6

Advantages: tons of new features, which makes using Sibelius quicker and easier than ever!
Disadvantages: price, takes a while to get used to the shortcuts if you've never used Sibelius before

Sibelius 6 is the latest version of Sibelius notation software. Each new updated version contains better and improved features, and new functions, designed to make musician's lives easier when composing, arranging, playing back, amongst other things. I have to admit, whilst I am an avid fan of Sibelius, and have been using it since I first got Sibelius 2, (way back in the early 2000s!!) I haven't always found the updates in the new versions to be particularly useful for my needs, and for the price it costs to buy and then to upgrade, that can be a little disappointing. None-the-less, I use this software a lot, both in my studies and for fun, and would not be without it, and I have to say the improvements in Sibelius 6 are well worth the price of upgrading in my opinion! Here's a brief list of the updated features, which I'll then talk ...

Ostinato 28.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sibelius 6

SIBELIUS WOULD BE PROUD

Advantages: A fantastic program for writing music; Great looking scores; Far better than the competition
Disadvantages: Stupidly expensive

>> INTRODUCTION << Sibelius 2 is essentially (as you may have guessed from the name if you?re into any classical music) a piece of software for writing music. That is, it allows you to transfer any musical ideas you may have onto paper (or the screen if you don?t print it out) using conventional music notation. In the same way that you may use a word processor to complete that essay due in next week, Sibelius can be used to print out and save musical ?scores? (just a complete set of musical notation for a particular tune or other piece of work). It would be fairly easy in this op for me to waffle on about musical jargon, so I?ve tried hard to explain complex terms so that those with some interest shouldn?t find it too hard going language-wise. This is quite a specialist piece of software operating in a market where, it seems to me ...

Jaxle 28.12.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Sibelius 2

The Essential Soundtrack To My Youth

Advantages: Great Songs You Remember From Films
Disadvantages: Dancing The 'Hot Stuff' From 'The Full Monty'!!

I am a huge music fan, I have been since I was old enough to listen and since that day, I have had a diverse music taste, I cannot pin point my favourite genre and I find music very uplifting & I especially love music in films. So, did you, like me, love the music used in Uma Thurman & John Travolta's dancing scene in 'Pulp Fiction', did you feel Donna Summer's 'Hot Stuff' dancing scene in 'The Full Monty' was great, did you love the hustle soundtrack to 'Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels'? Are you a Film Four fan? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, I am certain you'd find something you like on this album. Essential Soundtracks was released back in 1999, the second year of my A-levels and I bought this CD in Woolies for a mere £4.99 for a 40 track double CD, I purely bought this for the more trendy numbers from ...

memphisto_chick 19.09.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Essential Soundtracks (The Ultimate Movie Album) - Various Artists