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The fastest, smartest, easiest way to write music is now even better.
Write beautiful scores, inspire spellbinding performances and print pieces that look as professional as published sheet music. Do all of this and more with Sibelius, the notation software used by professionals the world over.

Sibelius 5 offers you the simplest interface and the smartest tools to help you turn your ideas into reality – quickly and easily.

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!

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.

System Requirements

Windows

Minimum requirements for Sibelius 5 alone:

Windows XP SP2 32-bit or Windows Vista 32-bit, 512MB+ RAM, 350MB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive

You must be running at least Windows XP Service Pack 2 to install and run Sibelius 5. If you have Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.x, you need to purchase an upgrade to a more recent version of the Windows operating system.

Additional requirements for using Sibelius Sounds Essentials and Kontakt Player 2, especially for scores with many instruments:

Pentium or Athlon 1.4 GHz (or faster), 1GB+ total physical RAM, 3.5GB total hard disk space, ASIO-compatible soundcard. You may be able to use Sibelius Sounds Essentials if your computer doesn’t meet the recommended requirements, but you may find that you cannot use as many sounds simultaneously.

Mac

Minimum requirements for Sibelius 5 alone:

Mac OS X 10.4 or later, 512MB+ RAM, 350MB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive.

Sibelius 5 is a Universal application, which means that it runs on both older Macs with PowerPC processors and new Macs with Intel processors.

If you are running a version of Mac OS X earlier than Mac OS X 10.4, you cannot install and run Sibelius. You may want to upgrade Mac OS X now, although this normally incurs an upgrade fee. See www.apple.com for details.

Additional requirements for using Sibelius Sounds Essentials and Kontakt Player 2, especially for scores with many instruments:

G4 1.4 GHz or Intel® Core™ Duo 1.66 GHz (or faster), 1GB+ total physical RAM, 3.5GB total hard disk space You may be able to use Sibelius Sounds Essentials if your computer doesn’t meet the recommended requirements, but you may find that you cannot use as many sounds simultaneously.