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 Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject: 'What's Hot' from Doctor Audio: Sibelius 4 |
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Version 4 of Sibelius Notation Software on it's way...
Sibelius has announced Sibelius 4, a major upgrade to the music notation software. Sibelius 4 enables users to compose to video and instantly revise instrumental parts. The inclusion of more than 1,700 worksheets and curriculum resources also provides music educators with a range of educational content to augment their curricula and save valuable preparation time.
For anyone who needs to produce separate instrumental parts for bands,
orchestras or other ensembles, the Dynamic Parts feature gives the user
the ability to make revisions to a score and update all of the relevant
parts simultaneously. This will also work in reverse: making changes to
an individual part and having them automatically update the full score
-- saving hours of arranging and transcribing time, and ensuring greater
overall accuracy. In addition, the new Auto Layout feature ensures that
the parts are not only properly page-formatted and ready to print, but
it also allows the user to quickly copy formatting from one part to
another.
The unique Worksheet Creator saves music educators countless hours of
preparation by providing more than 1,700 ready-to-use worksheets,
exercises, music pieces, posters, reference material and other
resources. Using a variety of templates, teachers can also create their
own worksheets, print them out and distribute to their students.
Students can complete the worksheets via computer or even publish them
on the new SibeliusEducation.com web site for instant viewing, playback
and printout from any location. An answer sheet is also provided that
will save teachers hours of correction time.
Sibelius 4 also allows users to compose to video on screen. You can
import a digital video file to a Sibelius score, and then compose along
to the video as it plays within a video window. Whether users are
writing music, playing back, fast-forwarding or rewinding, they can
always see exactly what's happening in the video at any point in the
score, and vice versa. "Hit points" can also be added to mark important
visual events in the score, which makes it easy for the music to track
the action of the video.
Additional new features of Sibelius 4 include the ability to copy and
paste music straight from the software program into other programs such
as Microsoft Word, rather than exporting a graphics file. The Helsinki
music font has been added to give music publishers an elegant,
plate-engraved appearance, and Optical rules position ties and beams
perfectly. There are 11 new plug-ins covering everything from
harmonizing tunes, to copying groups of slurs and articulations.
For the first time, Sibelius is offering an extensive built-in help menu
with more than an hour of tutorial videos that review main features
clearly and simply -- helping new users get up and running even faster.
Sibelius 4 will ship in August and carries an MSRP of $329 for the
educational version and $599 for the professional package.
For more information see http://www.sibelius.com
'What's Hot' from Doctor Audio is presented by Doc Dosco, Professional
Audio Consultant from Los Angeles, California. The Doctor Audio website
is a dealer for most Mac and PC Midi/audio products, and is located at
http://www.doctoraudio.com
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