Sibelius 3 Now Available in French and Spanish Language Versions
January 20, 2005
Sibelius Software Ltd announced at NAMM that its flagship product Sibelius 3.0 will now be available in functionally identical French- and Spanish-language editions. The new versions of award-winning composition and arranging software, which contains more than 170 new features and more than 60 plug-ins, are currently available.
Among the enhancements that set Sibelius 3.0 apart is the inclusion of the Kontakt Player Silver, a joint effort between Sibelius Software London and leading software synthesis company Native Instruments. The Kontakt Player Silver enables users to play back music using high-quality instrumental samples, burn compositions to CD, and create audio files for posting on the Internet. It contains 20 instrumental sounds -- a useful selection of brass, woodwind, strings, percussion, voices and a Bosendorfer piano. Kontakt Player Gold, which may be purchased separately, has 64 instrumental and 100 percussion sounds, including a wide range of useful orchestral and band instruments.
The look and feel of Sibelius 3.0 also benefits from a carefully designed interface and a special smoothness setting that provides extra display clarity, enhanced zooming and navigation. The Focus on Staves feature aids navigation and editing of scores when writing for large ensembles, enabling specified staves to be viewed or hidden. Shadow Notes makes input of notes with a mouse easy and hassle-free, as it displays exactly where a note will appear before it is input. With Sibelius 3.0, the user can also create audio CDs and MP3s from a score using the powerful Save-as-Audio Track feature.
Live Playback, for scores created with Flexi-Time, recreates all the nuances of an original performance, and allows for fine-tuning to perfection. Playback now incorporates every kind of repeat structure imaginable, as well as allowing individual notes and dynamics, for instance, to apply only to certain repeats.
The software program also features the Optical spacing algorithm, which allows Sibelius 3.0 to space notes perfectly in the most complex situations. Beaming has also been extensively improved from past editions. The Auto Page Break feature places page turns in extracted parts in convenient locations, and updates them whenever a score is modified. Sibelius 3 includes no fewer than 60 plug-ins, including Scales and Arpeggios. With this plug-in, any conceivable set of scales and arpeggios can be created, allowing educators to craft exercises for their students in an instant. Also, music teachers can now switch off advanced features individually or en masse and create various sets suitable for different classes.
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