Sibelius Music Notation Software with PhotoScore & NotateMe and AudioScore Ultimate

The Music Notation Software allows you to purchase and own Sibelius (a perpetual license that never expires) bundled with PhotoScore & NotateMe Ultimate and AudioScore Ultimate. Your purchase includes an annual Avid upgrade plan for Sibelius that provides access to all future software upgrades and expert help for one year from the time of activation (renewable annually).

The Music Notation software allows you to deliver professional scores faster and share audio and video versions with realistic musical phrasing. 64-bit support provides memory enhancements for loading as many instrument samples as your computer can handle. The task-oriented user-interface allows you to quickly preview your scores via the included professional-quality sound library. VST and Audio Units plug-in support provides access to third-party sample libraries. Collaborate more easily thanks to full MusicXML interchange support and other sharing options. Additionally, the software delivers features like Magnetic Layout and Dynamic Parts, plus a creative toolset including Flexi-time MIDI input, Keyboard and Fretboard windows, and a variety of other input options. You can also sync Sibelius with other popular audio software, such as Pro Tools via ReWire.

PhotoScore & NotateMe Ultimate is the full-featured version of the PhotoScore & NotateMe Lite scanning software included with Sibelius. This software can also scan music into other MIDI software, such as sequencers. You can even use it on its own to scan in, play back, transpose, and print scores, and even save audio files. PhotoScore & NotateMe Ultimate reads printed and handwritten music or PDFs quickly. It can not only read notes, but also printed slurs, dynamics, lyrics, guitar tab, chord diagrams, and more. You can then edit or transpose the music, play it back, extract the parts, and print; just as if you'd input it yourself.AudioScore Ultimate is the full-featured version of the AudioScore Lite audio transcription software included with Sibelius. With it, you can turn recorded audio or a MIDI or live mic performance into transcribed music notation.

Sibelius Music Notation Software

Write Music with a Pen on a Surface Pro

Sibelius has been optimized for the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet, enabling you to add and edit notes quickly with just a tap of the pen, as well as play music in real time using the tablet's onscreen keyboard and fretboard. Use the Surface Pen's buttons to select, erase, and edit your music. You can even drag the score around and resize objects while inputting notes.

Add Notes and Comments Directly on the Score

With the new Annotate feature, you can create reminders for yourself about music changes as you're composing, or communicate edits and feedback to others, streamlining collaboration and review. You can also draw directly on the score using a mouse, trackpad, USB tablet, or Surface Pro 3 Pen. Sibelius allows you to circle items and write or type comments or instructions to arrangers, players, or students. Because annotations are grouped intelligently and always attached to the bar you add them to, you need not worry about losing your notes. Plus, annotations can be switched off so they don't appear when printing.

Interact with Scores using Multi-Touch Gestures

If you're working on a laptop with a trackpad or using a Surface Pro 3, you can quickly zoom in and out of your score by simply using a pinch-zoom gesture, making navigation and editing easier. You can even set predefined zoom levels to zoom in and out with a quick double-tap.

Scan and Transcribe Music with Ease

Sibelius comes bundled with additional tools to enhance your music writing and arrangement workflow. PhotoScore & NotateMe Lite can read notes in sheet music and PDFs quickly, enabling you to turn tangible compositions into editable digital scores. You can even write music on a tablet or laptop and convert your handwriting into professional scores. And with AudioScore Lite, you can create a score by transcribing music from a CD or singing or playing an instrument through a microphone and send it to Sibelius.

Simple Activation Process

With new and simplified Sibelius activation process, you can quickly start using the software and easily move to a different computer. Now you can activate Sibelius on any computer by simply signing in to your Avid Master Account. Plus, you'll get access to support, downloads, and your Avid Marketplace account once you do.

Updated UI for Windows

For Windows users, Sibelius features an updated interface and new support for high-resolution displays, enabling you to see every detail of your score clearly. Plus, gain faster access to the features you need most with new and improved icons that appear in the ribbon and floating windows.

Play, Perform, and Share

In addition to creating and editing, Sibelius makes it easy to play back your scores. The massive included Sibelius Sounds library gives you immediate access to a wide range of professional-quality instruments. If you want even more sounds, Sibelius supports VST and AU plug-ins, giving you access to third-party sample libraries. You can also sync Sibelius with other popular audio software such as Pro Tools via ReWire.

Layout, Export, and Print

Create scores easily using a full accompaniment of desktop publishing tools. Sibelius allows you to add graphics using drag-and-drop. It also allows you to easily export publisher-quality scores as PDFs with just one click.

PhotoScore & NotateMe Ultimate 8

Compose by Hand

If you like to handwrite music, the NotateMe app enables you to do exactly that using a tablet, smartphone, trackpad, or mouse and it's now integrated right in PhotoScore 8. You can now work on a Mac or Windows computer, scrawl out symphonies using a Microsoft Surface and pen, or compose on the go with your iOS or Android device.

Get Better Accuracy

Never miss a note, beat, or slur. With the OmniScore2 dual-engine recognition system, you'll get over 99.5% accuracy when scanning most PDFs and original sheet music. Get improved recognition of tuplets and curved and distorted staves. Save time with more sophisticated automatic voice allocation. Even bring in JPEGs of compositions you've shot with your phone or camera.

Work Smarter and Faster

PhotoScore & NotateMe now recognizes printed music 30% faster, so you can get a jumpstart on your editing. It can also read low-resolution PDFs and scans down to 72 dpi. It allows you to save scores as PDFs for easy printing.

NotateMe

Works on any Windows-, iOS-, or Android-based touchscreen or tablet device (stylus recommended)

AudioScore Ultimate 8

Better Accuracy

With version 8, AudioScore's audio recognition engine has been completely re-engineered to provide better music precision and detail. With AudiScore 8, you not only get improved recognition of multiple overlapping notes and minimize interference caused by drum and percussion sounds, but also experience superior pitch recognition and note separation.

Quick and Easy

Easily create scores from transcribed notes and AudioScore will automatically detect all instrumentation and create a score with staves labeled for each part. Play back note selections in high-quality audio or save scores as PDFs for easy printing.

Transcribe CDs and MP3s

With AudioScore Ultimate, you can open a CD track or MP3 file and transcribe it to a score. The software converts up to 16 instruments or notes at a time into multiple staves, with up to four voices per staff. After transcribing your music, you can send it directly to Sibelius or save it as a MusicXML, NIFF, or MIDI file for use in most other music programs. You can also print a professional-quality score directly from AudioScore.

View, Edit, and Play Back Nuanced Performances

AudioScore Ultimate enables you to view, play, and edit the most intricate nuances of a performance such as the subtle changes in pitch, volume, and timing. You can also produce new versions of music using MIDI instruments. AudioScore analyzes the original music in detail, and plays it back with tremendous realism. You can simply open one of your favorite songs and enjoy hearing it performed by a brass band or string quartet.

AudioScore Recognitions

AudioScore recognizes styles ranging from solo and chamber music to jazz and pop. It also recognizes a wide range of music performed by non-percussion instruments, all pitches ranging from F0 to C8, and notes from chords that even the ear cannot distinguish. AudioScore can distinguish easily between triplets, duplets, key signatures, and clefs. At a resolution of 0.01 sec, it can recognize pitch and volume changes.

Perform Directly into Sibelius with a Mic

With AudioScore Ultimate, you can create musical scores by singing or playing into your computer using only a microphone; no prior musical knowledge required. AudioScore Ultimate provides instant graphical feedback about the pitch of your performance over time, so you can see mistakes and make adjustments while performing. You can train to sing and play more accurately in tune and immediately see the improvements on screen. It also features a built-in metronome if you need it.

Convert MIDI Files to Scores

Open MIDI files in AudioScore Ultimate to automatically create high-quality, printable scores.

Create Scores by Hand

AudioScore Ultimate can serve you a set of notes, which you can quickly split, join, resize, and adjust pitch, purely on a performance level; no worrying about rests and technicalities such as the key signature, accidentals, augmentation dots, beaming, ties, etc.