![]() There are also 2000 ready-made ideas included … which is, honestly, a little strange to think about. Ideas Hub is a scrapbook of musical ideas you can sort and paste at will. Ideas Hub: This is a really interesting idea, perhaps acknowledging that people now often compose directly into notation software. In case you want out-of-the-box instruments and not just plug-ins, Sibelius now includes 2 GB of orchestral, band, and other instruments from Garritan and others. And now you can use any VST/AU effect or instrument you like, not just the included player. Yep, these are real plug-ins running in Sibelius 5. ![]() There’s even MIDI control: the Sib site says “… if you have an M-Audio keyboard you can use its own faders and transport buttons to control Sibelius’s playback.” Wow, terrific! (Um, I’m guessing that will work for any MIDI keyboard once you assign the proper controllers, not just M-Audio hardware - but still good news.) We saw limited support in Finale, but Sibelius actually fully supports racks of VST and AU instruments and effects to use on your scores, integrating with the Sibelius mixer for playback control, and merging into groups for control of sections of your orchestra/ensemble. This merging of audio software and scoring software has been a long time coming. The biggest change of all: real VST and Audio Unit plug-in support on Mac and Windows. Sibelius 5 is a big upgrade to the notation tool, now part of Avid. (Help! How does a plagal cadence go again?) Hopefully you’ll err on the side of original ideas, but the next time Don Music can’t think of a cadence - you’re in luck. Or you can cut and paste from its presets, bringing “presets” to scoring for the first time. Sibelius 5’s Ideas Pad aims to change the way you track thoughts and compose in your notation software.
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