In Sibelius Ultimate you can create versions of your scores so you can quickly track and compare previous version of your scores. Editing in Sibelius is much more of a manual process which can take hours of extra time. 'Magnetic layout' is fully customisable so you can fine tune it to your requirements. When composing, arranging, etc 'magnetic layout' makes editing much quicker as when you put a crescendo mark, text, etc into your score it automatically moves the marking so that it does not overlap any other markings/notation.
In Sibelius this is not possible as you can only edit/print the 'full score' and thus you can not print off individual instrument parts. When creating compositions, etc for a chamber ensemble or orchestra it is vital that you can print off each part - Sibelius Ultimate features 'dynamic parts' which allows you to quickly switch between the full score to each instrument part (to edit/print) - simply edit an instrument part and it will update the full score and vice versa. If you only need to create scores with up to 16 instruments then this is fine, however AS/A Level students through to professional composers will struggle with this limitation as they will want to compose music for larger ensembles and orchestras. In Sibelius Ultimate you can add as many instruments as you like whereas Sibelius is limited to up to 16 instruments and only includes basic popular instruments. Here are the main benefits of Sibelius Ultimate, including the comparison of each feature with Sibelius: If you are a student, as a rule of thumb, Sibelius is fine for GCSE level, however if you are looking to go onto AS/A Level music and/or a music degree then you will need Sibelius Ultimate.įeature Comparison - the main benefits of Sibelius Ultimate (was Sibelius 8) Essentially Sibelius (was Sibelius First) is a very very cut down version of Sibelius Ultimate (was Sibelius 8) which is great for very basic composing, etc, however 99% of the time Sibelius (was Sibelius First) is too limited and thus most will prefer Sibelius Ultimate - Sibelius Ultimate also has time saving features that could save you hours of editing time. Our team have been using Sibelius (to compose, etc) for over 2 decades so we hope this article will help you decide which is best for you.
As one of the largest Sibelius UK dealers, we often get asked whether Sibelius (formally Sibelius First) or the full version of Sibelius Ultimate (was Sibelius 8) is best.
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