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'Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens'

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Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Albert, 27 Jun 03:42PM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Albert, 27 Jun 03:55PM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Robin Walker, 27 Jun 05:14PM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Steve, 28 Jun 05:05AM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Peter McAleer, 28 Jun 09:20PM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Sam at Sibelius, 29 Jun 10:01AM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Albert, 29 Jun 08:17PM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - costica, 14 Oct 04:37AM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Robin Walker, 14 Oct 07:42AM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Venancio @ Avid, 19 Oct 10:04PM

Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens
Posted by Albert - 27 Jun 03:42PM

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Hi,
just received Sib. 8.0. As a Mac User I feel totally.... well no words. Nothing new. I paid nearly € 100,00 for nothing.
How can you call this Version 8. It's less than Version 7.5000001
But not only this, they stepped back.

• no rubber band selection of objects anymore. For example chords, text etc. placed above a stuff. You select the whole thing or nothing.
• grace notes: well 10x times to insert grace notes it works. than all of sudden you see a blue note insert line but you can't insert anything.

I am a user since Sib. 1.0. Perhaps I will change my software. Just downloaded Finale and time by time I will learn it. And Yamaha is expected to launch a thing…

Bad company with bad habits.

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens
Posted by Albert - 27 Jun 03:55PM

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Add: What happens to Sibelius Quicklook? In the finder you can't see inside a file anymore?

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens
Posted by Robin Walker - 27 Jun 05:14PM

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> What happens to Sibelius Quicklook? In the finder you can't see inside a file anymore?

This is a Mac OS problem if there are multiple versions of the same application installed, each with its own QuickLook generator.

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Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens
Posted by Steve - 28 Jun 05:05AM

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Well, if it wasn't clear before - the newest Sibelius offers NOTHING for Mac users (and next to nothing for Windows users). Caveat Emptor.

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Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens
Posted by Peter McAleer - 28 Jun 09:20PM

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It was a shock to see the specs for this release. I think the treatment of Mac users unacceptable. How can this version be considered a true upgrade for them, in any sense? Would it not at least have been more honest to release this as a Windows only upgrade (even then it would be laughable)? How close to the wind is Avid sailing here?

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Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens
Posted by Sam at Sibelius - 29 Jun 10:01AM

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Hi Albert,

Marquee selection and grace notes should work well on Mac.

Please contact the support team if you need help getting these resolved.

Sam

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Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens
Posted by Albert - 29 Jun 08:17PM

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Hi Sam,
grace notes work well. 95%. All of sudden: nada.
Rubberband/Marquee selection doesn't work. Never. Tried everything
Albert

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens
Posted by costica - 14 Oct 04:37AM

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I don't notice any improvements between 7.5 and 8.0 (certainly not anything worth $98 and change), and the problem i had in 7.5 didn't go away, either: Sibelius won't playback from any selection, the playback line always jumps to the beginning of the piece.
I am extremely disappointed. And the phone Help Center is a sick Kafka-esque joke; nothing but a circular hallway of mirrors.

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens
Posted by Robin Walker - 14 Oct 07:42AM

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> Sibelius won't playback from any selection, the playback line always jumps to the beginning of the piece.

That's a problem with the score, not with Sibelius. I guess that the score has a broken repeat structure.

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Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens
Posted by Venancio @ Avid - 19 Oct 10:04PM

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> I don't notice any improvements between 7.5 and 8.0 (certainly not anything worth $98 and change), and the problem i had in 7.5 didn't go away, either: Sibelius won't playback from any selection, the playback line always jumps to the beginning of the piece.
> I am extremely disappointed. And the phone Help Center is a sick Kafka-esque joke; nothing but a circular hallway of mirrors.

Hi Constantin,

We're sorry for your experience with phone support. I checked our system and found that a case has already been created for you (02816027). We sent you an email and left you a voicemail as well.

Looking forward to your reply.

Best regards,

Vee

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Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Albert, 27 Jun 03:42PM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Albert, 27 Jun 03:55PM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Robin Walker, 27 Jun 05:14PM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Steve, 28 Jun 05:05AM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Peter McAleer, 28 Jun 09:20PM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Sam at Sibelius, 29 Jun 10:01AM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Albert, 29 Jun 08:17PM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - costica, 14 Oct 04:37AM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Robin Walker, 14 Oct 07:42AM

Re: Sib. 7.5: Sibelius 8.0 What happens - Venancio @ Avid, 19 Oct 10:04PM