'Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ?'

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Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Muffinman, 17 Jun 07:50AM
     Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Adrian Drover, 17 Jun 08:08AM
         Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Chris Crawley, 17 Jun 09:43AM
             Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Bob Zawalich, 17 Jun 04:04PM
                 Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Muffinman, 19 Jun 02:10AM
                     Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Philip Jones, 19 Jun 09:39AM
                         Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - LeoP, 19 Jun 09:46AM
                         Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Philip Jones, 19 Jun 09:48AM

Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ?
Posted by Muffinman - 17 Jun 07:50AM
Hi all,

I saw that Avid is discounting upgrades at the moment and was wondering if it is worth upgrading to Sib 8. from 7.1.3

From what I've read, very little has changed other than 'touch screen' accessibility and perhaps a couple of tiny little additions, like the magnetic gliss thing.... handy for sure, but not a deal breaker.

Should I save my money?

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Sibelius 7.1.3
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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ?
Posted by Adrian Drover - 17 Jun 08:08AM
I've had 8.5.1 and I now have 8.6, but I'm still using 7.1.3 because I find the upgrades unusable due to broken functions. I don't know what price you have been offered but I'm sure you will be disappointed.
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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ?
Posted by Chris Crawley - 17 Jun 09:43AM (edited 17 Jun 02:26PM)
There are reasons to upgrade - if you have clients with the latest versions, for example, so you need to be able to read their files.

Apart from that, it seems difficult to recommend an upgrade, unless any specific newer features are important to you. 7.1.3 was a good stable version, it does all I need and it's one I cannot see I will ever move on from.

There is of course the other up-and-coming program which, in the view of some, will soon leave Sibelius well and truly behind. There is a half-price cross-grade offer to that which is due to expire soon*.

Edit: *End of this month (June). There may or may not be further offers, but everyone is being tight-lipped.

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Chris Crawley (composer and horn-player) using Dorico 1.0.30, Sibelius 7.1.3, NotePerformer, Windows 10 64-bit, Intel Core i7 3.30GHz, 64GB RAM, DacMagic 100
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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ?
Posted by Bob Zawalich - 17 Jun 04:04PM
According to

http://shop.avid.com/ccrz__ProductDetails?viewState=DetailView&cartID=&sku=SBDYNA1004&&store=shop

The offer to upgrade for $149 is available until September 30, 2017.

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Bob

An experienced user of Sibelius. Sib 1.2 - 8, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit, 32 G RAM. Year 2017.
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For manual plugin installation see http://www.sibelius.com/download/plugins/index.html?help=install
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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ?
Posted by Muffinman - 19 Jun 02:10AM
Thanks for your input.

Yes I couldn't see any advantage in the upgrade. I've been watching the progress of the new software. I'll be looking into it once it becomes a full system.

Clients who do use the latest version can always save as an older version (I presume), so there's no advantage in that regard that I can see.

Avid certainly dropped the ball on what could have been great, progressive product.

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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ?
Posted by Philip Jones - 19 Jun 09:39AM
For information, please, what is the highest version of Sibelius that can run on a 32 bit computer. I have only one of these, my several others at various locations are 32 bit, as are those of most of my colleagues, so we cannot share Sib 8 files.
Philip Jones

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Sib 8.6 including 7 sounds, ThinkPad T410, SSD, 8GB 64-bit Windows 10 Pro. Scarlett Focusrite Solo. 2nd gen.
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Sib 6.2 upgrade build 88, Sibelius Player Essentials, Sibelius Sounds Gold, Kontakt Player available. Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Audio mode. Vista SP2, ASUS P5B-VM motherboard, 3GB RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 1GB DDR2, 250GB SATA.
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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ?
Posted by LeoP - 19 Jun 09:46AM
According to avid the last version to run both 32 bit and 64 bit is 7.5.1 http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/compatibility/Sibelius-7-5-compatibility-with-running-in-32-bit-mode

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Sib 5.2.5, 6.2, 7.5.1, 8.6, Photoscore Ultimate 7 and 8, Acrobat Pro...
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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ?
Posted by Philip Jones - 19 Jun 09:48AM
I meant, of course, that I only have one 64 bit computer.

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Sib 8.6 including 7 sounds, ThinkPad T410, SSD, 8GB 64-bit Windows 10 Pro. Scarlett Focusrite Solo. 2nd gen.
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Sib 6.2 upgrade build 88, Sibelius Player Essentials, Sibelius Sounds Gold, Kontakt Player available. Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Audio mode. Vista SP2, ASUS P5B-VM motherboard, 3GB RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 1GB DDR2, 250GB SATA.
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Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Muffinman, 17 Jun 07:50AM
     Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Adrian Drover, 17 Jun 08:08AM
         Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Chris Crawley, 17 Jun 09:43AM
             Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Bob Zawalich, 17 Jun 04:04PM
                 Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Muffinman, 19 Jun 02:10AM
                     Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Philip Jones, 19 Jun 09:39AM
                         Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - LeoP, 19 Jun 09:46AM
                         Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Should I upgrade from 7.1.3 ? - Philip Jones, 19 Jun 09:48AM