Sibelius 7 Sounds updater

If you have downloaded and installed the Sibelius 7 Sounds library, you must also download and install an update to Sibelius 7 Sounds. Do not download and install this update unless you have already installed the full Sibelius 7 Sounds package.

If you're not sure whether you need this update, you can run it anyway: it won't do any harm, provided you do have the complete Sibelius 7 Sounds library installed.

This update requires Sibelius 7.1.2 or later, so if you haven't yet updated to Sibelius 7.1.2, do so now.

Installing the update

• First, quit Sibelius 7 if it is running.
• Download the appropriate updater for your operating system:
  • Windows: Sibelius7SoundsUpdate712.exe (51MB)
  • Mac: Sibelius7SoundsUpdate712.dmg (64MB)
• When the updater has finished downloading, double-click the icon to begin the updating process, and follow the instructions on the screen.

Sibelius 7 Sounds documentation

You can download the documentation for the Sibelius 7 Sounds library here.

Changes and improvements in this update

• New Orchestral Percussion patch, combining several of the single-instrument patches so that you can more easily write for e.g. a 5-line staff with multiple unpitched percussion instruments. Includes Cymbals, Orchestral Bass Drum, Orchestral Snare, Woodblocks, Tam Tam, Tambourine and Triangle.
• Updates to guitar mutes
• Chamber violin patches now loop correctly
• Increased volume of "Long snare swirl" in brush drum kit