Playback – better than ever

Sibelius 6 now includes effortless tempo control, stunning new sounds and effects, easy set-up, and sophisticated audio software connectivity.

Integrated playback

No longer does Sibelius need a separate player such as Kontakt Player 2 to get the best results – high-quality playback is now seamlessly integrated, thanks to the latest technology from Digidesign’s AIR team. So it’s simpler than ever to use, and needs no set-up at all – just hit the space bar, and Sibelius plays! You don’t even have to wait for sounds to load any more.

Everything can now be adjusted directly on the Mixer, including new high-quality effects on each staff such as convolution reverb and chorus, and up to six faders for other effects (e.g. EQ, distortion, timbre). All fader positions and settings are now saved in the score, so you won’t have to fiddle with them next time you open it.

Stunning new sounds

There’s a new Sibelius Sounds Essentials library, with a variety of new and improved orchestral, choral and jazz sounds from Garritan, Tapspace and AIR. Sibelius 6 provides up to 128 channels, so you can use as many different sounds at once as your computer can handle.

Sibelius 6 also comes with a General MIDI virtual instrument (using technology from M-Audio). This provides the full range of General MIDI sounds – from music box to gunshot – and is particularly suited to playing MIDI files, or for getting good playback on older computers.

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