We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of our February 2021 release of Sibelius. In this release, with over 500 new ManuScript commands, you can create simple scriptable plugins in Sibelius. This allows you to combine features to create whole new workflows that suit you.
Read about this, plus further improvements to our ManuScript plug-in language on Avid.com:
I imagine BobZ is in paroxysms of joy at the additional commands in Manuscript! Go Bob!
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Win 10 Pro x64, Sib Ultimate 2020.12(build 3117) 2.6GHz Intel Core i7 9750H, 32GB,10TB (SSD + 7200rpm HDD), Scarlett 2i4, Sib 6.2,7.5, NotePerformer and others.
Si me castigare vis, necesse est me intellexisse.
mike@mike-lyons.co.uk
> It's impossible for me to access to my account on Avid Link.
Do these:
- pull down the Apple menu and select "Restart";
- after the restart, open Avid Link;
- update Avid Link to version 2021.2;
- after update to Avid Link 2021.2, sign in to Avid Link on its tab "Profile";
- then, on the Products tab, try updating Sibelius.
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Sibelius 2020.9/7.5.1/7.1.3/6.2/5.2.5, PhotoScore Ult 2020.1, Windows 10 64-bit 16GB. Desktop, and Microsoft Surface Book.
Does this version have less notation options? I just don't seem to have everything I need. for example, under the barlines tab, the 'no line' option is missing.
Is it something I'm doing wrong?
> Does this version have less notation options? I just don't seem to have everything I need.
> for example, under the barlines tab, the 'no line' option is missing.
> Is it something I'm doing wrong?
It sounds as if you have downgraded from "Sibelius Ultimate" to "Sibelius".
The present-day "Sibelius" is a reduced-feature, stripped-down version of the proper product, "Sibelius Ultimate".
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Sibelius 2021.2/7.5.1/7.1.3/6.2/5.2.5, PhotoScore Ult 2020.1, Windows 10 64-bit 16GB. Desktop, and Microsoft Surface Book.
I didn't have sibelius ultimate to begin with but I know some features are missing from the regular sibelius. I've even been shown them by a lecturer who is as confused as I am
If you have migrated from a version such as 7.5.1 or 2018.x, installing "Sibelius" is a DOWNGRADE to what used to be called Sibelius|First.
The ONLY equivalent is "Sibelius Ultimate" which will show the word Ultimate on the splash screen.
Apparently the comparisons shown on the Avid website contain errors - i.e. it shows some features are available in lower tier versions when they are not.
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Win 10 Pro x64, Sib Ultimate 2020.12(build 3117) 2.6GHz Intel Core i7 9750H, 32GB,10TB (SSD + 7200rpm HDD), Scarlett 2i4, Sib 6.2,7.5, NotePerformer and others.
Si me castigare vis, necesse est me intellexisse.
mike@mike-lyons.co.uk
We haven't removed any features from the various tiers of Sibelius, so can you email me screenshots of what you're seeing and what you're expecting to see?
My address is below.
Thanks!
Sam
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Sam Butler | Product Manager | Sibelius and Pro Tools
sam.butler@avid.com | @avid_sam | @AvidSibelius
I can't deal with this new system and my patience is at its limit. I have Ultimate at both home and work and am billed monthly. Yesterday I started a score at work. So far, it is short and uncomplicated. Now I'm trying to open the file at home, and I get the message,
"There was an error opening [file]: This score was created with a newer version of Sibelius. You need to update Sibelius to open it (a free update may be available from www.sibelius.com)." The About splash screen says I have Version 2020.1, build 2221.
So then I load in a different score in order to be able to access File - Help - Check for Updates, and it takes me to Avid Link, which tells me that I have Sibelius "activated" but provides no hint about an update. www.sibelius.com bombards me with advertisements and other exasperating pop-ups; eventually I can get to a screen where I can buy the program again, but there's nothing about an update for an existing subscription.
Am I supposed to track down and install the program from scratch every time there's an update? I wasn't prompted to re-install from my work computer, although my subscription had been de-activated and so I had to go through the usual hassle of entering all of my 40-digit code numbers for the umpteenth time. What is the point of Avid Link, if not to keep track of this from one central module?
There are three possibilities:
1. Avid has for some reason decided to devise an opaque system of mandatory updates and short-lived "subscription" activations that is guaranteed to antagonize and alienate long-time Sibelius users;
2. There's something weird with my home computer that I need help with; or
3. There's something really obvious and simple that I'm not understanding.
I suggest you keep your eye on this forum. New releases are announced, and if Avid Link lets you down you can always download them directly from your Avid Account.
Avid Link will tell you about updates, and enable you to download them, ONLY if you are signed in to Avid Link. So one possible reason for your difficulties is that you have not signed in to Avid Link for the past year.
If, for any reason, Avid Link fails to download an update, you can always download the latest version of Sibelius from your account at http://my.avid.com/products
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Sibelius 2021.2/7.5.1/7.1.3/6.2/5.2.5, PhotoScore Ult 2020.1, Windows 10 64-bit 16GB. Desktop, and Microsoft Surface Book.
Thanks, Laurence and Robin. Yesterday, Avid Link was not showing an Update link for Sibelius, but today it was. The first time (today) that I installed the update, Sibelius said it was updated and I could open the file in question, but Link still said that I was on the old version and that the update had failed due to a "communication error." I tried refreshing Link but the messages were the same. So I installed the update a second time, and now Link is happy, I guess.
I don't know why Link didn't make the update available in the first place, but thank you both for encouraging me to lean on it until it woke up.
when is the next update its been a good few months now.
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Macbook pro i7 non retina 2.9ghz 16gb ram 10.14 mojave and windows 10. 1TB SSD boot drive, 2tb storage drive. noteperformer Sibelius 2019.9
Windows pc, i7 8th Gen 6 core, 16gb ram, m.2 NVME boot drive, 2TB spin drive 5200 rpm, and m.2 NVME drive 1TB storage drives.
East West symphonic choirs and east west symphonic orchestra with johnathan loving sound sets photoscore 7.2. note performer
Musescore, Noteworthy composer, melody assistant and virtual singer.
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Win 10 Pro x64, Sib Ultimate 2021.2(build 3268) 2.6GHz Intel Core i7 9750H, 32GB,10TB (SSD + 7200rpm HDD), Scarlett 2i4, Sib 6.2,7.5, NotePerformer and others.
Si me castigare vis, necesse est me intellexisse.
mike@mike-lyons.co.uk
There's a new guy, Justin, so I think it will be worth our patience to give him a shot at fixing things, even if it takes some time now. Without him, I would blow this popsicle stand at this point.
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Ultimate 2021.2, Windows 10
I really don't think one guy with an engraving background (excellent though I know Justin is at his job) is going to make that much difference to what goes on in the behemoth that is Avid/Sibelius.
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Chris Crawley (composer and horn-player) using Dorico Pro 3.5.12, Sibelius 7.1.3, NotePerformer 3.5, Windows 10 64-bit, Intel Core i7, 3.30GHz, 64GB RAM, DacMagic 100
> I really don't think one guy with an engraving background ...is going to make that much difference
It should be obvious to anyone with common sense that he has had NO effect on what is the next release he seems so excited about.
And anyone who claims "Sibelius is the best notation software in the world" is either being paid to tell lies, or doesn't have a clue about what the competition has been doing for the last 8 years, IMO.
The current version of Sib is still full of clumsy work-rounds that were in Sib 4 (or even earlier versions). The competition isn't.
> > I really don't think one guy with an engraving background ...is going to make that much difference
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> It should be obvious to anyone with common sense that he has had NO effect on what is the next release he seems so excited about.
Oh Rob, you old grouch, do leave Justin alone! No, he probably didn't affect the current version much (though I imagine he was a beta-tester). But he knows what's in the next update, and he's allowed to be enthusiastic about it.
As for me, I'm looking forward to the next update.
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Sibelius 2020, MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010), MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2013) MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), macOS Version 10.15 Catalina, Logic Pro, Garritan Personal Orchestra 4 and 5, Notion 6, Garritan Jazz Ensemble/Big Band 3, Garritan Concert and Marching Band 2, EastWest Composer Cloud, Note Performer 3.31, 8 GB 1067 Mhz DDR3 on MacBook Pro and 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 on MacBook Air, 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 on MacBook Pro and 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 on MacBook Air, Yamaha Motif XF8
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