Sibelius 3 Professional Edition

by Sibelius

Product Features

• Software for writing, playing, printing, and publishing music notation
• Scan in printed music; high-quality sounds for playback
• Saves time; elegant and intuitive; school feature sets
• Publish music world-wide or create personal CDs and MP3s
• Designed for students, educators, and professional composers

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00018TKAW
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 23, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,940 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #54 in Software > Video & Music > Software > MIDI
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Sibelius 3 is the complete software for writing, playing, printing, and publishing music notation. It’s designed to make your life easier, save you time, produce beautiful results--and enable you to do things you might never have dreamed of. Like publish your music world-wide or create your own CDs. And it’s designed for every kind of musician, from students and educators to professional composers.

Features:

• Elegant and intuitive
• High-quality sounds for playback
• Create CDs and MP3s of your music
• Scan in printed music
• School feature sets

Product Description

Sibelius 3 is an advanced new musical tool that makes writing music and composing more simple then ever. No other program gives composers the freedom that Sibelius offers! Work with 30 amazing new plug-ins, for incredible & unique sound Create your MP3 mixes of compositions and burn them to CD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Software for the common/professional musician, February 11, 2004

By 

Lawrence D. Wheeler (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sibelius 3 Professional Edition (CD-ROM)

My background is in both arranging and composing and playing professionally here in the New Mexico area. Having used both of the top music software's for the last few years I find that when I have to do a project for profit, I always use Sibelius.
Both programs perform equally well, but Sibelius is by far the easiest and most logical to learn and use. The learning curve is very shallow. Everything is very intuitive and easy to find. The use of hot keys and simple, logical key presses and not the mouse make this program quick and through. You do not have to spend time going from menu to menu to find what you need. It can do everything I have ever needed in the way of arranging and composing. From Big Band Jazz to Orchestral works, it is all there. The finished printed work is beautiful to behold. I would highly recommend Sibelius to anyone who wants to get started producing work right away. The latest Sibelius V.3.1 is probably the most advanced product I have found. I have recommended it highly to all my musicians friends, and I have made many converts to Sibelius.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, April 20, 2005

By 

A. Frye "The Music Man" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sibelius 3 Professional Edition (CD-ROM)

I've used Cakewalk, Voyetra, Finale, and virtualy every other music publishing program and this is the first one that I can say is worth every penny. The functionality, convinience and versatility of this program goes unmatched and the look of your scores in the end is so good that people will swear you were published by Hal Lenard! If you're a student who hopes to make composition your future, invest in this program. If you're an established composer who is using some other program, dump them and move to Sibelius. I've only had my copy for two days and I'm a devoted consumer.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best !, February 8, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Sibelius 3 Professional Edition (CD-ROM)

My musical world literally changed overnight when I purchased Sibelius version 2. I no longer had to worry about how to work the 'tool', as it was not in the way of my creativity! Everything was intuitive and user friendly. I soon composed many original tunes and received a nice publishing contract. I recently upgrade to 3.0, and wow! I love the Kontact player for realistic sounds, and I often use the score-to-audio wav file feature. I can compose and record to CD in minutes. Hard to believe they could improve this product any more. I highly recommend it to any musician or composer. By the way, the layout and user interface is very pleasing to the eye, and the program is just plain fun to use!