Music Notation

Wouldn’t it be nice to hear every nuance of your score played back realistically, without having to hire an expensive orchestra?

Featuring advanced notation interpretation, Sibelius enables you to hear every nuance of your score—the way you intended it to be heard. Sibelius gives you complete control over and customization of the rhythmic feel of any individual part to produce more expressive and realistic musical phrasings. And Sibelius can interpret such notation distinctions as tempo markings, metric emphasis, grace notes, mordents, caesuras, and breath marks on playback using the 36 GB professionally recorded sound library.

Remote collaboration and sharing has become essential in today’s music industry, and composers need an easy and efficient way to collaborate with others and distribute their compositions for the world to hear.

Sibelius enables enhanced collaboration and distribution of compositions through innovative score sharing and social media features. Scores can be shared through email, uploaded and published as sheet music on ScoreExchange.com, or even posted as video or audio files on YouTube, Facebook, and SoundCloud.

When students learn Sibelius, they learn the industry-standard workflows and creative tools they need to compete for jobs in the media industry. Avid offers the most generous educational discounts in the industry, so students and educators alike can get affordable access to the same workflows that composers, arrangers, and music publishers rely on worldwide—even if budgets are tight.

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To perfect your performances, it’s essential to learn, practice, and adapt scores wherever you go.

Avid Scorch transforms your iPad mobile device into an interactive music stand, score library, and sheet music store. Thanks to the award-winning Sibelius engine, Avid Scorch generates interactive notation. You can easily learn songs or adapt them to your instrument by transposing a score, changing instruments, or converting to and from guitar tab—then give a great performance using Music Stand mode. Whether you want to showcase your own music or purchase scores from world-class publishers, Avid Scorch is the easy way to practice and perform your favorite sheet music on the go.

Whether you want to showcase your own music or purchase scores from world-class publishers, you need access to an online community of sheet music providers and enthusiasts. Avid Scorch enables you to browse and purchase everything from chart-toppers to classics right within the app—and enjoy the simplicity and security of using your existing iTunes account. You can also publish your Sibelius and Sibelius First scores and sell them to others.

Sibelius Scorch is available as free web browser plug-in, enabling you to view, play, customize, and print your Sibelius scores on the Internet. Change instruments and keys. Navigate your scores and play them back from any point. Select which device to use for playback. Save and print your scores. And stay up to date with the latest Scorch information and updates.

To bring your musical inspiration to life, you need a powerful workflow that will take you from idea to completed production. Pro Tools offers seamless integration with Sibelius, providing a complete solution for composing, producing, and generating notation.

Using Pro Tools, you can compose music notation directly with the Score Editor’s built-in notation tools, or by using virtual instruments and a MIDI keyboard/controller. You can then export Pro Tools sessions for further finessing in Sibelius. What’s more, you can record audio from Sibelius to Pro Tools and even sync the two systems together for simultaneous playback. It’s a seamless workflow that can handle any notation-related task.

When you're composing, you need to focus on the creative flow without getting interrupted by technology, so you can record the best performances and make important songwriting decisions. Pro Tools features powerful production tools and reliable, intuitive workflows that enable you to stay in the creative zone.

Pro Tools gives you the power to work with epic numbers of virtual instruments and effects to create rich, complex scores and bring your compositions to life. And with a wide range of 64-bit AAX virtual instruments, effects, and sound processing plug-ins available, your sonic opportunities are endless.

Access the right instrumentation for every part—at a price you can afford

Pro Tools virtual instruments enable you to easily create parts for practically any musical instrument using a MIDI keyboard/controller or your mouse and the built-in Pro Tools Score Editor or MIDI Editor. Get started fast with the virtual instruments included with Pro Tools, and expand your arsenal with additional AAX virtual instruments from Avid and third-party audio designers.

Use effects and sound processors to further sculpt your sound

When you’re ready to take your score to the next level, Pro Tools offers a wide variety of effects and sound-processing plug-ins to help you put that extra polish on your compositions. From high-quality reverbs, EQs, and compressors, to guitar amp emulators and channel strip dynamics, Pro Tools gives you the plug-ins you need to create professional mixes. The software comes equipped with over 70 effects, sound-processing, and utility plug-ins in the powerful 64-bit AAX format. And with the in-app Avid Marketplace, you can find any additional plug-ins you need to make your mix sound its absolute best.

Get the ultimate mobile audio experience with Mbox

Featuring reliable performance, portability, and professional-grade sound quality, the Mbox audio interface comes with Pro Tools Express, while Mbox Pro comes with Pro Tools, enabling you to compose music, monitor your sound, and play back compositions with ease. Featuring rugged metal construction with reinforced components, Mbox interfaces fit easily into your bag or backpack, so you always have it whenever creativity strikes.

Capture inspiration on the go with Fast Track

Fast Track is a line of compact, studio-grade USB audio interfaces that provide everything you need to turn your Mac, PC, or iPad into a complete songwriting and music recording system. Ideal for home, studio, and on-the-go creation, Fast Track comes with Pro Tools Express, enabling you to compose, monitor, and play back compositions in a solution that’s both portable and affordable.

For songwriting guitarists, Eleven Rack provides the ultimate music composition, guitar recording, and amplifier emulation system. Featuring a high-quality DSP-accelerated hardware interface, Eleven Rack gives you access to dozens of the most coveted rigs and stompbox effects for a fraction of the price of a single vintage amp. It also comes with industry-standard Pro Tools, providing the notation, MIDI, and audio tools you need to write, record, edit, and mix music—quickly and easily.

When you’re in the creative zone, it’s essential to have an integrated hardware and software solution that provides the quickest, most intuitive, and fluid editing capabilities.

Artist Series control surfaces enable you to take deep hands-on control of your favorite audio software so you can speed up editing and mixing tasks. These portable control surfaces can be connected together to form a single, custom slimline surface that easily fits into any setup, delivers great responsiveness, and gives you much more control than working with a mouse and keyboard alone.

• Artist Control—Accelerate audio editing and mixing with a 4-fader touchscreen control surface
• Artist Mix—Accelerate audio mixing in audio software with an 8-fader control surface
• Artist Transport—Edit and navigate projects quickly and precisely