Avid Unveils Sibelius Mobile App Placing Powerful Notation Tools at Music Creators’ Fingertips Everywhere They Go
July 29 2021 - 11:15AM
Avid® (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced the release of the Sibelius®
for mobile iOS app, extending professional music notation workflows
to iPad for the tens of thousands of composers, orchestrators and
arrangers who have Sibelius subscriptions. Available immediately
for download, Sibelius for mobile lets users move seamlessly
between iPad and desktop, and from studio to coffeeshop to scoring
stage, and write anywhere their inspiration may strike, while
taking full advantage of the Apple Pencil and iPad touch
experience.
Sibelius for mobile expands the leading music notation program
into a professional, cross-platform music notation solution. Almost
anything concerning the heart and soul of composition and
arrangement will now be available to iPad users. They can create,
edit, share, and play Sibelius files everywhere via tablet, opening
up new opportunities and locales in which to be creative. While
Sibelius for mobile is fully featured, there are some notation and
layout features only available in the desktop version, making it an
integral part of a complete workflow. Sibelius for mobile comes at
no additional cost with all Sibelius desktop subscriptions,
enabling users to work where and how they want.
“Music composition is no longer about just sitting in front of a
piano or a desktop, working on a score alone. Creators of all kinds
have shifted to more remote collaboration and new workflows
demanding more sharing and more flexibility,” explains Sam Butler,
Director of Product Management at Avid. “Composers, arrangers, and
songwriters need easy ways to share and demonstrate their work in a
variety of contexts far beyond the traditional settings like
studios and practice rooms. Sibelius for mobile opens up new
workflows, allowing users to work on their pieces anywhere, to
collaborate smoothly with others, and to showcase their work at a
moment’s notice—fitting right into the new paradigm of music
creation.”
While expanding their horizons, creators can keep all their work
on one platform, seamlessly moving from desktop to tablet and back
without ever having to import or export files. With files saved to
iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive or other iOS-supported cloud service,
users have access anywhere to all their ideas and scores. They can
take the world’s most powerful notation toolset and entire music
portfolio with them wherever they go—ideal for those unexpected
opportunities, instead of having to bring and break out a laptop
when meeting with clients and collaborators.
“Sibelius on an iPad is transformational. For me, it is the
single biggest advance in notation software in a decade,” said
composer Simon Franglen. “I can write sketches, amend and review
full orchestral scores, tweak choral charts anywhere I am. It is
the beginning of a revolution.”
Sibelius for mobile reimagines the pen and paper experience for
tablet with new patent pending note input workflows, taking full
advantage of Apple Pencil and iPad touch capabilities so that
nothing gets between the creator and the music. Enter notes with
the onscreen Keypad or a keyboard, and Sibelius takes care of all
note layout. Touch a note and drag up or down to change its value,
or drag left or right to add a flat or sharp. With an Apple Pencil,
tap a note and tilt up or down to add a flat or sharp, or tilt left
or right to choose the note value.
Sibelius for mobile is available for download now at no cost
from the Apple App Store, and like desktop Sibelius, offers three
tiers of functionality that enable users to scale the app for their
music composing and notation needs. Customers with a current
Sibelius or Sibelius | Ultimate desktop subscription or a perpetual
license with an active Software Updates + Support Plan can unlock
the equivalent tier of functionality at no cost—and like its
desktop counterpart, Sibelius | First for mobile is free for
everyone.
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