Pinnacle Systems Sibelius - 5.0 User Manual

Upgrading to

Edition 5.1a October 2007

Booklet written by Daniel Spreadbury.

Please email any suggestions for improvements to this booklet to docs@sibelius.com (but please do not use this address for suggestions or queries about the Sibelius program itself – see the separate Latest information & technical help sheet for the correct address for your country).

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Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installation 5

Upgrading on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Upgrading on Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Upgrading existing scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Upgrading from Sibelius 1.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

What’s new? 27

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Panorama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Numbering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Reprise and other fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Look and feel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Other improvements and fixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Appendices 71

Appendix A: Improvements up to Sibelius 4.1.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Appendix B: Menu changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Appendix C: Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Introduction

Thank you for upgrading to Sibelius 5. We are sure that you will find this major upgrade faster, smarter and easier than ever before. With the new Ideas feature, you can capture, organize, retrieve, and re-use every melody, motive or other musical material you come up with, putting it all at your fingertips. Panorama displays your score on a single continuous system on an infinitelywide page, allowing you to let your creativity flow without worrying about page layout. With a new high-quality sound library and the ability to use any virtual instrument or effect seamlessly within Sibelius, you can hear your score played back more realistically than ever before. You can make instrumental cues for your parts in moments, change instruments anywhere along a staff, create title and other blank pages with a single click – and that’s only the beginning!

This booklet tells you how to install your new version of Sibelius and summarizes all of the improvements. Refer to Sibelius Reference (see below) to get full details of how to use the new features.

We strongly recommend that you read this booklet in its entirety before you use your upgrade. At the very least, you must follow the upgrade instructions on the next few pages.

Sibelius Reference

Sibelius 5’s documentation is split into two: the Handbook, which tells new users how to install the software and introduces them to its basic features; and Reference, which explains every feature of the program in detail. You don’t need the Sibelius 5 Handbook so it isn’t included with this upgrade.

Reference is available on-screen from within Sibelius 5: simply choose Help (shortcut F1 or

Reference is also available as an optional printed book. If you would like to buy one, please visit www.sibelius.com/buy for more information.

Here are the main additions and changes to Sibelius Reference since Sibelius 4:

* 3. Text and 7. Files have been reorganized, with a larger number of shorter topics, to make it

easier to find specific help

5.4 Dynamic parts

* All the new features and improvements either have new topics or substantially revised existing

topics, and you will see directions to these topics at the appropriate points in this booklet.

X?), and it will open in Adobe Reader (Windows) or Preview (Mac).

has also been moved to a new chapter,

6. Parts

> Sibelius Reference

, and split into shorter topics

In your upgrade pack

In addition to this booklet, check that you have received all of the following items:

* Sibelius 5 DVD-ROM

* Upgrade Code (or codes, if you have more than one Sibelius copy with different serial numbers),

which will be printed on a separate sheet of paper

* Latest information and technical help sheet

* Reference book (if you opted to purchase it along with your upgrade).

Installation

Upgrading on Windows

Important

If you are installing your upgrade onto the same computer as your previous version of Sibelius:

* Do not uninstall your previous version of Sibelius before installing the upgrade

* Make sure that the copy of Sibelius you wish to upgrade is registered (and for Sibelius 2.x and

Sibelius 1.x, does not have its saving feature transferred to another computer). You can upgrade an unregistered copy of Sibelius, but it will still be unregistered after the upgrade.

If you are installing your upgrade onto a different computer than your previous version of Sibelius:

* If you are upgrading from Sibelius 3 or Sibelius 4, run your previous version of Sibelius on your

old computer and choose Help before installing Sibelius 5 on your new computer

* If you are upgrading from Sibelius 2 or Sibelius 1.4, uninstall your previous version of Sibelius

from your old computer before installing Sibelius 5 on your new computer – see Uninstalling older versions of Sibelius on page 14.

Whichever version of Sibelius you are upgrading from, if you are installing Sibelius 5 on a new computer, you do not need to install your previous version of Sibelius on your new computer in order to install your upgrade.

Minimum requirements

Minimum requirements for Sibelius 5 alone:

> Unregister Sibelius to unregister Sibelius over the Internet

Installation

Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, 512MB+ RAM, 350MB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive

Additional recommendations for using Sibelius Sounds Essentials and Kontakt Player 2, especially for scores with many instruments:

1GB+ total RAM, 3.5GB total hard disk space, ASIO-compatible soundcard

You can use Sibelius Sounds Essentials if your computer doesn’t meet the recommended requirements, but you may find that you cannot use as many sounds simultaneously.

You must be running at least Windows XP Service Pack 2 to install and run Sibelius 5. If you have Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.x, you need to purchase an upgrade to a more recent version of the Windows operating system.

How to determine if you are running Windows XP Service Pack 2

If you have Windows XP but are unsure whether or not you have Windows XP Service Pack 2:

* Click the Start button, then choose Run... * Ty pe winver in the Open box, and hit Return (on the main keyboard)

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* You will see a simple window, like this:

You sh ou ld se e Service Pack 2 at the end of the second line of text. If you don’t, then you need to update to Service Pack 2. The simplest way of doing this is to download it automatically by choosing Windows Update from the Start menu. If the computer on which you want to run Sibelius isn’t connected to the Internet, you can obtain Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD-ROM or via a special download that can be burned to CD and deployed on another computer. See http:// www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx for more details.

Sibelius 1.x users

If you are installing your upgrade onto the same computer as your previous version of Sibelius, check that your previous version of Sibelius is 1.2 or later. To do this, run Sibelius, then choose

Help

> About Sibelius. The version number is shown in the bottom right-hand corner of the win-

dow that appears.

Important: If you are running a version of Sibelius earlier than 1.2:

* Quit Sibelius, if it is running * Insert your Sibelius 5 DVD-ROM; after a few moments, a menu will appear. Click Browse this

DVD.

* A Windows Explorer window will appear, showing you the contents of the DVD-ROM. Double-

click the Update Sibelius 1.x to 1.4 folder, and finally double-click the Update Sibelius (English) icon to update your existing version of Sibelius to 1.4.

* Follow the instructions on-screen; you may be prompted to restart your computer. If so, wait for

your computer to restart.

* Now run Sibelius again to check that the update has been successful. It is very important that you

run Sibelius after you update it!

* The splash screen should say “Version 1.4.” If you missed the splash screen, check the version

again from Help

* Quit Sibelius again.

> About Sibelius.

Multiple copies and site licenses

If you have more than one copy of Sibelius using the same serial number, such as a 5-pack, second registration or laptop copy, simply follow the same upgrading instructions on each computer, using the same Upgrade Code.

Upgrading on Windows

If you have more than one Sibelius serial number (e.g. two 5-packs), follow the upgrading instructions on each computer, using the Upgrade Code that applies to the Sibelius serial number used on that computer. The Upgrade Code in each upgrade pack says which serial number it applies to. If you’re not sure which serial number is used on which computer, don’t worry – Sibelius tells you when it asks for the Upgrade Code.

If you have a Sibelius network license, please read the separate Installing and registering net-

work site licenses booklet enclosed in the upgrade box.

Administrator privileges

You must install Sibelius using a user account on your computer with administrator privileges. In order to register Sibelius after installing it, you must either be using an administrator user account, or be able to provide an administrator username and password when prompted.

Therefore we recommend that you install Sibelius 5, then after installing it, launch it and register it (if it is unregistered) as an administrator user.

After having registered the software, we recommend that you run Sibelius (like all other applications) as a non-privileged user, to increase the security of your system.

If you’re the only person who uses your computer, or you don’t know anything about user accounts or administrator privileges on your computer, you can safely ignore the above and install the software as usual.

Installation

Installing your upgrade

* Exit any programs that are running. It’s a particularly good idea to exit any anti-virus programs

loaded automatically at start-up (for example, McAfee Virus Scan or Norton AntiVirus).

* Take the Sibelius DVD-ROM out of its case, put it (labeled side up) in the DVD-ROM drive of the

computer, and close the drive slot

* Wait for a few seconds. The DVD-ROM drive should start up and a dialog will appear on the

screen.

* (If there’s no sign of activity after a while, click the Start menu, choose Run and

type X:\amplayer, where X is the letter of your DVD-ROM drive, then hit Return on the main keyboard.)

* On Windows Vista, you may see a small window called AutoPlay appear. Under Install or run

program, click Run amplayer.exe.

* In the main installation window, click Install Sibelius 5 to start upgrading Sibelius * On Windows Vista, your screen may now go dark and a window titled User Account Control

will appear. Click Allow to tell Windows that you are happy for the installation to proceed.

* If you do not have the Microsoft Windows Installer installed, you will be told that it must be

installed. Click Install, and wait while the Windows Installer kit is installed. This may take a couple of minutes.

* Next, if you do not have the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed, you will be told that it

must be installed. Click Install, then if you are prompted to read a license agreement, click Accept to accept the terms of the license agreement you are shown, and then wait patiently

while the .NET Framework is installed. This may take a couple of minutes.

Installation

* Next, you will be told that the Visual C++ Runtime Libraries need to be installed. Click Install

and wait while the libraries are installed.

* After a few more seconds, a window appears that says Welcome to the Sibelius 5

Installation Wizard. Click Next.

* You are given the opportunity to read the Sibelius license agreement, which is also at the end of

Reference. Click I accept the license agreement, then click Next.

* The installer suggests a folder to install Sibelius into. Unless you have strong feelings about

where you want Sibelius to go and you know how to alter it, leave this set to the default. You’re asked if you want to install Sibelius for Anyone who uses this computer or Only for me, which determines whether everybody who uses your computer will see a shortcut to Sibelius on the Desktop, or just you. We recommend you leave it on Anyone who uses this computer. Click Next.

* It tells you you’re now ready to install Sibelius. Click Next.

* Things flash and zoom past on the screen as Sibelius is installed. This may take several minutes. * When the installer has completed, click Finish to return to the window that first appeared when

you inserted the DVD-ROM.

Before you run Sibelius 5 for the first time, you should now consider whether to install any other applications from the Sibelius 5 DVD-ROM.

Installing Sibelius Sounds Essentials

Sibelius Sounds Essentials is a high-quality library of sounds for use with Sibelius – see Sibelius Sounds Essentials on page 29 for more details. To install it:

* If the window that appeared when you first inserted the Sibelius 5 DVD-ROM is still open, click

Install Sibelius Sounds Essentials in that window to begin. If the window isn’t visible, reinsert your Sibelius 5 DVD-ROM, and it will appear after a few seconds.

* After a few moments, the installer will start. Click Next.

* You are given the opportunity to read the Sibelius Sounds Essentials license agreement. Do so,

then click I Accept.

* You will be told that installing the sound library will take some time, during which it may appear

that the process has stopped. Click Next.

* You are told where Kontakt Player 2, the sample player used by Sibelius Sounds Essentials, will

be installed. It is recommended that you accept the default location – so just click Next.

* Next you are told where the sample library itself will be installed. The sample library is around

3GB in size, so you should ensure that the chosen location has sufficient space. Normally the suggested default is fine, so unless you know you have insufficient space in that location, click Next.

* Next you are told where the Kontakt Player 2 VST virtual instrument will be installed. The

default location should be C:\Program Files\Sibelius Software\VSTPlugins, and you should not change this. Click Next.

* Finally you are asked to choose the name of the Start menu group to add the Sibelius Sounds

Essentials icons to. Just click Next.

Upgrading on Windows

* Now things flash and whizz across the screen as Sibelius Sounds Essentials is installed. You may

notice that the Time remaining read-out says that the installation will be finished in 0 seconds for quite some time – this is normal. Just wait patiently while the library is installed; it may take several minutes.

* You will eventually be told that Sibelius Sounds Essentials has been installed successfully. Click

Finish.

Installing Scorch

You should now install the latest version of Scorch, the free web browser plug-in for viewing, playing, transposing and printing Sibelius scores on the Internet:

* If the window that appeared when you first inserted the Sibelius 5 DVD-ROM is still open, click

Install Scorch in that window to begin. If the window isn’t visible, re-insert your Sibelius 5 DVD-ROM, and it will appear after a few seconds.

* After a few moments, a window appears that says Welcome to the Sibelius Scorch Setup

Wizard. Click Next.

* You are given the opportunity to read the Scorch license agreement. Read it, click the I Agree

radio button, then click Next.

* You are prompted to choose an installation folder for Scorch. Again, simply click Next. * It tells you you’re now ready to install Scorch. Click Next.

* Things flash and whizz across the screen as Scorch is installed. This only takes a few moments. * When the installer has completed, click Close.

Installation

Installing PhotoScore Lite

Unless you have purchased PhotoScore Ultimate along with your upgrade or already have PhotoScore Ultimate (or an earlier version of PhotoScore Professional) installed, you should now install the latest version of PhotoScore Lite from your Sibelius 5 DVD-ROM:

* If the window that appeared when you first inserted the Sibelius 5 DVD-ROM is still open, click

Install PhotoScore Lite in that window to begin. If the window isn’t visible, re-insert your Sibelius 5 DVD-ROM, and it will appear after a few seconds.

* If your screen resolution is set to smaller than 1024 x 768, a message will pop up recommending

you increase it. Just click OK.

* Click Next to see the license agreement for PhotoScore Lite. Read it and click Next * You’re asked to fill in a few details: type in your Name; the Product ID field is filled in for you.

When you’ve filled in the form, click Next.

* PhotoScore Lite tells you where it will be installed; again, you can change this if you have strong

feelings about it. Otherwise, click Next.

* Click Next once more and PhotoScore Lite will be installed, then click Finish.

Upgrading Sibelius Sounds products

If you have Kontakt Gold (which is now called Sibelius Sounds Gold), Garritan Personal Orchestra Sibelius Edition or Sibelius Rock and Pop Collection, you will need to upgrade them to use them with Sibelius 5. You can download your free upgrade for these products from the Sibelius web site:

Installation

http://www.sibelius.com/products/sibelius_sounds/upgrade.html

Running for the first time

Running Sibelius 5 for the first time completes the upgrade procedure.

* On Windows XP:

% Run Sibelius 5 either by double-clicking the icon on your desktop, or by choosing Start >

Programs > Sibelius Software > Sibelius 5. Then the following will happen:

% If you are not logged in as an administrator user, you will be asked for the administrator user-

name and password.

* On Windows Vista:

% Click the Start button % Select Computer from the menu to see your computer’s disk drives % Navigate to C:\Program Files\Sibelius Software\Sibelius 5 % Right-click the Sibelius application icon and select Run as Administrator from the context

menu. (After you have successfully upgraded Sibelius, you can quit the program and then run it from the shortcut in the Start menu as normal; there is no need to Run as Administrator once you have completed the upgrade procedure.)

% If you are logged in as an administrator user on Windows Vista, you may be prompted to give

your permission for the procedure to continue.

* You are asked if you have an earlier registered version of Sibelius installed on your computer.

If you have installed your upgrade on the same computer as your previous version of Sibelius, click Yes, then:

% Sibelius will show you a list of all the copies of Sibelius installed on your computer. Typically

you will only see one copy listed (i.e. the copy of Sibelius from which you are upgrading), so choose it and click OK.

% The Enter Upgrade Code dialog appears. Fill out your name, and then enter your Upgrade

Code. The Upgrade Code is printed on a sheet of paper included inside your upgrade pack – type it in and click OK. If you have more than one Sibelius serial number and hence more than one Upgrade Code, ensure you type the Upgrade Code for the appropriate serial number. (It will tell you if you typed the wrong one in any case.)

% Click OK, and the Sibelius 5 splash screen will appear.

If, on the other hand, you have installed your upgrade on a different computer than your previous version of Sibelius, click No, then:

% You will be prompted to enter your Sibelius serial number. You will find this on the back of

the CD case that your original version of Sibelius came in; it’s the number beginning with S.

% Click OK, and the Sibelius 5 splash screen will appear. % You will then be prompted to register Sibelius. You should do this now, so choose the On the

Internet radio button and click Next, then follow the instructions on the screen. If you need help with registering Sibelius, refer to Registering Sibelius in the Handbook.

% You will be told that Sibelius has been registered successfully.

Upgrading on Windows

* When Sibelius has loaded, the Quick Start dialog appears. Switch off Show this each time

Sibelius starts if this kind of thing annoys you.

Now you’ve finished installing Sibelius, take your Sibelius 5 DVD-ROM and put it in your existing Sibelius CD-ROM case, and throw away any old Sibelius CD-ROMs you have lying around (as they will no longer be of use). It’s important that you put your new DVD into the old case, because the case has your serial number printed on the back.

Restoring old files

You may have written or customized plug-ins, manuscript papers, feature sets, Arrange styles, etc. in earlier versions of Sibelius. Each version of Sibelius stores these files in different locations, and if you want to use them in Sibelius 5, you’ll need to copy them manually from their old location to the appropriate new one. To find the location where Sibelius 5 keeps user-created files:

* Double-click My Computer or open a Windows Explorer window * Choose Tools > Folder Options, and click the View tab * Under Advanced Settings, make sure Show hidden files and folders is selected * Click OK to close the Folder Options dialog

* Navigate to the appropriate folder for your version of Windows:

% Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\ % Windows Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\

* You may now see a folder called Sibelius Software, in which case double-click the folder to go

inside it. If you don’t see that folder, choose File name of the folder, then double-click the newly-created folder to go inside it.

* Choose File > New Folder again, and type Sibelius 5 as the name of the folder. Double-click the

newly-created folder to go inside it.

> New Folder, type Sibelius Software as the

Installation

This is the location in which Sibelius 5 expects to find customized data like plug-ins, manuscript papers, and so on, each type within its own folder.

If you are upgrading from Sibelius 4 and have modified any of these files, you will already have a folder called Sibelius 4 in the same location. You can simply drag the folders from the Sibelius 4 folder into your new Sibelius 5 folder.

If you are upgrading from Sibelius 1, Sibelius 2 or Sibelius 3, you will need to move only those files

that you have customized (and want to keep) from their old location to the new one as follows:

Component type Old location:

C:\Program Files\Sibelius Software\Sibelius 3\

Arrange styles

House Styles

Manuscript paper

Feature sets

Plug-ins

Scorch web templates

Te xt u re s

Arrange Styles\ Arrange Styles\

House Styles\ House Styles\

Manuscript paper\ Manuscript paper\

Menus and Shortcuts\ Menus and Shortcuts\

Plugins\ Plugins\

Manuscript paper\ Scorch Templates\

Textures\ Textures\

Sibelius 5 location:

...

\Sibelius Software\Sibelius 5\

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Most of these old folders won’t exist if you are upgrading from Sibelius 1, so you won’t have to copy anything from them.

Whichever version you’re upgrading from, note that:

* Due to changes in ManuScript, plug-ins you have created or edited yourself may no longer work

in Sibelius 5; consult the ManuScript documentation in the Extras folder for more details.

* Due to changes in sound sets, sound sets created in any previous version of Sibelius will not

work in Sibelius 5.

* To take advantage of many of Sibelius 5’s new features, you will need to import one of the new

Sibelius 5 house styles into your existing scores and manuscript papers, or else recreate your own manuscript papers from scratch in Sibelius 5.

Uninstalling older versions of Sibelius

Note that your previous copy of Sibelius 1.x, 2.x, 3.x or 4.x will still be on your computer but will no longer be registered, so we recommend that you uninstall it. To uninstall Sibelius, go to Start

Settings > Control Panel, and double-click Add/Remove Programs (Windows XP) or Programs and Features (Windows Vista).

You sh ou ld se e Sibelius, Sibelius 2, Sibelius 3 or Sibelius 4, then Sibelius 5, one after the other in the list – select the old version and then click Change/Remove (Windows XP) or Uninstall (Windows Vista). Make sure you do not select Sibelius 5 as this will delete the new version. Then follow the instructions on the screen to uninstall the old version.

Upgrading on Mac