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3.1 Notation Software

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Overview
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 doShow More
Specs

3.1 Notation Software Specifications:

Computer requirements
    Sibelius 3 and PhotoScore Lite/Professional 3
    • Windows: Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP, Pentium or faster, 64Mb+ RAM (128Mb+ for Windows 2000/XP), 70Mb hard disk space. Scanning may need more RAM.
    • Mac: OS 9.1/9.2/10.1.5 or later, iMac/G3/G4/G5,128Mb+ RAM (OS 9) or 192Mb+ RAM (OS X), 70Mb hard disk space. Scanning requires TWAIN-compatible scanner and may need more RAM.
    • Sibelius 3 does not support Windows 95 or Mac OS 8.6/9.0. Mac OS 9.0 users can get a free upgrade to OS 9.1 from www.apple.com.
    Kontakt Player Silver & Save as Audio Track
    • To use either of these, you will need: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP (not NT4) and preferably a sound card (not sound chip on motherboard); Mac OS 9.1/9.2/10.2 or later (not 10.1.5), 250Mb free hard disk space (in addition to Sibelius 3). Additionally:
    Absolute minimum (scores that use 1 or 2 different sounds):
    • Windows: Pentium III or faster, 128Mb+ RAM (or 196Mb+ for Windows 2000/XP)
    • Mac: G3 500MHz or faster, 128Mb+ RAM (OS 9) or 256Mb+ RAM (OS X)
    Recommended (scores that use several different sounds):
    • Windows: 700MHz processor or faster, 256Mb+ RAM
    • Mac: G4/G5, 256Mb RAM
    • If you want to use reverb in scores with several different sounds, you will need a faster processor.
    Kontakt Player Gold (separate purchase)
    • Requires 750Mb hard disk space (in addition to Sibelius 3), Windows 98/Me/2000/XP (not NT4), Mac OS 9.1/9.2/10.2 or later (not 10.1.5). If you want to use reverb, you will need a considerably faster processor than the slowest stated below.
    Scores that use up to about 8 different sounds:
    • Windows: 700MHz processor or faster, 256Mb+ RAM, preferably sound card (not sound chip on motherboard).
    • Mac: G4/G5, 256Mb+ RAM.
    Scores that use up to about 20 different sounds:
    • Windows: Pentium 4 or Athlon XP, 256Mb+ RAM. Preferably Windows 2000/XP; 512Mb RAM or 7200rpm hard disk; sound card (not sound chip on motherboard), ASIO driver support recommended; separate graphics card. (Computers that do not meet all of these requirements may still be able to play 20 different sounds.)
    • Mac: G4 (preferably 1GHz+) / G5, 512Mb+ RAM. Preferably 768Mb RAM or 7200rpm hard disk. (Computers that do not meet all of these requirements may still be able to play 20 different sounds.)
    • Scores that use more than 20 different sounds may need a fast processor and more RAM.
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