Sibelius 7.5 Quick start guide

Quick Start Guide

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4 Contents

Before you install 5

Before you install

Welcome to Sibelius® from Avid. This Quick Start Guide documents how to install and

authorize your Sibelius software on Windows and Mac systems. For detailed information on

how to use Sibelius, see the comprehensive Sibelius Reference Guide, available from within

the software as an on-screen PDF from the File  Help page, or as a printed book, available

for separate purchase from Avid’s online store or your authorized Avid reseller.

Check box contents

Before you start installing Sibelius, check the contents of the Sibelius box. In addition to this

Quick Start Guide you should find a cardboard disc wallet containing four DVD-ROMs,

labeled Program DVD and Sound Library Disc 1, and Sound Library Disc 2, 3 and 4.

You should also find a small card with some important instructions on it. The specific card

depends on the kind of license you have purchased:

Single-user professional licenses contain a white card with the heading Activating

Sibelius, with a label showing the System ID and Activation ID for your copy of

Sibelius stuck to it. If you bought this kind of license, you can proceed right along to

installing, activating and registering your new copy of Sibelius .

Single-user licenses bought by teachers/institutions or students at an academic

discount contain a green card with the heading Education Eligibility Verification –

see below

Single-user competitive crossgrades contain a yellow card with the heading

Crossgrade Eligibility Verification – see below

Single-user upgrades contain a blue card with the heading Upgrade Eligibility

Verification – see below.

6 Before you install

Multi-user licenses and upgrades bought by educational institutions do not contain a card:

you should have received your System ID and Activation ID on a separate entitlement

certificate supplied to you along with your box.

Likewise, if you bought Sibelius from Avid’s online store as a download, and also ordered a

Media Pack so that you would have a set of physical discs to reinstall from in future, your

box will not contain a card. To retrieve your System ID and Activation ID or verification

code, go to https://account.avid.com and sign in using the email address and password

you used to make your purchase from the online store. Once you have signed in, click Your

Products, and you’ll find the download links together with your System ID and Activation

ID or verification code on that page.

Education eligibility verification

To qualify for the academic discount for Sibelius, you must complete a simple eligibility

verification process before you receive the serial number that will allow you to permanently

activate and register your software.

On the green card included in your box you will find a verification code that allows you to

begin the online eligibility checking process through Avid’s partner, Identit-E, as follows:

First, make sure you have one acceptable form of proof of your academic status.

Acceptable forms include:

a unique, valid email address associated with an educational entity (e.g., ending in

.edu or .ac.uk);

school photo identification (including a date validating current status); or

a letter from the institution confirming current academic status together with a

valid photo ID. The letter must be on the school’s letterhead and signed by a

faculty/staff member if you are a student, or signed by a colleague (including

contact details) if you are faculty/staff.

Before you install 7

Next, visit the eligibility verification portal at www.identit-e.com/avid

Follow the steps provided in the verification portal. You will be prompted to enter your

verification code, which is printed on a label on the green card in your Sibelius box.

You will then be presented with options to enter your academic email address, upload

a scan of your proof, or email or fax your proof.

You will normally receive your System ID and Activation ID within two business days,

during which time you can use Sibelius in its fully-functional trial mode.

Once you receive your System ID and Activation ID, you can proceed to activate and register

your copy of Sibelius – see Activating and registering Sibelius on page 12.

If you have any questions about the verification process, please visit www.identit-e.com/

avid and click Contact us.

For further information about education eligibility, please visit

www.avid.com/education

.

Competitive crossgrade eligibility verification

To qualify for the competitive crossgrade discount for Sibelius, you must complete a simple

eligibility verification process before you can activate and register your software.

On the yellow card in your box you will find a verification code and instructions to visit

www.sibelius.com/verify. You must complete a simple online form and provide proof of

qualification in the form of a valid serial number for the qualifying product.

Verification normally takes no longer than 2-3 working days, during which time you can

use Sibelius in its fully-functional trial mode.

Once you receive your System ID and Activation ID by email, you can activate and register

your copy of Sibelius – see Activating and registering Sibelius on page 12.

8 Before you install

Upgrade eligibility verification

When you purchase a single-user Sibelius upgrade, you must complete a simple eligibility

verification process before you can activate and register your software.

On the blue card in your box you will find an upgrade redemption code and instructions to

visit account.avid.com/activation. You must provide the redemption code from your

blue card and either your Sibelius serial number (beginning SC or SW) or your Activation

ID, which you received when you purchased your first version of Sibelius. You will then be

given a new Activation ID for Sibelius .

If you encounter any problems with redeeming your upgrade, you can continue to use

Sibelius in its fully-functional trial mode in the meantime.

Once you have activated your upgrade, you can proceed to register your upgrade – see

Activating and registering Sibelius on page 12.

Problems?

If you do not have the appropriate eligibility verification card in your box, please contact the

reseller from whom you purchased your copy of Sibelius .

If you encounter problems with educational eligibility verification, please contact Identit-E

by visiting www.identit-e.com/avid and clicking Contact Us.

For problems with all other forms of verification, please contact Avid registration support

via www.avid.com/support.

Installing Sibelius 9

Installing Sibelius

System requirements

Before you install, check that your computer meets the system requirements:

Windows: Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8 32-bit or 64-bit or later; Intel Core 2 Duo (or

equivalent) or faster; 1GB RAM (4GB+ recommended); 750MB hard disk space for

Sibelius alone (40GB for Sibelius plus Sibelius 7 Sounds), fast hard disk recommended;

DVD-ROM drive; ASIO-compatible sound card recommended; printer, scanner,

microphone, MIDI keyboard required for some features.

Mac: Mac OS X 10.6.8 to Mac OS X 10.9; Intel Core 2 Duo or faster; 1GB RAM (4GB+

recommended); 750MB hard disk space for Sibelius alone (40GB for Sibelius plus

Sibelius 7 Sounds), fast hard disk recommended; printer, scanner, microphone, MIDI

keyboard required for some features.

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, then after installing it, launch it and

register it 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.

10 Installing Sibelius

Installing Sibelius

Sibelius is supplied on four DVD-ROM discs. To install Sibelius itself, insert the disc labeled

Program DVD and Sound Library Disc 1.

On Windows, a pretty menu will appear with various options. On Mac, a window will

appear with a number of different installer icons.

To install Sibelius, click (or double-click on Mac) Install Sibelius 7.5, and follow the on-

screen instructions.

If you have purchased a network multi-user license, you should install and activate the

Sibelius Licence Server before you install Sibelius on any of the client machines on your

network. Refer to the separate Sibelius Licence Server User Guide, which you will find

inside the Network Licence Users Only folder on your Sibelius program DVD-ROM.

Installing Sibelius 7 Sounds

The included Sibelius 7 Sounds sample library will occupy around 40GB space on your hard

disk, so be sure that you have sufficient space on the destination drive before you begin

installation. The library is split across all four DVD-ROM discs, starting on Program DVD

and Sound Library Disc 1 and continuing on Sound Library Disc 2, 3 and 4. It doesn’t

matter in which order you install the discs, but do ensure that you install the content from

all four discs, otherwise when Sibelius later tries to load the sounds, you will see lots of

errors.

To start installation, insert Program DVD and Sound Library Disc 1, then click Install

Sibelius 7 Sounds in the pretty menu on Windows, or double-click Install Sibelius 7

Sounds on Mac. Once the first installer has completed, to continue installation, insert

Sound Library Disc 2. On Windows, after a few moments, the installer will run automati-

cally. On Mac, a window will appear: double-click Install Sibelius 7 Sounds to continue.

Installing Sibelius 11

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. The first installer you run

will ask you to specify the location where the samples should be installed, but when you

insert the other discs, you will not be asked: the installer will simply continue in the same

location as before. Once the first installer has completed, insert Sound Library Disc 3 and

repeat the process again.

Be aware that installation may take several hours, due to the very large size of the sample files.

Installing other applications

Your Sibelius DVD-ROM includes several other useful applications, which you can install

by clicking (or double-clicking on Mac) the following:

Install PhotoScore Lite: music scanning software, which can turn printed sheet

music into editable files that you can transpose, play back, modify and print out, as if

you had inputted it into Sibelius yourself. Install this unless you have purchased

PhotoScore Ultimate along with your copy of Sibelius, in which case you should install

that from its own separate disc.

Install AudioScore Lite: music transcription software, which can turn music played

on an acoustic instrument into a microphone, or even simple CD audio tracks, and

help you to transcribe it into notation that you can edit in Sibelius. Install this unless

you have purchased AudioScore Ultimate along with your copy of Sibelius, in which

case you should install that from its own separate disc.

Install Scorch: browser plug-in, for viewing Sibelius scores directly in your browser.

12 Activating and registering Sibelius

Activating and registering Sibelius

When you first install Sibelius, it runs as a fully-functional 30-day trial. You can activate

your software at any time during or after the trial period has expired. Once the trial period

expires, you will not be able to save any scores until you complete the activation process.

Activation is quick and easy, and can be done either directly using the Internet connection

on the computer on which Sibelius is installed, or indirectly using a web browser on another

computer.

How to activate Sibelius

Each time you run Sibelius, you will be reminded how many days remain in your trial

period and given the chance to activate. To proceed, you will need your System ID (which is

11 digits long) and Activation ID (which consists of four groups of four letters and

numbers). Please refer to Before you install on page 5 for assistance with locating your

System ID and Activation ID.

To begin activation, click the Activate button in the Try Sibelius dialog that appears each

time you run Sibelius, or go to File  Help and click the Activate Sibelius 7.5 button. In

either case, a separate application called Avid License Control (otherwise known as ALC)

will run.

On the first page, you will see a list of installed Avid products, including Sibelius. Click the

Activate button to the right to proceed (or click Done at the bottom right-hand corner to

leave ALC without activating your software).

On the next page you are asked to choose between using the Internet connection on the

computer on which Sibelius is running, or using the Internet connection on another

computer (if the computer on which Sibelius is installed is not connected to the Internet).

Activating and registering Sibelius 13

If possible, choose This computer’s Internet connection and click Next. On the next

page, enter your System ID and Activation ID, and click Activate. After a few moments you

will be told that activation was successful, and you can click Done to leave ALC and return

to Sibelius. You will then be prompted to register your copy of Sibelius, which you should do

as soon as possible: see Benefits of registration below. If you choose not to register now,

you will be reminded periodically.

If you choose Another computer’s Internet connection and click Next, you will be

shown instructions for how to obtain a license file using another computer, which must be

transferred back to the computer on which Sibelius is installed (e.g. using a USB flash

drive). You will also need to register your copy of Sibelius using your Internet connection on

another computer, by visiting www.sibelius.com/register in your web browser.

Benefits of registration

After activating your copy of Sibelius, you should also register the software with Avid. When

you register, you will receive an Avid Support Code (ASC) that provides you with access to

assisted support from our experts, either through the online Avid support web site, or by

telephone.

Full details for how to contact Avid support are provided in the email sent to you upon

successful registration, so be sure to check that the email address you provide is correct.

In some countries, where assisted support is provided by local distributors, you will not

receive an Avid Support Code when you register: instead, you should contact your

distributor for support.

Unlimited free support is available 24/7 from the online knowledge base and the user-to-

user forum at www.sibelius.com/support.

14 Activating and registering Sibelius

Activating a second copy

Single-user licenses and upgrades for Sibelius permit the use of the software on two

computers for your own personal use. Simply install Sibelius on your second computer,

then activate it following the instructions in How to activate Sibelius above.

Moving a copy of Sibelius

To move an activation from one computer to another – for example, because you have

bought a new notebook and want to transfer the activation from your old notebook to your

new one – you should deactivate the copy of Sibelius on your old computer, informing our

servers that Sibelius is no longer in use on that computer (thus freeing up one of your

activations), and then register on your new computer (thus reusing that activation).

To do this, on your old computer choose File  Help, then on the right-hand side under

Product activated, click Deactivate Sibelius 7.5. Avid License Control (ALC) will run:

click the Deactivate button corresponding to Sibelius in the list of installed products, and

follow the on-screen instructions. Note that you can only deactivate your copy of Sibelius if

the computer on which Sibelius is installed can connect to the Internet.

Now install Sibelius on your new computer, and activate that copy following the

instructions in How to activate Sibelius above.

Problems?

If you encounter any problems during registration or activation, please complete the form at

www.sibelius.com/documents/contact_form.html, including your System ID,

Activation ID, and the exact wording of any error message that you see, and our support

team will help you as soon as possible.

Next steps 15

Next steps

Congratulations! You have installed, activated and registered your new copy of Sibelius.

Here are some suggestions for what to do next.

Watch the guided tour

Sibelius includes a number of tutorial videos that walk you through how to get started with

the software. To watch them, run Sibelius, and when the Quick Start window appears,

click the Learn tab. Three videos are included:

Quick Tour: a brief overview of the basic features of Sibelius

What’s New: especially useful for people who have upgraded from a previous version

of Sibelius, this provides an overview of the features new to Sibelius

Sibelius for Switchers: if you have bought Sibelius after previously using another

music notation program, this video will help you map your knowledge of your old

program onto how Sibelius works.

Follow the tutorials

To help you learn how to use Sibelius, we have put together five project-based tutorials that

will take you around a day in total to work through. They will take you through all of the

main features of the program, and allow you to learn the software at your own pace. We rec-

ommend you work through at least the first two projects before you start on any serious

work of your own.

To open the tutorials, click the Sibelius 7.5 Tutorials button on the Learn tab of the

Quick Start window.

16 Next steps

Avant d’installer le programme 17

Avant d’installer le programme

Bienvenue dans Sibelius®d'Avid. Ce Guide de démarrage rapide explique comment installer

et autoriser votre logiciel Sibelius sous Windows et Mac. Pour des informations détaillées

sur l'utilisation de Sibelius, veuillez vous reporter au Guide de référence de Sibelius, accessible

dans le logiciel sous la forme d'un fichier PDF à partir de la page Fichier Aide, ou en tant

que livret imprimé, disponible à l'achat séparément dans la boutique en ligne Avid, ou

chez votre revendeur agréé Avid.

Vérifiez le contenu de la boîte

Avant de commencer l'installation de Sibelius, vérifiez le contenu de la boîte Sibelius. En

plus du présent guide de démarrage rapide, vous y trouverez une pochette à disques en

carton contenant quatre DVD-ROM, étiquetés Program DVD and Sound Library

Disc 1, et Sound Library Disc 2, 3 et 4.

Vous trouverez également une petite carte contenant des instructions importantes. Le contenu

de la carte dépend du type de licence acheté:

Les licences professionnelles utilisateur individuel contiennent une carte blanche intitulée

Activation de Sibelius, avec une étiquette apposée mentionnant l'ID système et l'ID

d'activation de votre copie de Sibelius. Si vous avez acheté ce type de licence, vous pouvez

procéder immédiatement à l'installation, l'activation et l'enregistrement de votre nouvelle

copie de Sibelius.



Les licences utilisateur individuel achetées par des enseignants/organismes ou des étudiants

à un prix spécial scolaire contiennent une carte verte intitulée Vérification d'éligibilité

Éducation; voir plus bas.

18 Avant d’installer le programme

Les crossgrades compétitives utilisateur individuel contiennent une carte jaune intitulée

Vérification d'éligibilité à la crossgrade; voir plus bas.

Les mises à niveau utilisateur individuel contiennent une carte bleue intitulée Vérification

d'éligibilité à la mise à niveau; voir plus bas.

Les licences et mises à niveau multi-utilisateurs achetées par des organismes d'enseignement

ne contiennent pas de carte: vous devriez avoir reçu votre ID système et ID d'activation

sur un certificat de licence séparé, qui vous a été fourni avec la boîte.

De la même façon, si vous avez acheté Sibelius dans la boutique en ligne Avid en télé-

chargement, et que vous avez également commandé un Media Pack pour disposer des

disques physiques en vue d'une réinstallation future, votre boîte ne contiendra pas de carte.

Pour récupérer vos ID système et ID d'activation ou code de vérification, rendez-vous sur

https://account.avid.com et connectez-vous avec l'adresse e-mail et le mot de passe que

vous avez utilisés pour faire votre achat dans la boutique en ligne. Une fois que vous êtes

connecté, cliquez sur Vos produits; vous trouverez sur cette page les liens de téléchargement,

ainsi que vos ID système et ID d'activation ou code de vérification.

Avant d’installer le programme 19

Vérification d'éligibilité Éducation

Pour bénéficier d'un prix spécial scolaire sur Sibelius, vous devez effectuer un processus de

vérification d'éligibilité simple, avant de recevoir le numéro de série qui vous permettra

d'activer et d'enregistrer votre logiciel de façon permanente.

Sur la carte verte incluse dans votre boîte, vous trouverez un code de vérification, qui vous

permettra de commencer le processus de vérification d'éligibilité en ligne via le partenaire

d'Avid, Identit-E, de la façon suivante:

Tout d'abord, assurez-vous de disposer d'une preuve de votre statut scolaire, sous une

forme recevable. Les preuves recevables comprennent:

une adresse e-mail unique et valide, associée à un organisme d'enseignement (par

exemple, celles se terminant en .edu ou .ac.uk);

un document d'identification de l'école, avec photo (et qui porte une date validant

le statut en cours); ou encore

une lettre émanant de l'organisme, et confirmant le statut scolaire actuel, accompagnée

d'un document d'identification valide avec photo. La lettre doit porter l'en-tête de

l'organisme et être signée par un membre du corps enseignant ou administratif si

vous êtes étudiant, ou par un collègue (en incluant ses coordonnées) si vous faites

vous-même partie du corps enseignant ou administratif.

Ensuite, rendez-vous sur le portail de vérification d'éligibilité à l'adresse suivante:

www.identit-e.com/avid

Suivez les instructions fournies sur le portail de vérification. Vous serez invité à entrer

votre code de vérification, qui figure sur une étiquette collée sur la carte verte dans votre

boîte Sibelius. Vous aurez alors les options suivantes: entrer votre adresse e-mail scolaire,

transférer une version numérisée de votre document de preuve, ou l'envoyer par e-mail

ou fax.

20 Avant d’installer le programme

Vous recevrez normalement vos ID système et ID d'activation sous deux jours ouvrables,

pendant lesquels vous pourrez utiliser Sibelius dans sa version d'évaluation entièrement

fonctionnelle.

Une fois que vous aurez reçu vos ID système et ID d'activation, vous pourrez procéder à

l'activation et à l'enregistrement de votre copie de Sibelius; consultez Activation et enre-

gistrement de Sibelius à la page 25.

Si vous avez la moindre question à propos du processus de vérification, rendez-vous sur

www.identit-e.com/avid et cliquez sur Contact us.

Pour des informations supplémentaires à propos de l'éligibilité Éducation, veuillez vous

rendre sur www.avid.com/education.

Vérification d'éligibilité à une crossgrade compétitive

Pour bénéficier d'un prix spécial crossgrade compétitive sur Sibelius, vous devez effectuer

un processus de vérification d'éligibilité simple, avant de pouvoir activer et enregistrer

votre logiciel.

Sur la carte jaune qui se trouve dans votre boîte, vous trouverez un code de vérification ainsi

que des instructions vous invitant à vous rendre sur le site www.sibelius.com/verify. Vous

devrez remplir un formulaire en ligne simple, et fournir une preuve d'éligibilité sous forme

d'un numéro de série valide pour votre produit.

La procédure de vérification ne dure normalement pas plusde 2 ou 3jours ouvrés, pendant

lesquels vous pourrez utiliser Sibelius dans sa version d'évaluation entièrement fonction-

nelle.

Une fois que vous aurez reçu vos ID système et ID d'activation par e-mail, vous pourrez

procéder à l'activation et à l'enregistrement de votre copie de Sibelius; consultez Activation

et enregistrement de Sibelius à la page 25.

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