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Info/Reviews
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REVIEWS AND COMMENTS ABOUT SIBELIUS 7
"Sibelius 7 is quite possibly the most impressive program of any kind I have
ever seen, and the speed at which it works is simply staggering.
...you simply have to buy this program. No other system combines such ease
of use with such quality."
Acorn User, Feb 1994 (Richard Hallas)
"The most important music software achievement of 1993"
Times Educational Supplement (November 1993)
"On the IBM PC there are SCORE and Finale, plus Finale on the Apple Mac. You
need a very fast computer, a big monitor, lots of computer memory and bags
of time to make much headway. Score reformatting can take forever.
Sibelius 7 breaks the mould... and at half the price of the other systems
around."
Future Music magazine, August 1993
"I never thought I would abandon pen and ink, but Sibelius's quality, speed
and ease of use has completely won me over. For me it is the ideal way to
put music on paper: user-friendly to the non-technological musician, capable
of producing beautifully clear, elegant scores and parts, forgiving if you
make a mistake, flexible and versatile. The manual, thankfully, is even
written in plain English."
John Rutter (the celebrated composer and conductor)
"Clearly this is by far the best music processing program in the world - it
has to be seen to be believed."
Chris Hinkins (Award-winning music engraver, twice winner of the Royal
Society of Arts' Radcliffe Awards for Graphic Excellence)
"I have been astounded by the versatility and elegance of this system."
George Benjamin (composer, winner of the Koussevitzky
International Critics Award)
"...engraving of quite exceptional quality - as good as anything I have
ever seen."
Piers Hembry (Production Director, Faber Music publications)
COMMENTS ON THE MANUAL ('The Art of Music Processing with Sibelius 7')
"...wonderfully lucid and clear"
(Micro Computer Mart, Feb 1994)
"Even the most technical points are explained in a clear, but non-patronising fashion"
(Archimedes World, Feb 1994)
"...very well written and highly instructive"
(Acorn User, Feb 1994)
"...clearly presented and a pleasure to read"
(Computer Shopper, Dec 1993)
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000008d0 65 22 0a 20 20 28 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 55 73 65 72 |e". (Acorn User|
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