Introducing Sibelius (Perpetual) - the software that offers a one-time purchase for a lifetime licence. With this purchase, you'll have access to the software indefinitely, and for the first 12 months, you'll also receive AVID's Support and Updates plan. This plan provides direct support from AVID for a full year after activating the software and allows for immediate access to the latest versions via download. If desired, the Support and Updates plan can be renewed after the initial 12 months or restarted after it has expired.

Sibelius is the top choice of composers, arrangers, publishers, and educators around the world. From concert halls and scoring stages to sheet music stores and classrooms, it has become the best-selling notation software available. With its fast, intelligent, and user-friendly design, it's the ideal choice for anyone looking to write music.

Key Features:

• Ideal for - Composing simple/moderate music with up to 16 staves
• Availability - Desktop: Subscribe monthly or annually, or purchase and own a perpetual license  Mobile: Included with desktop version or subscribe monthly to just the app
• Software updates and support - Desktop: Access all new releases and Standard support through a subscription or renewable 1-Year Software Updates + Support Plan (included with new perpetual licenses) Mobile: Download the latest update as it becomes available
• Included sampled sounds Desktop: 10 GB Mobile: 900 MB
• Instruments - Desktop: Common, jazz, and world instruments, with fixed number of staves Mobile: Common only
• Note values - 512th note (7 beams) to “long” (double breve)
• Additional notation - Desktop: Limited bar numbers, fixed beam/rest groupings, fixed brackets and braces, limited chord symbol presets, basic guitar tab Mobile: Basic guitar tab
• Lines gallery (trills, slurs, hairpins, etc.) - All 
• Voices per staff - 4 voices
• Keyboard shortcuts - Fixed
• Plugins - Desktop: 38 included Mobile: None
• Manuscript papers (preset score layouts) - Includes a few, but you cannot create your own
• Minimum requirements - Desktop: Avid-qualified computer (get the details); the sound library is an optional installation Mobile: Any iPad running iPadOS 13.4 or later or any iPhone running iOS 13.4 or later

System Requirements:

Windows

• Windows 10, Windows 11
• 1+ GB of RAM
• 1 GB hard disk space for Sibelius software only
• Internet connection is required for software download and activation

Mac

• macOS 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 11.0, 12, 13
• 1+ GB of RAM 1 GB hard disk space for Sibelius software only; 36 GB additional hard disk space for the Sibelius Sounds library (optional installation)

NOTE: the following storage device format is not supported

• APFS (Case-sensitive)
• APFS (Case-sensitive, Encrypted)
• Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
• Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted)
• Internet connection is required for software download and activation