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Answer: Finn, Avid, Use VST and Audio Units plug-ins

WIN Sibelius Scoring bundle worth £1300
Published in SOS January 2008
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--> <!-- Buttons --> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </form> <!-- Main text --> Over the years, Sibelius has come to be regarded as the go-to tool for computer-based scoring. It all started back in the mid-'80s with British twins Ben and Jonathan Finn developing Sibelius 7 for Acorn Computers. By the late '90s, Windows and Mac versions of Sibelius were available, and derivatives for education were on the market and spreading into schools worldwide, helped by the development of foreign language versions. The Sibelius Group was set up in 1999.
The turn of the century saw even more successful Sibelius offshoots and by 2003 the Sibelius Group were considered market leaders, beating their competitors on revenue by 20 percent. A year later, in 2004, Sibelius products were being used in an amazing 50 percent of UK schools.
In 2006, the Avid group acquired Sibelius Software for a staggering $23 million, integrating them as a business unit of Digidesign. Months later, in June 2007, Sibelius 5 was launched.
The new version of the software, for the first time ever, can host VST or Audio Units plug-ins, enabling any compatible virtual instruments to be used as sound sources inside the program. Other improvements over previous versions include a new technology called Soundworld, which intelligently decides how instructions in Sibelius' score should relate to virtual instruments, and the facility to export audio off-line, faster than real time.
This month, thanks to Sibelius, we're giving away a scoring bundle with a total value of £1312. Included is, of course, a copy of Sibelius 5 (which normally costs £595), plus Sibelius World Music, a collection of high-quality samples of indigenous instruments from around the world (worth £119), GPO Sibelius Edition, the acclaimed virtual orchestral software from Garritan (usually £129), and M-Audio's fully weighted Pro Keys 88 stage piano, which normally retails for £469 and has been kindly donated by M-Audio UK. All you'll need is a computer on which to run the software, and you're away!
If you would like to be in with a chance of winning these fabulous prizes, simply fill out the entry form at the bottom of this page and post it to the address on the coupon, or enter electronically via the Sound On Sound web site. Please make sure you answer all the questions and complete the tie-breaker. We also require your full address, including postcode, and your daytime telephone number, so we can let you know if you've won. (This info is automatically appended to your web entry form when you click Submit, using the info stored in your SOS "My Account" preferences). The closing date for entries is January 31st, 2008.
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1. Only one entry per person is permitted.
2. Employees of SOS Publications Group, Sibelius and their immediate families are ineligible for entry.
3. No cash alternative is available in lieu of the stated prize.
4. The competition organisers reserve the right to change the specification of the prize offered.
5. The judges' decision is final and legally binding, and no correspondence will be entered into.
6. No other correspondence is to be included with competition entries.
7. Please ensure that you give your DAYTIME telephone number on your entry form.
8. Prize winners must be prepared to make themselves available in the event that the competition organisers wish to make a personal presentation.

Published in SOS January 2008

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