Yesterday music notation software maker Sibelius announced that they were acquired by Digidesign��, maker of Pro Tools�, and whose parent company Avid also owns M-Audio�. In the official press release, both companies seem to emphasize the educational possibilities of the merger, which is good.
As for new products that may result, the idea of some future hybrid of Sibelius’ current notation software and Pro Tools is tantalizing. I already use Sibelius for everything. (When I tell this to people in film scoring circles, they look at me like something’s hanging out of my nose.) It would be handy to be able to incorporate synchronized audio, for example, into a piece notated in Sibelius without having to dump it into another audio/MIDI sequencing program.
I love Sibelius to pieces, so I’m looking forward to seeing what new products, if any, emerge from this new relationship with Digidesign.
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