Can i talk about Sibelius on here?!
Many Classical competitions, commissions etc require scores on Sibelius.
Does it work with/alongside Cubase 7.5?
Aloha v,
more of a tech support forum but might answer some questions.
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Good Luck!
Cubase can export MusicXML 1.1, and Sibelius can import that.
Experiment with it so you can see what the limitaions are. For example, certain symbols from the Cubase palettes will not transfer over. Search this forum for MusicXML, there are a couple threads.
Thanks for the helpā¦it seems a bit of a fiddle annoyingly, but will see
Violet
In the past Iāve always worked in Cubase, then exported via MIDI to make a score in Sibelius; with a bit of care (i.e. getting note lengths and quantizing right) with the MIDI data will translate well to Sibelius and make the workflow pretty quick, but it does of course mean a āfeature freezeā in your composition after doing so, or repeating work. A good score editor for Cubase would of course be the way forward, but Iāve largely given up hope of that ever happening for projects that need the kind of thing that Sibelius does well.
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Thanks dj
Unsure what you mean about the āfeature freezeā sentenceā¦?
So if i get Sibelius, can i do all the midi work in cubase, export somehow and then work in Sibelius?
Once in Sibelius, can the notes be changed?
Yes, i have struggled with the cubase score for months and it continues to be challenging. I still cannot change the overall page layout and get the staves nicely spaced on the page etc!
Hi Violet
What I mean is that if you export from Cubase you can alter in Sibelius, but if you wanted to make significant changes in Cubase, you would then have to re-export the MIDI and re-do any work youād done in Sibelius. Iām far happier working in Cubase than Sibelius for composition/editing, so when I was doing a fair bit of this sort of work I used to ensure the composition was roughly what it needed to be before starting the scoring process. Sometimes, though, you have a client who changes their mind and makes a lot more work.
But yes, working in Sibelius is a lot better - itās a proper/dedicated score creation package. Cubaseās score editor is OK for producing rough lead sheets quickly, but I find it too clunky and imprecise when working for people who are demanding about their scoresā appearance.
So, you could do all your MIDI work in Cubase, get the composition sounding the way you wanted it to. Then you can export the MIDI file from Cubase, and import that into Sibelius and work on the score from there. You can work on the notes in Sibelius (and indeed edit to your heartās content) and produce your score from there.
This makes one wonder what happened to the Steinberg (Yamaha) team that was supposedly developing a new score program for commercial release.
Several years ago Avid dropped (laid off) the entire Sibelius development team in London and shortly thereafter Steinberg (Yamaha) picked them up with the intent to develop a new scoring program that would be compatible with Cubase, maybe even incorporated directly into Cubase, but I havenāt seen anything from Daniel (Sibelius team spokes person) in a very long time so I donāt know if they are still working away on it or if it has been dropped or anything about what is going on with it. I had high hopes for awhile but now I simply donāt know if anything will ever happen with it.
Tom
It only makes you wonder if you havenāt checked out the blog Daniel Spreadbury is writing at blog.steinberg.net or the other posts on this board talking about it. 
I check it out about once a yearā¦
Thanks so much for detailed reply dj. Iām at the point of getting Sibelius nowā¦
My other thought was - can you score something quickly and easily in Sibelius and then import back into cubase to do a full better production that doesnāt necessarily need a score? ie. the other way round to what we were talking about?
I am going to check out that blog Steve!
Also - iām going to post my latest contemporary classical track soon. Itās been a nightmare to score, especially drums!
Hi Violet
Yes, you can save as a MIDI file (which will contain all the note information for each instrument in the Sibelius score as a separate track when imported into Cubase) and then do all the production you want in Cubase - as you say, the reverse. Both programs can import/export MIDI files so they can communicate note information between them quickly and easily.
Is it me, or is there a facility to write complex drum notation on cubase score?
Not just a grand stave or individual single staves but actual notation for percussion??
I am guessing not, possibly another reason to have to get sibeliusā¦
Violet
See p. 883 in the manual: Scoring for Drums.
While weāre hereā¦ can anyone tell me why My Sibelius follows my Cubase with rewire about a 1/4 beat out of time. Is there an offset setting somewhere?
Sadly, I agree. Iāve been using Steinberg programs since the 80ās and their score editor has NEVER been useful and Iāve often resorted to pencil and paper for full effect which takes eons.
Hi - maybe youāve not realised that Darrenās post youāre replying to/quoting from, was made 11 years ago..?
Anyway, your luckās in if you still would like working inside Cubaseā¦ Take a trial run of C15 and see how things have changed.?
Iāll not go on, but thereās a brand new notation editor built in, being based off the Dorico scoring engine.
Introducing the new Dorico-powered Score Editor in Cubase 14 ā Dorico
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