The Best Avid Sibelius AlternativesTop Music Production Apps like Avid Sibelius

Avid Sibelius is described as 'Professional music notation software for Windows and macOS with intuitive tools for score creation, MIDI input, guitar tab conversion, and dynamic parts' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Avid Sibelius for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone apps. The best Avid Sibelius alternative is MuseScore Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Avid Sibelius are Guitar Pro, Dorico, LilyPond and Rosegarden.

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  1. MuseScore Studio icon

    MuseScore Studio

     248 likes

    Compose, arrange, and share music using free, open-source software for Windows, Mac, and Linux with integrated playback, fast note entry, MIDI, MusicXML, PDF support, multilingual UI, and direct connection to an online sheet music community for sharing scores.

    72 MuseScore Studio alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • iPad
    • PortableApps.com
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    MuseScore Studio vs Avid Sibelius Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    4

    Very good and freeware. It allows me to write my music, export it in midi format file and upload it to Reaper DAW. It also allows me to import any midi I recorded within Reaper and instantly have a music score to share with fellow musicians.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Positive
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    Musescore is fully functional Also has lots of add-ons and import / export formats.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Already very good but with lots of potential as it is being rapidly developed and expanded

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • MuseScore Studio is Free and Open SourceAvid Sibelius is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Guitar Pro

     71 likes

    Guitar Pro enables editing tablatures for guitar, bass, and more, with support for piano and drums. It features a realistic audio engine, interactive practice tools, and access to thousands of online tabs, facilitating music composition and transcription.

    69 Guitar Pro alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
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    Guitar Pro 8 interface
     
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    Guitar Pro vs Avid Sibelius Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    While it's more geared towards guitar, you can easily write scores for any instrument.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Guitar Pro is Paid and ProprietaryAvid Sibelius is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Guitar Pro is LightweightAvid Sibelius is not according to our users
  4. Dorico icon

    Dorico

     12 likes

    Compose or publish music notation, produce teaching materials or learn the language of music — Dorico lets you make beautiful music, fast.

    18 Dorico alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad
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    Dorico vs Avid Sibelius Comments
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    1

    Interface very performed : an excellent 21th century application.

    • Dorico is Freemium and ProprietaryAvid Sibelius is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    LilyPond

     41 likes

    GNU LilyPond is a computer program for music engraving. One of LilyPonds major goals is to produce scores that are engraved with traditional layout rules, reflecting the era when scores were engraved by hand.

    49 LilyPond alternatives

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    LilyPond vs Avid Sibelius Comments
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    hard to use, and unpractical

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • LilyPond is Free and Open SourceAvid Sibelius is Freemium and Proprietary
    • LilyPond is CustomizableAvid Sibelius is not according to our users
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    Rosegarden

     58 likes

    Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Rosegarden vs Avid Sibelius Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Record and playback midi & audio easily. Scoring is a little more difficult

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Rosegarden is Free and Open SourceAvid Sibelius is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Rosegarden is CustomizableAvid Sibelius is not according to our users
  10. Flat.io icon

    Flat.io

     12 likes

    Online music score editor enabling real-time collaboration and editing in your web browser, supporting MusicXML, MIDI, PDF, MP3, WAV, percussion notation, history tracking, Google Hangouts video, metronome tools, and cross-device access for composers and students.

    23 Flat.io alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  11. StaffPad icon

    StaffPad

     10 likes

    StaffPad is a brand new class of notation app, designed to take advantage of the advanced pen and touch input found on Microsoft Surface* and other compatible Windows 8.1 devices. As you write notation using the pen, StaffPad recognises your handwritten music and converts it...

    20 StaffPad alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
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  12. PreSonus Notion icon

    PreSonus Notion

     2 likes

    Bring musical inspirations to life with the blazingly fast and intuitive Notion™ 6 music composition and performance environment. Compose when and how you want and even enter music with your own handwriting.

    13 PreSonus Notion alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  13. Denemo icon

    Denemo

     22 likes

    GNU Denemo is a music notation editor that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. You can compose, transcribe, arrange, listen to the music and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  14. MagicScore icon

    MagicScore

     2 likes

    MagicScore is an easy and powerful music notation and composition software. MagicScore is the smart choice for musicians, composers, arrangers, teachers, students, choirs, ensembles and songwriters. Moreover, the prices of our products are really low.

    52 MagicScore alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
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  15. music21 icon

    music21

     8 likes

    Music21 is a Python-based toolkit for computer-aided musicology. Applications of this toolkit include computational musicology, music informations, musical example extraction and generation, music notation editing and scripting, and a wide variety of approaches to composition, bo.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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