Dolet 5 for Sibelius Version History

Changes to Dolet 5 for Sibelius: most recent first

Changes 5.1 to 5.2 (January 2010)

Adds support for Sibelius's Focus on Staves feature when used with Sibelius 6.

Changes 5.0 to 5.1 (October 2009)

Version 5.1 adds support for Sibelius 6.1. Sibelius 6.1 adds ManuScript support for many new features, including document setup and selected engraving rules. The following new features are exported when using Dolet 5.1 for Sibelius with Sibelius 6.1:

Score groupings, including braces, brackets, and group barlines
Default page and system margins
Default music and text fonts
Default distances between staves and between systems
Small staves
Horizontal positions for the ends of lines
System text and lines are now exported on all staves set in the current house style
Line widths for staves, stems, barlines, beams, leger lines, slurs, and ties
Scaling factors for grace and cue notes
Key signature cancellation according to the current house style
The options for instruments to display a full name, short name, or no name
The option for an instrument not to display a key signature
Sub-bass clef
Improved chord symbol formatting

Version 5.1 also adds the following improvements for both Sibelius 5 and 6:

Accidentals in instrument names and abbreviations are exported more accurately.
Boxed system text is exported.

First Dolet 5 for Sibelius release 5.0 (July 2009)

Dolet 5 for Sibelius writes MusicXML 2.0 files and works with Sibelius 5.1 and later. Dolet 5 for Sibelius adds many new features compared to the Dolet 4 for Sibelius plug-in.

The Dolet 5 for Sibelius plug-in exports many new features for Sibelius 6 users, thanks to improvements in the Sibelius 6 plug-in interface:

Transpositions
Octave-transposing clefs anywhere in a score
Hidden staves on systems
System and page breaks are exported even without the layout being locked first
Fermatas over bar rests
Color of notes and other bar objects
Buzz roll "z" that appears on a stem
MusicXML encoding date

New notation features in Sibelius 6 are also exported, including:

Jazz articulations
Comments
Feathered beams
Note-attached arpeggios
Greater accuracy in exporting Sibelius 6 chord symbols
Export of chord symbols in German, Solfege, and Scandinavian styles

Dolet 5 for Sibelius has also made many additions and improvements in MusicXML export for both Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 users compared to Dolet 4 for Sibelius:

Subtitles and dedications are exported.
Standard Sibelius arrow and bracket lines are exported.
Octave-transposing clefs are exported at the start of a score.
Standard Sibelius pedal lines are exported with correct formatting.
Standard Sibelius accidental mark symbols are exported.
Standard Sibelius non-arpeggiate lines are exported.
Standard Sibelius notehead styles 24 through 29 are exported.
Hidden tuplets are exported with correct formatting.
Slides between notes in tuplets are exported.
Tab staves export a staff-size set to Sibelius's default size.
Vertical positions on tab staves are exported more accurately.
Symbols are exported by name if not recognized as a MusicXML element.
System symbols are exported more accurately.
Fermata symbols are exported more accurately.
Beat noteheads on half notes and longer export a diamond notehead instead of a slash.
Text wildcards are exported more accurately.
Instrument changes are exported using MusicXML instruments.
Instrument changes export any changes to staff lines and tablature tuning.
Instrument change text positions are exported.
Tab is exported correctly when on the second staff of a multi-staff instrument.
Harp pedals are exported when the plug-in can determine the text font.
System lines are exported above the staff.
Export of slurs, glissandos, and trills on grace notes vs. main notes is improved.
Ends of glissandos export more accurately.
Glissandos export with starting and ending vertical positions.
Boxed text is exported more accurately.
Slides are exported more accurately from multi-staff parts.
Tuplets export with better rounding for note durations.
Trills export more accurately in passages with hidden notes.
Key signatures export more accurately in instruments with ossia staves.
Tempo and metronome marks at the start of a score export with directive positioning.
More unexported items are now logged with MusicXML processing instructions.

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Last updated February 5, 2010.