Sound Libraries

Sibelius 6 supports VST and Audio Units, the state-of-the-art standards for high-quality instrumental sounds. A huge variety of VST and Audio Unit instruments are available from numerous manufacturers, and a selection of top-name libraries, covering a wide variety of musical styles, are available directly from Sibelius.

Choral
New for Sibelius 6. Ensemble samples for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, plus high-quality organ and piano sounds.

Virtual Drumline
Pitched and unpitched percussion sounds for marching band music, from Tapspace.

Garritan Personal Orchestra 4
New version of the best-selling orchestral sound library. Requires Sibelius 6.1 or later.

Garritan Jazz & Big Band  
Over 50 jazz and big band instruments, including scream trumpet, from Garritan.

Garritan Concert & Marching Band 
Wind, brass and percussion sounds for band music from Garritan.

Choral: Choral from Sibelius provides a comprehensive range of high-quality sounds for choral music. The collection, which integrates seamlessly with Sibelius 6 thanks to its built-in Sibelius Player, includes ensemble sounds for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, with multiple vowel sounds for each, plus organ sounds, all in stunningly realistic quality. Each sound has a number of adjustable settings so you can get just the effect you’re looking for. You can even export an audio file to create a CD of your music, or convert to an MP3 file.

Virtual Drumline™: has made its mark as the industry standard for marching and concert percussion sounds. Composers, percussionists, studio musicians, and educators alike will discover a sonic onslaught of variety in Virtual Drumline, featuring the world champion percussion section of the Santa Clara Vanguard. Using Virtual Drumline along with your favourite music composition software will arm you with an enormous palette of percussive possibilities.

Garritan Personal Orchestra: is an award-winning orchestral library that has become the industry standard. Affordable, easy-to-use and comprehensive. Includes all the major instruments of the orchestra - strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion and keyboards.

Garritan Jazz & Big Band  

• Featuring Trumpets, Trombones, Comprehensive Saxophone collection, Keyboards, Rhythm Section - over 50 Individual Instruments.
• Create Realistic-Sounding Jazz & Big Band Arrangements Quickly and Easily. Build Your Own Bands and Jazz Ensembles.
• Includes the NI KONTAKT Sample Player. Works with Notation Programs. Great Sounding Instruments with Expressive Control.
• Tongue/Slur Articulations, Intonation, Vibrato, Extended Ranges of the Instruments, Variety of Mutes & More.
• On a single computer or laptop, Mac or PC, Standalone, VST, DX, AU, RTAS, and supported Notation programs.

Garritan Concert & Marching Band 

• Featuring Trumpets, Trombones, Marching winds, Euponiums, Baritones, Saxophones, Sousaphones, Tenor Horns, Mellophones, Marching percussion (including drumline sounds from Virtual Drumline 2 by Tapspace), and more...
• Create Realistic-Sounding Marching Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Brass Band, Drum Corp and other Band Arrangements Quickly and Easily.
• Includes Native Instruments Kontakt 2 Sample Player.
• Great Sounding Instruments with Expressive Control. Build Your Own Bands with Ensemble Building.
• Works on a single computer or laptop, Mac or PC, Standalone, VST, DX, AU, RTAS, and Supported Notation Programs.