I have been using Sib on a PC since v1 up to v8.8 until now. On buying a new Windows 10 computer I had to buy the latest version of Sib 2019.9 Ultimate.
I write mainly big band and combo charts and there are very few improvements since v7 and some annoyances such as:
1/ I want to add chord symbols into an extracted part without them changing to orange colour and/or transposing.
2/ I used to be able to write a chord symbol exactly how I wanted it to appear in either the part or the score and right click to open a menu to find and add embellishments such as b5#9 etc - this is no longer available? So is it possible to reload a previous version of chord entry and if so, how?
3/ I am finding the taking over of chord symbol entry by the program VERY annoying, ie I can't get rid of the 4 in sus4 and if I write Db9#7 it won't appear as an Opus font but Arial and in red colour as attached!
Chord Symbols in Sib 2019
1) nothing should have forced you to upgrade when you moved to Windows 10. Sibelius 6 and onwards will run just fine on it.
2) Use Legacy Chord input and you can write in any chords you like, standard, non-standard, weird, wrong, whatever!
3) I guess you're the same person who asked the question over on the official forum. You'll get the same answers here!
2) Use Legacy Chord input and you can write in any chords you like, standard, non-standard, weird, wrong, whatever!
3) I guess you're the same person who asked the question over on the official forum. You'll get the same answers here!
Thank you andyg, Where or how do I download Legacy Chord? - I had no trouble with my last version of Sib 8.8. This Sib 2019 seems to be a real stuff-up with chord text input. I have spent so much time trying to find the previous chord input style before this latest version of Sibelius, visiting all the setting options I can find with no success. I still have my old Windows 7 desktop computer with Sibelius 8 on it, is there a way I could capture and download the chord system from this perhaps?
It's not a download, it's a feature built into Sibelius. I can't tell you how to find it in Sib 2019 as I stopped upgrading at v7. Even v6 does everything I need, so I certainly won't be changing up! So I can only suggest that you look in the 2019 Reference Manual for 'legacy chords'.
I'm assuming that you have Sibelius Ultimate!
I'm assuming that you have Sibelius Ultimate!