Madness

"Sibelius software recommends that you use sibelius 4.0 or earlier in windows Vista." This quote is quite misleading, for two reasons, the first of which is the assumption that sibelius software has actually written vista compatible code that will run on vista. This is simply not the case. I use sibelius 1.4 and 3.0 in vista, and both of these programs run without a hitch. The second assumption is that sibelius 4.0 and up will actually run well in vista. In fact, the exact opposite is true! Sibelius 1.4 runs great, sibelius 3 runs slower than sibelius 1.4, Sibelius 4 runs as fast as 1.4, but crashes when it is closed, sibelius 5.0 crashes whenever scores are opened or saved, sibelius 5.1 crashes right after you click on the icon (you dont even get a splash screen, the only indication that sibelius 5.1 has even started is the windows error message from it). What sibelius should have written on their website is that you should use the Internet way back machine and dig out the earliest version of sibelius that you can find, the earlier the better it seems. Some might argue, why bother switching? Well, Sibelius 5 has a feature called VST which enables it to use midi sets independent of a Midi thru device (such as Midi maple). unfortuneatly, in keeping with the theme of making progressively worse versions of sibelius, in sibelius 5, all of the VST instruments have been switched around. Your double bass marcato patch now plays in the violas. Those flutter trombones you found in EWQLSO? Those have been placed in the percussion section. *goes back to using Sibelius 1.4...