What Price Sibelius?
TradingMarkets reports the price of the deal at US$23 million. Note that, because Avid is a public corporation (ticker: AVID), you’ll see more information disclosed about factors like Sibelius market share. Sibelius was a private corporation. The question on everyone’s minds, of course, is what this will mean for the products. “Linking” Sibelius software with Digidesign and M-Audio gear could mean simple bundles (think the G7 guitar product with an M-Audio interface, or the full Sibelius software with Pro Tools). Down the road, it might mean actual integration, like the Sibelius notation engine inside Pro Tools, or in lighter form, in M-Audio’s new entry-level Session product, both of which lack music notation facilities. (In comparison, competition from Logic Pro, Digital Performer, Cubase, and SONAR all have built-in notation features. Logic actually began its life as a notation tool.) Sibelius won’t confirm these possibilities now, of course; even if they would, I’m not sure they ye
