Sibelius in Logic Pro 8

Question

is there a way to import a Sibelius score into Logic and have it play there?

Answer 1

You'd really only be able to do it with exporting Sibelius as MIDI, which then can be opened in Logic. It's exactly what I've started doing. I was using Sibelius 4, but soon went to Sibelius 5. This has huge advantages in that since you can score more or less to the instruments you'll be using in Logic, when you export Sibelius will ask you if it's going to end up with those virtual instruments in your DAW. When you tell it yes, it makes for a much easier transition regarding the articulations, etc., that you have written in the score.
This means, though, that you would only be able to use third party AU instruments, not the ones built into Logic, for this. You could. though, write to the Kontakt 2 player and hope for the best with the instruments of Logic, you should be alright. I think Logic can open the Kontakt player as well, but it sounds a little artificial to me.
I only got this system up and running a few weeks ago, and I really am no expert. And Sibelius 5 irritates me how long it takes to boot up. Other than that, though, I think it's gonna work. The notation in Logic was not doing it for me, I realized that I was going to have to write crude notation representing MIDI in it, and later work out the details of the performance in the MIDI edit window, and then make it a song in another window... I soon decided to go back to Sibelius.
Hope this was helpful, good luck!