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Sam Butler

@avid_sam

Product manager @Avid for Sibelius and the Pro Tools SDKs. Big supporter of @oundlemencap and other fun ventures.

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Joined August 2010
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.@Bjork trusts Sibelius to turn bold musical ideas into reality, including her beautiful Sorrowful Soil and Ancestress installations ▶️ avid.co/2k7l50ZpnXm #bjork #sibelius #musicnotatin #sorrowfulsoil #ancestress #avidsibelius #avid
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🎼 Jonathan Bailey geeks out over Avid Sibelius! 📷 instagr.am/britishgq ▶️ avid.com/sibelius #jurassicworldrebirth #jurassicpark #clarinet #jonathanbailey #musicnotation #avidsibelius #sheetmusic #composer #sibelius #avid
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Sam Butler@avid_sam22 Jul 2025
"@AvidSibelius music software" I can relate.
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Is there anything Jonathan Bailey geeks out on, like his character in Jurassic Park Rebirth? Watch the full episode of GQ Action Replay on our Reels.
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Sam Butler@avid_sam18 Jun 2025
UPDATE: @AvidProTools 2025.6 Scripting SDK is here! So proud of the team who worked so hard to put this together. It's packed with new features: * Time Types * Event System * Progress Tracking * Enhanced SpotAPI for clip workflows Loads more. Enjoy. developer.avid.com/audio/
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Sam Butler@avid_sam18 Jun 2025
TUTORIAL: There's an example in the @AvidSibelius Reference guide for 'Nested tuplets'. Here's a step-by-step guide to how to recreate it yourself: sibl.pub/v/3q6jLxNK6B1fRldEw…
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Sam Butler@avid_sam20 Mar 2025
Sibelius, the best music notation app across every device. Find out more at avid.com/sibelius
Montage of images showing three main ways to access Sibelius: Subscription (pay monthly or yearly), Perpetual (pay once for a life-time license) and Teams (for schools and larger enterprises needing to distribute licenses to many users).

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Follow along as Greg Jamrok and Kris Bowers share a percussion score from The Wild Robot ▶️ youtu.be/oWJZYzOJmo4 #avidsecretstudio #thewildrobot #musicnotation #avidsibelius #sheetmusic #composer #sibelius #avid
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Sam Butler@avid_sam11 Feb 2025
Decondensing parts in @AvidSibelius allows you to have full control of what is in each part. Sibelius will always keep the music updated everywhere using new "text directives", allowing you to specify who is playing what, and when. Get the details here: avid.com/resource-center/sib…
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わぁぁぁぁ:*・'(*°∇°*)'・*: (Sibelius 2025.2がリリースしました) Ultimateでは譜表のフィルターをご利用いただけます。 管楽器とか！！ パート譜分離でとても活用できそうです✨ tacsystem.jp/tacinfo/2558
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Avid@Avid24 Jan 2025
We've done it… twice! 🎉 Avid's leading music creation tools, Pro Tools and Sibelius, have both snagged a 2025 NAMM TEC Award! Celebrate with us at booth #15102 and experience our award-winning apps in action! #namm2025 #nammshow #tecawards #protools #sibelius #teamavid #avid
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Sam Butler@avid_sam20 Dec 2024
🎼 Sibelius for Android is up for a TEC Award 🏆 Details below on how to vote. ✅ So proud of the whole team!
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Vote now! Sibelius is a TEC Award Finalist for its Android and Chromebook mobile app that lets you move seamlessly between Sibelius on different platforms and create, edit, and review scores on the go—voting ends Jan 7 ▶️ tecawards.org/finalists #tecawards #sibelius
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The End of Year Savings start now! This is your last chance to save 33% on Sibelius Ultimate. ▶️ ow.ly/3kZc50UtCyI #endofyear #sibelius #sibeliusultimate #composing #arranging #sheetmusic #music #musicnotation #composer #avidsibelius #avid
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Sam Butler@avid_sam15 Oct 2024
🎼 I'm heading to Nashville again next month. Give me a shout if you're around the week of the 11th Nov and have time to meet up. 🎷🎺🎸🎹
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Sam Butler@avid_sam16 Sep 2024
NEW and updated KB articles for @AvidSibelius published this week: 🎼 Finale to Sibelius Crossgrade FAQ kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_… 🎸 How to Customize Chord Symbol Suffixes kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_… 🤖 How to Turn-off Automatic #AI Chord Completion kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_…
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Sam Butler@avid_sam11 Sep 2024
Great resource to help know your way around @AvidSibelius with ease. Check out these new shortcut sheets for both macOS and Windows: macOS: resources.avid.com/SupportFi… Win: resources.avid.com/SupportFi… #sibelius #shortcuts #TipsAndTricks
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Sam Butler@avid_sam2 Sep 2024
Sibelius comes with all this included. No other notation app does this: ✓ Windows ✓ MacOS ✓ iPhone & iPad ✓ Android phone & tablet ✓ Chromebook ✓ Sibelius Cloud Sharing ✓ Multiple feature updates all year ✓ Continued support And for Finale users: avid.com/resource-center/fin…

Finale to Sibelius Crossgrade

Details about our special crossgrade promotion for Finale users

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Sam Butler@avid_sam29 Aug 2024
News on how we're supporting and welcoming Finale users to Sibelius is coming soon. Lots of options to cater for everyone, on any device. #win #mac #iphone #ipad #android #chromebook
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Sam Butler@avid_sam21 Aug 2024
Sharing music online using Sibelius just got even better. Enjoy. sibl.pub/v/Saint-SaensTrioNo…
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New in Sibelius 2024.8! Real-time music recording and new playback features in Sibelius for mobile, AI Chords for Android, and Sibelius Cloud Sharing viewers ▶️ avid.com/resource-center/wha… #sibeliuscloud #transposing #cloudsharing #sibelius #musicnotation #avidsibelius #avid
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