Select your AirPods or Bluetooth headphones from the list.Īgain, if you don’t see your device, you probably just need to restart Sibelius. Step 5: Select your AirPods or Bluetooth headphones. See the explanation above for more details. You probably just need to quit and restart Sibelius. You have to connect your AirPods or bluetooth headphones to your computer BEFORE you open Sibelius. If you don’t see your AirPods or bluetooth devices on that dropdown list, it means Sibelius can’t find them in your computer’s hardware list.
Don’t see your bluetooth headphones on the list? Step 4: Expand Sibelius’ “Audio Interface” dropdown menu.Īnd once you’re on Sibelius’ Audio Engine Options screen, you can finally select your AirPods or headphones from the “Audio Interface” dropdown menu. Once you’re on the Playback Devices screen, you need to hit the “Audio Engine Options” button to open that menu.Īt least this button is large enough to see with the naked eye. Step 3: Open Sibelius’ “Audio Engine Options” menu. Check out those extra buttons sometime, just to see what’s in there. Sibelius has a ton of options, obviously. Once you’re on Sibelius’ Play menu, you have open the “Playback Devices” window.įor some reason, the button to open this window is tiny and kinda hard to find.Īs it turns out, that little “extra” button, or “show more options”-or whatever you’d call it-hides a lot of really useful info, on the Play menu and every other menu. Step 2: Open Sibelius’ “Playback Devices” menu. There are probably other ways to get to the option we need, but the top Play menu is the easiest for our purposes. When you get to the Play menu, look for the first section. Step 1: Navigate to Sibelius’ “Play” menu.įind Sibelius’ “Play” menu up top and click to open that menu tab.
How to connect Sibelius to your AirPods + Bluetooth Headphones Just quit and relaunch Sibelius, and you should be all set. If you missed this note initially, there’s no need to disconnect and reconnect the headphones. In that case, you’ll have to quit Sibelius, then connect the headphones, then restart Sibelius. If your AirPods or headphones aren’t connected, Sibelius won’t be able to find them, and you won’t be able to add them later.
When the Sibelius software starts up, it scans your system for audio output devices. The hardware must be connected to your operating system before you open Sibelius. You MUST connect your AirPods or other bluetooth headphones to your computer BEFORE starting your Sibelius software. Wondering how to use Sibelius with AirPods or Bluetooth headphones? Look no further.Īs long as your AirPods or other Bluetooth device is connected to your computer before you open Sibelius, using AirPods with Sibelius is easy!