For a score I was working on, I had to manually select a Kontakt player to force Sibelius to choose the right player for a VDL staff. Play)" which stands for " Sibelius Player." This is the wrong player for VDL instruments, which should be reading " (K 5)". What I've noticed in Sib 7 is that sometimes staves that should be auto-loading VDL instruments will have the wrong player attributed to them, like " (S. (Note that you will have to hit " Play" or similar to load the instruments prior to them showing up here.) On any staves that you want VDL sounds to load on, the player should say something like (Kontakt 5) or (K 5), while the instrument should also have parens around it. Do not click OK just yet Now, when using a keyboard to enter notes in the Percussion Staff, you may find that the drum sounds do not coincide with the. Ideally, the text in this area should have parentheses around it, which is Sibelius' indication that this instrument auto loads. Open you mixer window and click the little button that looks like cell phone reception bars to expand the mixer columns up until you can see the info about which players and instruments are loaded for which staves. Secondly, I have also noticed some bizarre " auto-load" functionality in Sib 7. I would double check this as one way of troubleshooting. Under Active Devices in your Playback Configurations window, you should have them set to " VDL SoundSet 7.0a", rather than " Virtual Drumline 2.5", which is the one that comes with Sibelius. Desktop, and Microsoft Surface Book.Are you for sure using the template 7.0a sound set with your playback configurations? It's easy to get this confused if you're not wary of it. The next time Sibelius is launched, it will check that the sample library is where you said in the registry key.
This folder should be the one containing sub-folders "Brass", "Guitar" etc. Reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Avid\Sibelius Sounds\Sibelius 7 Sounds\ContentPath" /ve /d "H:\somepath\somedir"ĮXCEPT that you should replace H:\somepath\somedir with the path to the folder containing your Sibelius 7 Sounds library on your external disk, surrounded by double-quotes as shown. At the command prompt, type PRECISELY (you might want to copy-and-paste): Right-click the Start button and select either "Command Prompt (Admin)" or "Windows PowerShell (Admin)" ģ. Ensure that Sibelius has been fully closed, and is not even in the background Ģ. Or (b) create and set the registry key yourself, by:ġ.
#SIBELIUS 8 SOUNDS DOWNLOAD#
If you did not keep a safe copy of the downloaded installer, then you have two choices:Įither (a) download it again, and repeat the installation, just to get the registry key set
#SIBELIUS 8 SOUNDS WINDOWS#
The installer not only installs the sample library, it also sets a Windows Registry key to advise Sibelius where to find the installed files.
USB sticks) is cheap, so take advantage of it. The best strategy is always to retain copies of downloaded installers: you never know when you might need them again. > Is it as I suspect, that the +15hour download must be done again? > How do I tell Sibelius that the soundset is on an externally connected HDD?
Sibelius Support | Sibelius the Sibelius support team. If you need discs so as to avoid downloading, you may order replacement discs through this link: Also, please configure your computer NOT to sleep to avoid interrupting the download. In order to ensure a more reliable connection for download and diminish the room for error, you may want to consider using Ethernet Cable instead of WiFi to eliminate 'dropouts'. Those links are around 24GB, which definitely would take some time depending on the speed of your internet connection. You may now click on the appropriate installer to download it. Using your email address, kindly log into your Avid Products and Subscriptions page: Ĭlick on the purple bar where it says "Sibelius"Ĭlick on where it says "Show" (next to "Product Details and Download Links") to see your installers. If using the Sibelius Sounds library it is recommended to have 8+ GB of RAM, 36 GB hard disk space (SSD preferred) & ASIO compatible audio interface or sound.
#SIBELIUS 8 SOUNDS INSTALL#
Yes Bruno, you need to download and install "Sibelius Sounds".
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