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Optimizing Sibelius with Vienna Ensemble 2009 Vienna Symphonic Library

Optimizing Sibelius Playback

with Vienna Ensemble

A guide to get more out of your scores

By Andreas Olszewski / Vienna Symphonic Library


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Introduction

Heres a bit of general information on materials on our website, Sibelius software versions and theinstallation of Sound Sets.

Material for Sibelius users on the vsl.co.at website

At the following location you can find a video tutorial on how to work with Sibelius and Vienna Ensemble:

http://vsl.co.at/en/211/1343/1348/1594/1245.vsl

Sibelius Sound Sets can be found in the User Area under Overview/Needful Things.

http://vsl.co.at/en/68/141/460/576/655.htm

Currently there are Sound Sets for the following collections available: Special Edition

Special Edition PLUS

Solo Strings I+II

Chamber Strings I+II

Orchestral Strings I+II

Appassionata Strings I+II

Harps

Woodwinds I+II

Brass I+II

Special Woodwinds

Special Brass

Saxophones

Percussion

Download Instruments (all wind instruments)

Please always check the readme file that comes with every Sound Set. It includes very useful hints.

In addition to these Sound Sets, we offer Vienna Symphonic Library House Style files for Sibelius 5 and 6

for download at the same location.

Software

Please use Sibelius 5.2.5 or Sibelius 6.1, as the Sibelius team did a great job fixing playback bugs with

these latest versions. Also make sure to use the latest version of Vienna Ensemble. You can find it in the

Software Sectionof your personal User Area.

Vienna Ensemble PRO will also work with Sibelius. The latest version can also be found in your User Area.
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How to install and use Sound Sets

Copy the Sound Set file to your Sound Set folder. If there is no Sounds folder yet you will have to create one.

Windows XP:

Documents and Settings\your username\Application Data\Sibelius Software\Sibelius 5\Sounds

Windows Vista:

Users\your username\AppData\Roaming\Sibelius Software\Sibelius 5\Sounds

Mac OS X:

Users/your username/Library/Application Support/Sibelius Software/Sibelius 5/Sounds

Copy the presets that come with the Sound Set to yourVSL Custom Datafolder. (Attention:this does

not apply for the Sound Sets VE Special Edition and VE Special Edition PLUS.)

In Sibelius, create a

playback configuration

and load ViennaEnsemble (or Vienna

Ensemble PRO; for

details on using Vienna

Ensemble PRO please

check the according

manual) from the list of

available playback

devices. Then choose

the appropriate Sound

Set in the right-hand

column.

On the Manual Sound

Setspage check Use

manual Sound Setand

assign channels and

programs for every

instrument. If you use

instruments more than

once, please also

reserve the accordingnumber of channels for

them. Then save your

playback configuration.


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In Vienna Ensemble, insert as many instruments as you need. Set the channels and load the matrices that

came with your Vienna Special Edition or Special Edition PLUS. If you are using one of our bigger

collections, use the presets that came with the Sound Set. Then save your playback configuration in

Sibelius.

Attention:If you open a score with a previous version of a Sound Set and want to change to

the new Sound Set, you may have to reassign the instruments in Playback Devices/Manual

Sound Sets.

How to install and import House Style files

What is a House Style file?

The Sibelius House Style defines various things, most of which are layout related. For working with

Vienna Instruments, two points are very useful:

1. Playback dictionary.For some articulations, special keywords are needed in the Sibelius playback

dictionary. By importing the "Vienna Symphonic Library" House Style, all these keywords will be included

in the dictionary.

2. Instrument defintions.This is mainly important for the VE Percussion Sound Set. It enables many

percussion instruments to work properly with a large variety of articulations.


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Importing the Vienna Symphonic Library House Style file will make Sibelius and the Vienna Instruments

cooperate more smoothly. However, importing our House Style is not mandatory. Where needed you can

also add keywords to your dictionary manually as explained later.

Installing the Vienna Symphonic Library House Style

Please copy the Vienna Symphonic Library House Style file (Vienna Symphonic Library.lib) to the following

folder:

Windows XP:

Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Sibelius Software\Sibelius 5 (or 6)\House Styles

Windows Vista:

Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Sibelius Software\Sibelius 5 (or 6)\House Styles

Mac:

Users/username/Library/Application Support/Sibelius Software/Sibelius 5 (or 6)/House Styles

If the House Styles folder does not exist, simply create it.

Importing the Vienna Symphonic Library House Style

1. In Sibelius, go to

House Style\Import

House Style.

2. Select Vienna

Symphonic Library

3. Under Import

Options keep at leastPlayback dictionary

selected if you are

working with the VE

Percussion sound set,

also keep Instrument

definitions selected.


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How to trigger articulations with the

Sound Set

VE Special Edition

Sustain: This patch is triggered by default.

If you want to switch back from a different

articulation, use one of the following Technique Text

commands (+T on Win, +T on

OS X): ord., natural, normal.

Staccato: There are two ways to trigger this patch:1) Use the keypads staccatomark.

2) Create the Technique Textcommand stacc or

staccato.

Legato: There are two ways to trigger this patch:

1) Use slurs.

2) Create the Technique Textcommand legato.

To switch back to non-legato playing use the

Technique Textcommand non legato.

Sforzato: Create an Expression Textcommand(+E on Win, +E on OS X) starting

with sf (sf, sfz, sffz, sforz, ).

To use it, you have to edit the Staff Text/sf entry of

your Sibelius dictionary to

Sound ID change +sforzato Until start of next note.

Detache: Create the Technique Textcommand

detache.

(Sibelius 5.2.5 users have to edit the Staff

Text/detache entry of the Sibelius dictionary to

Sound ID change +detache Until nextSound ID change.)

Portamento: There are two ways to trigger this patch:

1) A section where all notes are played portamento:

Create the Technique Textcommand portamento.

(Sibelius 5.2.5 users have to add an entry to the

Sibelius dictionary:

Staff Text/portamento: Sound ID change


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+portamento Until next Sound ID change)

2) Two notes played portamento: Join the two notes

with a portamento line from the lines menu.

(Sibelius 5.2.5 users have to add an entry to the

Sibelius dictionary:

Staff Lines/portamento: Sound ID change

+portamento Until end of last note under line)

Tremolo: There are two ways to trigger this patch:

1) Create the Technique Textcommand trem or

tremolo.

(Sibelius 5.2.5 users have to edit the Staff

Text/trem entry of the Sibelius dictionary to

Sound ID change +tremolo.unmeasured Until next

Sound ID change.)

2) Change the Sound ID entry of 32 tremolos, 16

tremolos and/or 8 tremolos in the Dictionary/Articulations to +tremolo.unmeasured. Then you

can also use tremolo symbols with 5, 4 or 3 lines to switch to tremolo.

Pizzicato: Create the Technique Textcommand pizz or pizzicato.

To switch back to arco playing, use one of the following Technique Textcommands: ord., natural,

normal or arco.

Staccato/Sustain combined cell: Use the keypads accentmark.

To use it, you have to edit the Articulations/Accent entry of your Sibelius dictionary to

Sound ID change +accent. If you prefer accents to just trigger a higher velocity and not the

Staccato/Sustain cell, leave the dictionary as it is.

Vibrato (only guitars): Create the Technique Textcommand vib or vibrato.

To switch back to non vibrato, use one of the following Technique Textcommands: ord., natural,

normal or senza vibrato.

Whammy Bar (E-Guitar): Create a w/bar line from the Lines menu.

To use it, you have to edit an entry of your Sibelius dictionary:

Staff Lines /Guitar vibrato bar: Sound ID change +whammy until end of line

Motor on (Vibraphone): Create the Technique Textcommand motor on. To switch back to playing

without motor, use the Technique Textcommand motor off.

Sustain Pedal (Bosendorfer Piano): Create a Pedal symbol from the lines menu.

Cymbal sounds: For the Sibelius instrument Cymbals (=a2 cymbals) you have four different variations.

C6 = Normal Variation 1; C#6 = Choked Var. 1; D6 = Normal Var. 2; D#6 = Choked Var. 2

C6 is played by default. If you want to trigger one of the other sounds, you have to create commands

in the Sibelius Dictionary.

For C#6 you need a Staff Textcommand with Sound ID change +choke. I personally would choose

the word choke.

For D6 you need a command with Sound ID change +2.


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For D#6 combine both commands.

To reset the Sound ID of an instrument, write ord. or normal.

If you want the suspended cymbal instead of the a2 Cymbals you have to create an instrument with

Sibelius, as this is unfortunately not predefined. Here is how to do that:

1) In Sibelius, go to House Style/Edit Instruments

2) Select the instrument Cymbals (you can find it in Orchestral Unpitched Percussion)

3) Click New Instrument/Yes

4) Change the names from Cymbals to Cymbal (or whichever term you prefer )

5) Click Edit Staff Type

6) Click on the first note and then on Choose Sound

7) Select metal.cymbal.suspended

8) For the other notes displayed, choose the sound metal.cymbal.suspended.roll

With the commands written in the previous paragraph you can also switch to 2nd variations and

choked sounds with this new instrument, and you can also address the roll sounds.

Drum rolls: There are two ways to trigger these rolls:

1) Choose the tremolo articulation symbol with 4 or 5 lines crossing the stem or the buzz roll symbol.

Advanced users can edit the Sibelius instruments to make this work with 3 lines crossing the stem,

too. (House Style/Edit Instruments/Edit Instrument/Edit Staff Type/New/Articulation:

8tremolos/Choose Sound: roll)

2) Make an entry in the dictionary. You can choose any keyword you like. Note:This also works for

triangle, castanetsand tam tam.

Go to Play/Dictionary/Staff Text. Create a new keyword (for example roll) and make the following

settings: Effect: Sound ID change +roll(This has to be +roll and does not have to be identical

with your keyword) Until next Sound ID change.

To switch back to single hits, use one of the following commands: ord. or normal

Timpani rolls:like tremolo.

Left hand/right hand (drums, timpani):Create the Technique Textcommand L for left hand strokes

and R for right hand strokes.

Cymbal, drum and percussion sounds in general:A different approach of using these sounds would

be by creating a Percussion [5 lines]system with Sibelius and editing the instrument (House Style/Edit

Instruments/Percussion [5 lines]/Edit Instrument/Type of staff: pitched). Now you can trigger the

samples according to the pitch you enter.


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VE Special Edition PLUS

Everything written for the VE Special Edition Sound Set applies to this Sound Set too. Here are the PLUS

articulations.

Staccato repetition: The perf-rep staccato(or spiccato) patches are played by default for staccato

notes, because they sound more natural with repeated notes than the normal staccato patches.

If you want to use the normal staccato patch instead of the performance repetition, go to Patch

Assignand drag the staccato patch to the cell where the performance repetition is located. Dont

forget to save your playback configuration after that.

Fortepiano: Create the Expression Textcommand fp.

To use it, you have to edit the Staff Text/fp entry of your Sibelius dictionary to

Sound ID change +fp Until start of next note.

Portato: Create the Technique Textcommand portato.

(Sibelius 5.2.5 users have to add an entry to the Sibelius dictionary:

Staff Text/portato: Sound ID change +portato Until next Sound ID change)

Harmonics: Harmonics can be reached in two ways.

1) Add the Harmonic/Openarticulation sign to the note (that's the small circle).

2) Write harmonics above the first note where a section of harmonics starts.

Harmonics staccato: Just combine a staccatomarking with one of the two ways of triggering

harmonics.

Pizz-snap: Add one of the symbols for snap pizzicato from the Symbolsmenu to the note(s).

(Sibelius 5.2.5 users have to add an entry to the Sibelius dictionary:

Symbols/Snap (2,3,4): Sound ID change +pizzicato.snap Until start of next note)

Col legno: Create the Technique Textcommand col legno.

Trill 1 / Trill 2: Create a trill line from the Lines menu. Sibelius automatically triggers the right trill (half

or whole tone) according to the diatonic surrounding. You can also switch manually between half tone

and whole tone trills in the Properties/Playbackwindow. To do so, select the trill line and uncheck

Diatonicin the Properties/Playbackwindow.

Sul ponticello: Create the Technique Textcommand sul ponticello.

To switch back to normal playing, use one of the following Technique Textcommands: ord., natural

or normal.

Sul ponticello staccato: Use the keypads staccatomark during a sul ponticello section.

Sul ponticello tremolo: Use one of the ways to trigger tremolo during a sul ponticello section.

Con sordino (=mute): Create the Technique Textcommand con sordino or mute. To switch back to

senza sordino playing, use one of the following Technique Textcommands: ord., natural, normal

or senza sordino.

Con sordino staccato: Use the keypads staccatomark during a con sordino section.

Con sordino tremolo: Use one of the ways to trigger tremolo during a con sordino section.


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VE Solo Strings I+II, VE Chamber Strings,

VE Orchestral Strings, VE Appassionata Strings

Most of the techniques written above also apply to the dedicated string Sound Sets. Here are the

additional articulations. Many articulations can also be combined with each other.

Spiccato: There are two ways to trigger these patches:

1.) Use the keypads staccatissimomark.

2.) Create the Technique Textcommand spicc or spiccato.

Vibrato: Create the Technique Textcommand vib or vibrato. To switch back to non vibrato, use one

of the following Technique Textcommands: ord., natural, normal or senza vibrato.

Strong vibrato: There are two ways to trigger these patches:

1.) Create the Technique Textcommand vib or vibrato and create a second Technique Text

command heavy.

2.) Create the Technique Text command molto vibrato or espressivo. To use these commands, you

have to add them to the dictionary.

Staff Text/molto vib: Sound ID change +vibrato.heavy Until next Sound ID change (already

included in Sibelius 6)

Staff Text/espressivo: Sound ID change +vibrato.heavy Until next Sound ID change



Marcato: There are two ways to trigger these patches:

1.) Use the keypads marcatomark.

2.) Create the Technique Textcommand marcato.

Legato/Fast legato: See the legato entry in the VE Special Edition Sound Set section. Vienna Ensemble

automatically chooses the normal or the fast legato patch according to speed control.

Sul tasto (Solo Strings extended): Create the Technique Textcommand sul tasto.


or normal.

Sul tasto staccato: Use the keypads staccatomark during a sul tasto section.

Sul tasto tremolo: Use one of the ways to trigger tremolo during a sul tasto section.


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VE Harps

Normal: This patch is triggered by default.

If you want to switch back from a different articulation, use one of the following Technique Text

commands (+T on PC, +T on Mac): ord., natural or normal.

Harmonics: Harmonics can be reached in two ways:

1) Add the Harmonic/Openarticulation sign to the note (that's the small circle).

2) Write harmonics above the first note where a section of harmonics starts.

Bisbigliando: There are two ways to trigger this patch:

1) With tremolo (see the tremoloentry in the VE Special Edition Sound Set section)

2) Create the Technique Textcommand bisb or bisbigliando.

(Sibelius 5.2.5 users have to add the following entry to the dictionary:

Staff Text/ bisb: Sound ID change +bisbigliando Until next Sound ID change )

Mute: Use the keypads staccatomark.

Normal+RS-mute: There are two ways to trigger this patch:

1) Use the keypads staccatissimomark.

2) Create the Technique Textcommand mute.

To switch back to normal playing, use one of the following Technique Textcommands: ord.,

natural or normal.

Damp: There are two ways to trigger this patch:

1) Use the keypads plus/closedmark.

2) Create the Technique Textcommand damp.

To switch back to normal playing, use one of the following Technique Textcommands: ord.,

natural or normal.

Pres de la table: Create the Technique Textcommand pres, pdlt, or pres de la table.

(Sibelius 5.2.5 users have to add one of the following entries to the Sibelius dictionary:

Staff Text/pres: Sound ID change +pres Until next Sound ID change or

Staff Text/pdlt: Sound ID change +pres Until next Sound ID change)


or normal.

Nail: Create the Technique Textcommand nail or fingernail.

(Sibelius 5.2.5 users have to add one of the following entries to the Sibelius dictionary:

Staff Text/nail: Sound ID change +nail Until next Sound ID changeStaff Text/fingernail: Sound ID change +nail Until next Sound ID change)


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VE Woodwinds + Brass

Most of the techniques written for the Special Edition and the Special Edition PLUS also apply to the

woodwinds and brass Sound Set. Here are the additional articulations.

Vibrato: Create the Technique Textcommand vib or vibrato.

To switch back to non-vibrato, use one of the following Technique Textcommands: ord., natural,


Strong vibrato: There are two ways to trigger these patches:

1) Create the Technique Textcommand vib or vibrato and create a second Technique Text

command heavy.

2) Create the Technique Textcommand molto vibrato or espressivo.

To use these commands, you have to add them to the dictionary:

Staff Text/molto vib: Sound ID change +vibrato.heavy Until next Sound ID change (already included

in Sibelius 6)

Staff Text/espressivo: Sound ID change +vibrato.heavy Until next Sound ID change



Progressive vibrato: Create the Technique Textcommand progressive vibrato.

To use it, you have to add the following entry to your Sibelius dictionary:

Staff Text/progr: Sound ID change +progressive Until next Sound ID change

Blare (only Horns): Create the Technique Textcommand blare.

To use it, you have to add the following entry to your Sibelius dictionary:

Staff Text/blare: Sound ID change +blare Until next Sound ID change

Marcato: There are two ways to trigger these patches:

1) Use the keypads marcatomark.

2) Create the Technique Textcommand marcato.

Staccato repetitions, Portato repetitions, Legato, Fast legato, Marcato, Fast marcato: See the

respective entries in the previous paragraphs. Vienna Ensemble automatically chooses the slower or

faster patches according to speed control.

Legato+vibrato: Legato and vibrato can also be combined

Flutter tongue: Create the Technique Textcommand flutter tongue or frullato.

Glissando (Alto + Tenor Saxophone, Tenor + Contrabass Trombone, Clarinet-Bb): Join two noteswith a glissando line from the linesmenu.

To use it, you have to add an entry to your Sibelius dictionary:

Staff Lines/glissando (straight and/or wavy): Sound ID change +glissando Until end of last note

under line

Slap (Flute, Saxophones):Create the Technique Textcommand slap.


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VE Percussion

When using the Percussion Sound Set, make sure that you also import the Vienna Symphonic Library

House Style. For the import at least keep Playback dictionary and Instrument definitions selected.

If you dont import this House Style, many instruments will not work properly or only with some

articulations.

Please note that because of the big variety of percussion instruments and articulations, not every

available sound can be covered with this Sound Set. Dont worry though, you will get pretty much all the

important ones and even will be able to change beaters with commands from your score.

As this is the most complex Sound Set of all, a listing of all included instruments and articulations would

be too long to be covered here; you will find it as a separate manual included with the Percussion Sound

Set.


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General optimization tips

A different approach to dynamics

For dynamic changes Sibelius sends CC11 (MIDI

Control Change 11) values. By default these values

trigger the Vienna Instruments expressionslider.

During sustained notes with dynamic changes, the

volume should change a bit, but the timbre will not.

In order to get more realistic crescendi and

diminuendi you can do the following: Go to the

Vienna InstrumentsPerformpage. Activate Velocity

X-Fade. Then click on Map Control. Now set the

source for Expressiontonone. Then go to Velocity

crossfaderand select ControlChange/Controller 11

as source. This way, you also reduce the overall

dynamic range of an instrument. Don't forget to

save your playback configuration in Sibelius after

that.

(This will not work for drums, percussion and

cymbals, because CC11 is not implemented for

these instruments in the Sound Set. Lots of thepercussion sounds don't blend well when

crossfaded.)

Dynamic drum and percussion rolls

If you also want to use velocity x-fades for drum and

percussion rolls (included in the Special Edition

matrices 12S Drums, 13S Cymbals+Gongs and

14S Percussion), you have to add CC11 MIDI

commands (written as Technique Text) to your

Sibelius instrument like this:

~C11,0 (for silent)

~C11,127 (for loudest)

There is a Sibelius plugin to create these messages

(Plug-ins/Playback/Cresc./Dim. Playback/Use C11)

for hairpins, so you only have to type in MIDI values

for the first note and immediate dynamic changes,

but not for hairpins.


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Monophonic Patches

Our Performance Interval patches (legato, portamento, performance marcato) are monophonic due to

the necessity of interval recognition. So if you write a slur (which triggers the legato patch), you are

limited to one voice.

If you want to notate more voices in one staff with a slur, you can exclude the slur from playback and

thus avoid switching to legato. To do so, select the slur and go to the Propertieswindow/Playback.

Uncheck the boxes for play on pass 18.

Optimizing legato and portamento

In order to get a note to start a new legato phrase, select the note before this note. Then go to the

Propertieswindow/Playback. Activate the Live durationand make it shorter than the preset value (around

30 ticks, depending on tempo).

Now this note ends the phrase and the next note should be a start-up note in a new legato (or

portamento) phrase.


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Solo and ensemble on the same staff

For those who are interested in what to add to the dictionary to switch between a solo and an ensemble

instrument on one staff:

1) Reserve a channel for the solo and the ensemble instrument on the Sibelius Manual Sound Sets

page and in Vienna Ensemble.2) Go to Sibelius/Play/Dictionary/Staff Text.

3) Create a new keyword (a2, a3, all, ensembleor whatever you want).

4) Choose Effect: Sound ID change and as Sound ID enter+ensemble Until next Sound ID change

5) To switch back to the solo instrument you can either use the Technique Textord. or create an

additional entry in the dictionary (e.g. solo) with the Effect: Sound ID change [reset] (or -

ensemble) Until next Sound ID change.

Mute and natural brass sounds on the same staff

If you want to use a muted and a natural trumpet (or natural/muted trombone or natural/stopped horn)

sound on the same staff, you can do the following:

1) Reserve two channels for the trumpet (or trombone, ) on the Sibelius Manual Sound Setspage,

one for Trumpet and one for Trumpet mute.

2) In Vienna Ensemble, also add two instruments for the trumpet. Use the same channels you set up

on the Manual Sound Setspage.

3) In one Vienna Instrument load the natural instrument, and in the other one the muted instrument.

4) To switch from normal to muted trumpet, just use the Technique Textcon sordino or mute.

If you want to use the Technique Textcommand stopped for the horns, you have to add the

following entry to your Sibelius dictionary:

Staff Text/stopped: Sound ID change +mute Until next Sound ID changeTo switch back, use ord., normal, natural or senza sordino.

Fine tuning note lengths and velocities

The velocity and note length of a single note can be adjusted in the Playback section of the

Sibelius/Propertieswindow. Select the note(s), check Live velocityand/or Live duration and edit the

values.

A/B-Select

For patches with included A/B-Selection, you can use MIDI commands for switching.

The easiest way is as follows: Set A/B Selectto a free controller lets take CC4 in our example. Now

create MIDI commands (Technique Text) as follows:

~C4,0 (will trigger A samples)

~C4,127 (will trigger B samples)


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More than one Vienna Ensemble

If you want to use more than 16 instruments or different collections (and therefore different Sound Sets)

at the same time, you will need more than one instance of Vienna Ensemble.

To do that, simply activate Vienna Ensemble more than once from the available devices. Check Use

manual Sound Setand set channels and programs for all VE instances on the Manual Sound Setspage.

You can switch between the instances in the Device line on that page. Don't forget to save your playback

configuration after that.

How to use collections without a Sound Set

There is also a way to use our Collections with Sibelius when there is no Sound Set available. Activate

and open an instance of VE for the instruments in your score without a Sound Set. Choose noneas

Sound Set.

For every instrument, create a matrix of the patches you need with H-Spanset to Keyswitches. To switchbetween patches, write the following Technique Textin Sibelius.

~Nxx,64 followed shortly by ~Oxx,64

These are MIDI commands for Note On and Note Off, where xx stands for the MIDI number of the

Keyswitch. (24=C1, 25=C#1, )

Alternatively, you can also use MIDI control changes instead of key switches. See the Sibelius manual

chapter 4.15 for more information.


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Troubleshooting

Solo strings dont switch

You have to be careful to choose the right instrument in Sibelius. Use Solo Violin, Solo Viola, for solo

instruments and Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin I, Viola, for ensemble strings. The program you select on the

Manual Sound Setpage has to match the instrument.

Ensemble strings switch wrong (Sound Set VE Special Edition)

If you mix up ensemble strings (chamber or orchestral) with Appassionata strings in one score, this may

lead to wrong switches. If this happens, you can do the following:

Create two instances of Vienna Ensemble (see page 13, how to use more than one instance of Vienna

Ensemble). Load the ensemble strings in one instance and Appassionata strings in the other. In the

Sibelius mixer, choose the Vienna Ensemble instance (Initial Playback device)for the string instruments

manually.

Chamber and orchestral strings together should be no problem.

Ensemble strings switch wrong (Sound Set VE Special Edition PLUS)

If you mix up different ensemble string types (chamber, orchestral, Appassionata) in one score, this may

lead to wrong switches. If this happens, you can do the following:

Create one instance of Vienna Ensemble for each ensemble string type (see page 13, how to use more

than one instance of Vienna Ensemble). Load one ensemble string type in one instance and the other

string type(s) in the other(s). In the Sibelius mixer, choose the Vienna Ensemble instance (Initial Playback

device)for the string instruments manually.

Ensemble strings switch wrong (bigger string collections)

If you mix up different ensemble string types (chamber, orchestral, Appassionata) in one score, this may

lead to wrong switches. If this happens, please go to the Sibelius mixer and choose the Vienna Ensemble

instance (Initial Playback device)for the string instruments manually.

Instruments switch wrong or dont switch at all (1)

Beware ofthe Click! If not muted it can mess up an instrument. If you want to use the Click, reserve a

percussion channel for it (on the Manual Sound Sets page and in Vienna Ensemble).


The Manual Sound Setpage needs to be defined for all instruments used in the score. If one (or more)

instruments are left out, some instruments might not switch correctly.


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After changing (or updating) the Sound Set for a score, please always reassign all programs on the

Manual Sound Setpage.


There is a playback bug in Sibelius which sometimes occurs when the same instrument is used more

than once. Normally, it helps to create a new version of the problematic instrument, cut out the content

of the old instrument and paste it into the new one.

If this doesn't help, try the following: Go to the Sibelius mixer and reassign the sound ID (third line in the

mixer) of the instrument which doesn't switch correctly. If you use the same sound ID more than once, be

careful to assign it in the right order. For example, the first line with "strings.violin" for the first violin and

the second line with "strings.violin" for the second violin.

Playback configuration / VE settings dont get saved with the score

The playback configuration (including all settings in Vienna Ensemble) is saved separately. If you make

changes on the Sibelius/Manual Sound Setpage or in Vienna Ensemble, please always save your

playback configuration afterwards.

Vienna Ensemble not found in the list of available devices (PC)

If you have installed Vienna Ensemble properly and it does not appear in the list of available devices, you

will have to tell Sibelius the path where your virtual instruments and effects are located. To do so, go to

Playback Devices/Audio Engine Options/Virtual Instruments and Effects Folderand choose the path

where you installed Vienna Ensemble (= the path where the file Vienna Ensemble.dllis located). Then

restart Sibelius.