I just tried something pretty interesting. I'm running Sonar, but I really hate the notation editing in it. I can work with Sibelius way faster, so I found out a nice way to use it and Sonar at the same time.
I have MIDI over LAN, which gives me loopback MIDI ports, so I'm sending the Sibelius MIDI output to Sonar via a loopback port, and Sonar is just like a server with all my tracks of VSL virtual instruments, some of which are on another computer with FX teleport. I can still of course use all the audio editing stuff in Sonar like EQ and effects to customize the sound.
Is anyone else using Sibelius like this? I just tried this out tonight and it seems to work ok so far. I haven't tested a full orchestra yet though. I think it's nice to be able to use Sibelius until I HAVE to use the sequencer for certain editing. At that point I can just export to MIDI and then import that MIDI into Sonar.
Incidentally, notation program makers and sequencer makers ought to come together and make a notation plug-in standard, so that the user can view MIDI data with whatever notation program they want. Anyone know if this sort of thing is in the works?
I have MIDI over LAN, which gives me loopback MIDI ports, so I'm sending the Sibelius MIDI output to Sonar via a loopback port, and Sonar is just like a server with all my tracks of VSL virtual instruments, some of which are on another computer with FX teleport. I can still of course use all the audio editing stuff in Sonar like EQ and effects to customize the sound.
Is anyone else using Sibelius like this? I just tried this out tonight and it seems to work ok so far. I haven't tested a full orchestra yet though. I think it's nice to be able to use Sibelius until I HAVE to use the sequencer for certain editing. At that point I can just export to MIDI and then import that MIDI into Sonar.
Incidentally, notation program makers and sequencer makers ought to come together and make a notation plug-in standard, so that the user can view MIDI data with whatever notation program they want. Anyone know if this sort of thing is in the works?