Double stops are not playing properly on violin for me.   The upper note plays fine, but the lower note seems to play briefly then cuts out.  This is only for Violin.  VIola & Cello are fine.

I'm not quite sure what I'm doing to cause this.  I could be mistaken but it seems like it started after I imported the VSL House Style.

FWIW I'm on SIbelius 8.4.2, Mac Yosemite 10.10.5, VE 5,4,14074 (64 bit).

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DG -

If by "patch" you mean the build# of Sibelius, then I'm at 8.4.2 build 231.  

If you're referring to the Patches tab in the VSL view, then all it says is

- A - String Patches

01 Violin Solo

02 Viola SOlo

03 Cello SOlo

04 Bass Solo

If that's not what you were asking, then could you be more specific?   Thanks!   Eric

Andi -

I'm not following your suggestion.  If you look at my example - there are no slurs.  Regardless, I tried a small example of adding a slur in front and not triggering the slur on first pass, but no luck - it still only sounded the top note.

Regarding your other suggestion - so it seems like I have to shell out an additional 145 to get polyphonic legato.   I have Solo Strings 1 & 2.   Will Instruments Pro simply work out of the box with my setup or are there any additional installation and/or configuration steps to get the pieces talking to one another?   E.g., will I have to re-install solo strings and/or do additional tweaks in Sibelius?

Eric

Andi - Apologies for yet more ignorant questions.  

1) I'm going to try out the VI Pro - but when I go to the basket it says I need a Vienna Key.  Does my existing key work or do I need to purchase a new key - even though I'm just trying the demo version.

2) Are there any limitations of the demo version (besides the obvious expiraiton after 30 days)

Thanks, Eric

Andi - I have now spent about 3 hours struggling with Vienna Pro and am unable to things fully functional.   Let me start with a very basic question.  After I downloaded, unzipped, and installed VI Pro, I ws expecting to see something like the first attachment

Instead I am seeing the second

Have I done something wrong?

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Andi -  I had done that, but no luck.   I'm doing string quartets.  The best I can do is to get one instrument (e.g. Violin) playing for all 4 instruments - i.e., when I click on the cello a violin sound comes out.  But let's see if we can figure out what I'm doing wrong.   So here are a whole bunch of screen shots.

1. VE "basic" Instrument configuration
2. VE "basic" Mixer
3. VE Pro Instrument configuration
4. VE Pro Mixer
5. Sibelius playback Device for VE "basic"
6. Sibelius playback Sound Sets for VE "basic"
7. Sibelius playback Device for VE Pro
8. SIbelius playback Sound Sets for VE Pro

As far as I can tell I have configured VE Pro identically to basic, but I cannot get Sibelius to talk to VE Pro.   As far as I can tell, there is nothing wrong with my VE Pro configuration.  When I click on the key indies VE Pro I hear sounds.

After much experimenting and consulting the documentation- plus some luck I clicked on the "Show" button while inside the SIbelius Sound Set window - and lo and behold a whole new VE Pro window opened up - according to the doc this is the "Pro Basic View"   When I tried loading one of the Sound Sets, I finally heard sound.   However, it appears that I can only load one instrument at a time in this view.   So I guess I could creatge 4 playback devices in Sibelius, one for each instrument - but that strikes me as a very clumsy solution.  

What am I doing wrong here?

9. Pro Basic View"

10.  "Pro Basic Vie" with instrumant loaded

11.  Everything "Pro"

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And the last "everything" screen shot.

Oh, and one thing I noticed?  In th=is last "everything" shot?  If I click on the lower right VE Pro window, it hides the upper right wiondow & the Sibelius mixer.

The upper window - the one which actually creates the sounds - can only be opened up from within Sibelius.

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Hi Eric!

I couldn't find any mistakes in your screenshots. So your playback configuration seems to be ok. Further possible reasons for your problems can be found in the "Troubleshooting" chapter of the "Optimizing Sibelius Playback" manual.

Best,
Andi

Hello Eric!

Thanks for your feedback. I'm glad it's working now. Only now I have seen that in one of your screenshots you have activated Vienna Instruments Pro instead of Vienna Ensemble. Two screenshots earlier you have activated Vienna Ensemble. That's why I probably missed it in the other one. By the way, I have mentioned earlier in this thread that Vienna Ensemble needs to be activated and Vienna Instruments Pro needs to be added inside. In the "Optimizing Sibelius Playback" manual, it's written on page 3 that Vienna Ensemble needs to be activated. So please don't blame it on the manual. ;-) In case you have not seen it yet, we offer a tutorial video on how to set up our instruments in Sibelius as well.
http://www.vsl.co.at/en/Products/Software#!Video_Demos

Best,
Andi