Hi Andi,

Forget about my question. I realised I was not using the Sibelius patch. Sorry, all good.

Rob

Hi Andi,

I have sorted out saving patches.

I have bought VI Woodwinds 1. And I'm not sure if I've set them up correctly. Can you have a look at the attached screen shots and tell me if they are set up correctly?

The woodwinds play, but the articulations are not right.

Regards,

 

Rob

Hi Andi,

That worked a treat. It's basically all fine now. Sometimes the articulations do not exactly match what was happening in NotePerformer, but that's probably to be expected.

Just two more questions, in the attached screenshot, this dialogue box now opens up every time I start my Sibelius files I have saved with the VI instruments, I assume that this is normal? If I shut it down, of course it stop the instruments playing, is this normal?

If I make adjustments to an instrument, say I add reverb, can I simply save that adjusted patch and rename it?

Best, and thanks for your help.

Rob

Hi Andi,

I had some success. I can now get all the right instruments to sound on the right stave. But articulations are out. I have followed the VI setup information accurately. But, there was something I had to do to make the right instrument sound on the right stave. I had to set the preferred sounds in Sibelius. VI do not say to do this, but without doing this, I could not get the right instrument to sound on the right stave. See attached screenshot.

The issue now is articulations. VI is not recognising the Sibelius articulations, such as staccato and pizzicato. Plus, it is sounding slurs as portamento.

I've looked at the VI info and cannot found out how to resolve this issue. I've also written to VI, no reply, yet.

Any thoughts on how to fix articulation issues?

Best,
Rob

Hi Andi,

Thanks, I think that one of those solutions might help.

It looks as though you don't have to align the midi channels between Sibelius and the VI standalone app. I assumed you would have to because in the Synchron version you have too.

Hopefully one of the solutions will resolve the issue.

Best,
Rob

Hi All,

Newbie to VI here.

I live in the capital of Australia, so my reply will be a day late to most people's replies, I imagine.

I'm running M1 Mac Mini on Ventura 13.1, with Sibelius Ultimate.

I have managed to get Solo Strings 1 (SS1) partially working in Sibelius. My first test was in a string quartet. I can play the quartet in Sibelius using SS1, but all the instruments are being played by the first violin. I have the midi tracks set up in the Sibelius mixer correctly, but I can't figure out how to align the midi settings in the VI standalone application to the Sibelius ones, which I assume is the issue of all instruments sounds on the first violin.

Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?

Best,

Rob