Hello!

There is a new set of Finale Human Playback Preferences for the SYNCHRON-ized Special Editions available in the Notation related area of our website:
https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Notation_Related

These settings will take care of articulation changes automatically according to the notation marks.

Finale 25 or higher is required.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Paolo!

The Cubase Expression Map "VSL Strings - Violins, Violas, Celli" contains legato and "non legato" in various combinations with other articulations. Every combination is included one time only. The map isn't 100% compatible with Dorico though.

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Andi

Hello!

Most of our wishes for the Dorico Expression Maps technology are fulfilled with Dorico 3. Our to do list at the moment is pretty long though. So please don't expect Dorico Expression Maps for our libraries in the next weeks.

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Andi

Hello Itchy!

What the "Vienna Symphonic Library" House Style is for, is explained in the "Optimizing Sibelius Playback" manual, page 7.

I'm not sure, if there was any other question/problem in your post. If I missed one, please let me know.

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Andi

Hello Itchy!

In general I wouldn't recommend what you have done. In my experience assigning channels on the Sibelius mixer page always brings troubles. But if it works fine for you, then of course you can do it that way.

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Andi

Hello Oceanview!

The first instrument that you add in Vienna Ensemble gets MIDI Port 1/MIDI Channel 1 assigned. Maybe you have looked at the channel counter at the left. An empy Vienna Ensemble instance already includes a Master Bus with channel counter 1. So when you add an instrument it will have channel counter 2, but MIDI channel 1.

If you want to, you can send the score and playback configuration (xml file and files in the data folder) of your strings project to and I will take a look at your files.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello António!

As far as I know, the Cubase VST Expression Maps should work with Nuendo just the same.

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Andi

Hello António!

So far there are no Dorico Expression Maps for our libraries, because there are still some limitations in the Dorico Expression Maps system. As far as I know the Dorico team is working on them for the next version. In the meantime it would be possible to make your own Expression Maps based on the Cubase Expression Maps we provide. Making articulation changes without Expression Maps my be a bit cumbersome.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Oceanview!

I didn't receive any files from you. If you want to send us files, I suggest contacting us via .

In general it's no problem at all to use the same kind of instrument twice or more. So there's no need to use a different string section for the 2nd Violins.

Our Sibelius House Style is still called "Vienna Symphonic Library", that's correct.

When you write about channels 2-6 in Vienna Ensemble, do you mean the channel counter at the top left of the channels in the channel list. Or do you mean the MIDI channel number at the lower right? It's important that you choose the same MIDI channel number in Vienna Ensemble and on the Sibelius Manual Sound Sets tab. For that you can ignore the channel counter number.

If you see the Sound IDs of chamber strings in the Sibelius mixer, you might have the wrong instruments in your score. For the SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition Appassionata Strings, please use the instruments with "[VSL Special Edition]" at the end of the name from the Sibelius "Add or Remove Instruments" menu.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Mumion!

We are planning to create new Finale Human Playback Preferences for the SYNCHRON-ized Special Editions. Until these settings are available, you can use the keyswitch dump file. All our libraries can be used with Finale with help of this file.
https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Notation_Related

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Andi

Hello Oceanview!

The Instruments "Solo Violin 2 (VSL Single Instrument)" and "Solo Cello 2 (VSL Single Instrument)" from the Sibelius "Add or Remove Instruments" menu only work with the single instruments. For the SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition, please use the instruments "Solo Violin" and "Solo Violoncello".

Please don't set up MIDI channels in the Sibelius mixer. The channels need to be set up on the Manual Sound Sets page.

Best,
Andi

Hello Oceanview!

That's good to read. Thanks for the feedback.

Best,
Andi

Hello Michele!

Synchron Strings Double basses and "Strings full" have less articulations. I think the replacement should work for some articulations, but not for all.

Best,
Andi

Hello Oceanview!

1. Sibelius can only load AU- and VST2-Instruments. These formats can only use one MIDI port per instrument. So please keep the MIDI port at "1" (or All).

2. The Master bus doesn't have a MIDI channel number. The MIDI channel numbers are written and can be selected in the channel list under the panner (second number) and above the instrument (second number).

What kind of signal does the Viola show? MIDI input, audio signal or both?

If the click is muted in the Sibelius mixer, it doesn't do any harm.

Best,
Andi

Hello Oceanview!

There are no dedicated SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition instruments in the Sibelius "Add or Remove Instruments" menu. Please load the same instruments, as you would load for the VI Special Edition.

Using Synchron Player with Sibelius is no different than using Vienna Instruments with Sibelius. Activate Vienna Ensemble and add as many Synchron Player (or Synchron Pianos) instruments inside, as you need. Make sure to use the same channels in Vienna Ensemble and on the Sibelius Manual Sound Sets page.

If no sound is generated, please follow the signal chain.

- Do the MIDI signals reach the instruments in Vienna Ensemble?

- Is an audio signal generated in the player?

- Does the audio signal leave Vienna Ensemble at OUT1/OUT2?

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Michele!

I mean the complete lines that include "rangeTo" and "rangeFrom".

Best,
Andi

Hello Michele!

Look with your text editor for lines that include "rangeTo" and "rangeFrom". Remove these lines. If you have small presets, I would remove those lines step by step. If you have big presets, the use of Regular Expressions, which some text editors support, may help. Please understand that I can't give detailed instructions on Regular Expressions. I alwys have to look them up myself with Google.

Best,
Andi

Hello Michele!

I'm not sure which problem you mean.
If you mean how to solve the range problem after changing a preset from one instrument to another, please replace lines that include "rangeTo" and "rangeFrom".

Best regards,
Andi

Hello starrmark!

Your project gets played back fine with your Playback Configuration here. I'm using Sibelius Ultimate 2019.7 build 1580. I guess that the Sibelius version you are using (Sibelius Ultimate Version 8.5.1 build 659) is old and has the bug that I have mentioned in my first reply. Updating Sibelius should resolve your problem.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Gil!

Thanks for reporting. I must confirm that the switches for Tulbular Bells and Plate Bells are mixed up. This will be corrected for the next Soundset Installer update. In the meantime you can either remove the bells from the preset that you don't need or change the order of the two slots.

Sorry for the inconvinience that this may have caused.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Oceanview!

Please delete the .dll files that you have copied. They will only cause troubles. Only keep the original dll files that you have installed.

.vsynvolume files are installed content files for Synchron Player and Synchron Pianos player.
.x, .y and package.info files are the downloaded installation files. After the content has been installed, they can be deleted.

It seems to me that the step you are missing is in Synchron Player. Please go to the Preferences/Database menu. Click the PLUS symbol and select the folders where you have installed your Synchron content. That's the folder with the vsynvolume files.

The Directory Manager is only for Vienna Instruments libraries. So you can remove the folders that include vsynvolumes only from there.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello starrmark!

Thanks for the detailed descriptions and sending two audio examples and the Sibelius Playback Configuration.
You didn't include your Sibelius project. I would need this file too, to be able to reproduce the problem.

One Vienna Instruments (Pro) channel can only load one preset at any particular time. So if you load two presets, this means that the preset you have loaded at first will be replaced by the preset you load secondly.

The sugestion that you should load both - the Special Edition preset and the Special Edition Plus preset - for each instrument is either wrong or a misunderstanding.

Amongst other libraries you have registered Special Edition volumes 1 PLUS and 2 PLUS. So I recommend using the sound set "VE Special Edition PLUS" and the Special Edition PLUS VI presets for Sibelius. The Special Edition (non-plus) volumes don't contain trills.

As far as I can hear on my tiny notebook speakers here, the reverb doesn't change in your examples. The many trill release samples that you get in your playback produce this impression though.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello mikeheels!

Settings on the PERFORM and on the CONTROL pages are separate from the dimension tree structure. They can be copied as well, if you rightclick the tabs.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Alain!

If you have two instruments of the same kind in your Sibelius project, Sibelius assigns the first appropriate MIDI channel to the first instrument and the second MIDI channel to the second one. This can only work, if you have applied the same program on the Manual Sound Sets page to two channels. In your example the first violin should play on channel 1 and the second violin should play on channel 2. In my experience making manual channel settings in the Sibelius mixer always makes things worse.

Marcato doesn't trigger a change of MIDI channel here.

If you still can't resolve this, you can send your Sibelius project and Playback Configuration (xml file and files in the data folder) to and I will take a look at your files. I will return to the office on Monday.

On a Windows computer, Sibelius playback configurations can be found in the following folder:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Avid\Sibelius\Playback Configurations

Best,
Andi