Hi Gregor and welcome to the forum!

As Bill has already written, the remote switches are outside the playback range by default. If you have a different root key in your Expression Maps Setup than C0, the remote keys will be transposed and may be in the playing range because of that. So please don't "fix" the settings in the Expression Maps, but set your root key to C0.

Our Expression Maps will not be enhanced with CC28 commands to turn Velocity XF on and off. Some users will always Velocity XF to be turned on, some want it always to be turned off and some others may want to decide themselves when it should be turned on and off. I think an automatic switch would be very unpopular for some users. You can always turn it on and off yourself with a MIDI command.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Paolo!

The soft release patches have a different release sample. Release samples can't be edited with the envelop.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Paolo!

Soft releases have been recorded for some of our latest libraries. Only the release samples are different in comparison to the normal release though.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello!

The VSL Soundset Installer for Sibelius has been updated. Now the sound set "VE Big Bang Orchestra" can be used with all Big Bang Orchestra libraries. Details on how to use it can be found in the "Optimizing Sibelius Playback" manual.
https://www.vsl.co.at/Notation_Related

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Paolo!

The release fader affects the release time of the main sample and not the release sample. I have seen in your project that for most notes the release fader is set to 0. This means that the sample gets cut as soon as the key is released. The release sample will still be triggered, but a hard cut sample will still be audible and produce a gap. For most cases I wouldn't recommend to set this fader to 0.

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Andi

Hello Oceanview!

The tremolo symbol should work for the Special Edition thundersheets. If you want to trigger the other articulations as well, please do as described in the "Optimizing Sibelius Playback" manual, page 11 (Cymbal, drum and percussion sounds in general).
https://www.vsl.co.at/Notation_Related

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Paolo!

The SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition presets have Velocity XFade disabled by default. You can leave the presets this way or you can enable Velocity XFade to enable dynamic transitions within single notes. It's also possible to turn Velocity XFade on and off during a project with CC28 commands. Whatever way you choose, the SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition Epxression Maps are prepared for it, because velocity and CC2 commands are defined for dynamics in the Expression Maps.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Cyril!

Converting a Cubase Expression Map to Dorico is just a mouse click. You can easily do that yourself. Preparing (and optimizing) Expression Maps for Dorico is more work and can't be done for more than hundred libraries (and more than thousand presets) within a short amount of time. Please understand that we need to evaluate the reception of our SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition Dorico Expression Maps first, before we can work on new ones. This has nothing to do with politics at all.

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Andi

Hello Graham!

When you use Cubase Expression Maps, the keyswitches used inside the Expression Maps are blocked from MIDI input. You can assign them as remote keys in the Expression Maps Setup though. The remote keys that are set up for our expression maps should work correctly, if you work with a root key of C0. This can be set up in the Expression Maps Setup menu.

I hope this helps.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Gil!

We have just released an updated "VSL for Dorico Installer".
https://www.vsl.co.at/Notation_Related

Very short notes for SYzd-SE (non PLUS) wind instruments now automatically trigger the staccato patches.

Very short notes for SYzd-SE PLUS strings now automatically trigger the detache-short patches.

These patches have a slightly faster attack and will work better for very short notes.

Please note that the newly installed expression maps will not replace the expression maps in existing projects.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Gil!

I can see what you mean. I would also use staccato marks in your example to trigger short notes with fast attacks.
Maybe we can optimize this in an update. I will look into it.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Philip!

An eLicenser problem has nothing to do with Sibelius playback problems. These things are unrelated. If you have problems with your eLicenser key, please write an e-mail to . A detailed description of what's going on exactly and screenshots will help us to help you.

Which Sibelius instruments to choose for the "VE Strings" sound set is written here:
https://www.vsl.info/tutorials/guides/sibelius-integration/ve-strings

If you need more help, please send the following screenshots and a reference to this thread to .
- Sibelius "Add or Remove Instruments" menu
- Sibelius mixer
- Sibelius Playback Devices menu
- Sibelius Manual Sound Sets page of all loaded devices
- Vienna Ensemble showing one of the instruments that doesn't change articulations correctly

Best,
Andi

Hello Philip!

If neither your score, nor the playback configurations, nor the Sibelius version has been changed, the playback must have been incorrect a couple of weeks ago as well.
It can have different reasons why articulation changes don't work correctly. Maybe the Troubleshooting chapter of our Sibelius Integration manual can help.
https://www.vsl.info/tutorials/guides/sibelius-integration/troubleshooting

Best regards,
Andi

Hello!

Better late than never...
Cubase Expression Maps for our SYNCHRON-ized Solo Strings Collection are now available in the MyVSL area under Notation Related.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Michel!

Legato agile is included in the expression maps. Simply combine "legato" and "agile". Only auto-speed is not included.

Best,
Andi

Hello Gyprock!

Trills are included in the Special Edition PLUS expression maps for strings and wind instruments. They are working fine here. It's true that if you have other commands earlier in the score, they may not work together and it may be necessary to add an "ord." command before the new command.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Marcabru!

Thanks for your input. Here are the answers to the things you have brought up.
We thought about using Vienna Ensemble or VE Pro too in the playback templates. This would have the drawback that some instruments would be loaded even though they are not included in the score. Furthermore not all users have Vienna Ensemble installed. So these users would get an error message about the missing plugin. That's why we have decided to go with Synchron Player without Vienna Ensemble (Pro). If you want to, you can make your own playback templates with Vienna Ensemble (Pro) and our expression maps.

>> Flute 2+ loads with CC11 set significantly lower than 127.

=> I cannot reproduce this problem. Flute II loads with CC11 value 127 here. Which playback template did you apply?

>> Instrument Eb clarinet loads a Bb clarinet patch.

=> That's true. Unfortunately Dorico doesn't differ between the keys the instruments are in as far as playback is concerned. For the Clarinet in Eb, please load the Clarinet in Eb preset manually. The expression maps doesn't have to be changed.

>> Horn 1+2 loads the Vienna horn, 3+4 loads the triple horn. I wonder if it should go 1+3, 2+4?

=> Horn 1 and 3 load the triple horn, horn 2 and 4 load the Viennese horn. Which playback template did you apply to get the result you have described?

>> Trumpets load C, Bb, C; I'd prefer C, C, Bb

=> Dorico doesn't differ between the keys the instruments are in as far as playback is concerned. If you prefer a different order of the trumpets, please re-assign the plugins or load different presets in Synchron Player.

>> Strings: some odd things here, thanks to Dimension Strings. This score has solo violin/viola/cello, but no divisi (so far). What's loaded is Dimension violin 1 player 1 for the solo

=> The playback template "VSL SYzd Special Edition Vol 1-7 PLUS (Dimension instruments)" loads dimension instruments. If you would like to have solo strings loaded instead, please use the template "VSL SYzd Special Edition Vol 1-4 PLUS".

Best regards,
Andi

Hello misterclare!

As you know, the Sibelius Playback Devices page has a list of available devices at the left and a list of active devices at the right.

To see our devices like Vienna Ensemble (Pro) in the available devices list, the software needs to be installed. On Windows computers it may be necessary to assign the path where the VST-plugins have been installed in the Audio Engine Options menu. Our latest software versions can be found here:
https://www.vsl.co.at/MyVsl

In the active devices list at the right, it is possible to activate sound sets. To see our sound sets, you need to run the VSL Soundset Installer first.
https://www.vsl.co.at/Notation_Related

Detailed instructions on how to use our libraries with Sibelius can be found here:
https://www.vsl.info/en/tutorials/guides/sibelius-integration/introduction

We are already working together with the Dorico team and have released Expression Maps and Playback Templates for our SYNCHRON-ized Special Editions.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Michele!

The sforzato patch in the dynamics dimension is the same patch as the marcato/sforzato patch in the long notes dimension. That's why it doesn't have an extra definition in the expression map. Auto-speed is not defined, because the two included child slots can be triggered separately and I wanted to make the map as slim as possible while still offering as much as possible. If you want, you can easily add an auto-speed switch to the maps yourself.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello!

There are new Synchron Strings Pro Expression Maps for Cubase available in our Notation related section.
https://www.vsl.co.at/Notation_Related

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Gil!

The expression maps could be used as a starting point for other libraries, but I'm not sure, if this will actually save any time in comparison to starting from scratch.

Best regards,
Andi

Dear community!

We have just released Dorico Expression Maps and Playback Templates for our SYNCHRON-ized Special Editions. All settings can easily be installed with our "VSL for Dorico" installer. Dorico 3.5 is required.
https://www.vsl.co.at/Notation_Related

We have prepared some tutorial projects, videos and a manual. More information can be found here:
https://www.vsl.info/tutorials/guides/dorico-integration/introduction

In addition John Barron from the Dorico team will make a live session on YouTube explaining these playback templates today at 5 pm CET.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMh5LcnLOGc&feature=emb_title

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Marremaruder!

I couldn't quite follow how you get to the blank window. Can you please post a screenshot or two showing the problem?

Best regards,
Andi

Hello lupine!

Thanks for the additional information and the screencast. I'm sorry to say that I don't know where such a problem might come from. It doesn't seem to me that this problem is related to Vienna Ensemble Pro. I would ask the Steinberg support team for help.

Best,
Andi

Hello!

Please run the VSL Soundset Installer for Sibelius. It will automatically install the "Vienna Symphonic Library" house style and the sound sets for our libraries. There's no need to copy or move any files.

https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Notation_Related

At the same link you can find the "Optimizng Sibelius Playback" manual with all the details on how to use our libraries with Sibelius.

If you need further help, please describe in detail what you have tried and what doesn't work for you. Screenshots might help us to help you.

Best regards,
Andi