Hello!

New Cubase expression maps and Sibelius settings for Synchron World Winds are available in the Vienna Assistant.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Joel!

My first guess is that you might have the wrong Sibelius instrument in your score. Use Solo Violin, Solo Viola , ... for solo instruments and Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin I, Viola, … for ensemble strings. More possible reasons and solutions can be found at the following link:
https://www.vsl.info/en/tutorials/guides/sibelius-integration/troubleshooting#solo-strings-dont-switch

If you need more help, please send the following screenshots to and I will take a look at them.

- Sibelius "Add or Remove Instruments" menu
- Sibelius mixer
- Sibelius Playback Devices menu
- Sibelius Manual Sound Sets page of all loaded devices
- Vienna Ensemble showing the cello

As I am on a vacation, please have a little patience with the answer.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello ultrazone!

As these expression maps are pretty extensive, there are also many sound slots that are useless for the optimized content version. You can remove the sound slots that include articulations that are not included in the optimized content from the expression maps.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello ultrazone!

The Cubase expression maps for Synchron Strings I can be used for the optimized content version too. The switches for the articulations that have been removed will have no effect though.

Best regards,
Andi

Hi Stefan!

You can make VelXF settings for slots on the EDIT page. More details can be found here:
https://www.vsl.info/en/manuals/synchron-player/edit-tab

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Callum!

For the Trombones-9 I would use the "Trombones a3" instrument from the Sibelius "Add or Remove Instruments menu".

For the cimbasso you can use the following instruments from the Sibelius "Add or Remove Instruments menu":
Cimbasso in F, Cimbasso in Eb, Cimbasso in Bb

For the low brass group I would use the "Brass" instrument from the Sibelius "Add or Remove Instruments menu". You can remove the upper staff and only use the bass staff.

Best regards,
Andi

Hi Callum!

It can have different reasons why instruments play on the wrong channel. Did you go through the Troubleshooting section of the "Sibelius Integration" tutorial yet? All possible reasons that come to my mind are listed there.
https://www.vsl.info/tutorials/guides/sibelius-integration/troubleshooting

If you can't find a solution there, you can send the following screenshots to and I will take a look at them.
- 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 work correctly

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Callum!

You can use Flute 2, Oboe 2, Trumpet and Horn 2 with the programs Flute, Oboe, Trumpet and Horn. There shouldn't be any need for dedicated 2nd programs. Clarinet 2 and Bassoon 2 have slightly different switches/articulations in comparison to Clarinet 1 and Bassoon 1. That's why there are different programs for these instruments.

You can also add a second tenor trombone, or as many tenor trombones as you like. Simply apply as many channels for any particular instrument as you need on the Sibelius Manual Sound Sets page and in Vienna Ensemble.

Instructions can be found here:
https://www.vsl.info/en/tutorials/guides/sibelius-integration/woodwind-brass

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Steve!

With VelXF turned on, all velocity layers get played at the same time. Depending on the position of the fader, you can hear one or two layers. This may in some cases lead to the impression that two instruments sound. If this bothers you, either leave the fader at a different position or turn VelXF off.

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Andi

Hello Jason!

Bassoon 2 is included in the SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition Vol. 4. According to our records you don't have this volume registered. You could replace it with another bassoon 1 preset loaded in this channel.

Violin 1 should be playing. I would simply reload this preset. Does that help?

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Jeffrey!

If patches are shown in red in the Vienna Instruments (Pro) player, this means that the library content or the license cannot be found. Please check the following things.

- Is your license key attached or your iLok cloud session active?

- Did you load the VI preset of a collection that you have indeed registered?

- Is the library content installed? You can check that or install it with your Vienna Assistant.

- Is the folder where the content is installed listed in the Directory Manager?

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Jeffrey!

It can have different reasons why articulation changes don't work as expected. Did you go through the Troubleshooting section of the "Sibelius Integration" tutorial yet? All possible reasons that come to my mind are listed there.
https://www.vsl.info/tutorials/guides/sibelius-integration/troubleshooting

If you can't find a solution there, please send the following screenshots 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 work correctly

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Michael!

I have answered your questions in the support case that you have submitted.

Best regards,
Andi

Hi Pixelpoet1985!

I still can't reproduce flanging sounds with the Synchron Elite Strings library here. Please send a simple project made with your DAW that showcases the problem to .

I wouldn't recommend controlling VelXF and VibratoXF with the same controller, but it shouldn't result in flanging samples.

CC66 and CC67 are not assigned in the Synchron Elite Strings presets by default. You can assign them on the CONTROL page if you want to.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Oscar!

I can hear the flanging sound in your example but cannot reproduce it with the Synchron Elite Strings library. Such problems can occur when an instrument gets double-triggered (for example by getting MIDI signals from two MIDI inputs). If that is not the reason for your problem, please create a simple project with your DAW that showcases the problem and send it to . Then we can take a closer look.

Best regards,
Andi

Hi Patrick!

The espressivo patches of the (SYNCHRON-ized) Vienna Choir have a stronger vibrato.

Best regards,
Andi

Hi Jeffrey!

There's another way you can edit the legato transition with VI Pro.
- Select the cell/slot in the player that you want to edit.
- Go to Advanced/Advanced
- Select Start Offset Mode "Leg". This way only the transitions get edited.
- Select a very small Start Offset amount (like 0.03ms). You can edit this option in small steps by holding the SHIFT key. By having a value bigger than 0.00 the Start Offset Attack gets activated.
- Select a Start Offset Attack to your liking. I would start with values around 10 ms.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Oceanview!

The time-stretching feature of Synchron Player can also be used when Synchron Player gets used with Sibelius. This option is not for controling vibrato though.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Martin!

VelXF works fine for Synchron Brass (including Horn 1) here. 

Did you go through the Troubleshooting section of the "Sibelius Integration" tutorial yet?
https://www.vsl.info/tutorials/guides/sibelius-integration/troubleshooting

If you can't find a solution there, please send  the following screenshots to referencing this forum thread.

- 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 work correctly

Best regards,
Andi

Hi Julien!

I have seen that my colleague Andreas is also in contact with you via mail. I think it's better to continue your case there and not to write everything twice.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Martin!

For Synchron Brass please load the presets from the "03 Velocity" folders. It is possible to turn on VelXF in the preset to enable dynamic changes for single notes.
https://www.vsl.info/en/tutorials/guides/sibelius-integration/woodwind-brass#presets

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Julien!

Just a guess. Maybe you have different Vienna Ensemble Pro versions installed on your two computers. Please make sure that the last eLicenser version (7.0.1120) is installed on both of your computers.
MyDownloads (eLicenser) - Vienna Symphonic Library (vsl.co.at)

If that doesn't help, I would check the network settings. Can you access one computer from the other?

Best regards,
Andi

Hi Paolo!

The Merged basic presets include the the content from the (ordinatrio) basic presets.
The Merged full presets include most of the content from the (ordinario) full presets. A few articulations have been removed to be 100% compatible between "senza sordino" and "con sordino".

Best regards,
Andi

Hi Sandrew!

You did understand correctly. 130 bpm is the recorded material. The other tempi are rendered versions.
It's not possible to render different tempos with Synchron Player. This has to be done in your DAW.
The missing asterisk for the Synchron Brass fast repetitions doesn't mean that they are all original recordings.

Best regards,
Andi

Hi Bill!

The Dorico expression maps for SYNCHRON-ized Solo Strings work with the basic, sordino basic and merged basic presets. There are no expression maps for the full presets.

Best regards,
Andi