Hello Anders!

Thanks for letting us know that you were able to solve your problem.

Anyway, it is of course possible to load your Vienna Ensemble projects with Vienna Ensemble Pro 7 too.
This can be done under Instance/Open Project

Best regards,
Andi

Hello!

The latest version of the VSL Soundset Installer for Sibelius now includes a sound set for our Big Bang Orchestra series.
https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Notation_Related

The sound set "VE Big Bang Orchestra" works with the following BBO libraries:
Free; Andromeda, Fornax, Ganymede, Hercules, Izar, Jupiter, Kopernikus, Lyra & Musca.

All presets of other BBO libraries can be triggered with the Sibelius instrument Keyboards/”Synthesizer”
and the Manual Sound Sets program “Others” without automatic articulation changes.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Anders!

Vienna Ensemble Pro 7 can be used with Finale just like Vienna Ensemble 6. Please keep in mind that you will always have to start Vienna Ensemble Pro Server first, before you can connect a Vienna Ensemble Pro plugin to the Server. I recommend starting Vienna Ensemble Pro Server before starting Finale.

If you have up to 16 instruments in your score, you will not need Vienna Ensemble Pro Event Input, because you can assign a separate channel to all instruments anyway. If you have more than 16 instruments, you can load the Vienna Ensemble Pro plugin to the first Finale bank and Vienna Ensemble Pro Event Input to the second Finale bank. You can only connect the Vienna Ensemble Pro Event Input to Vienna Ensemble Pro Server, if the Vienna Ensemble Pro plugin on Finale bank 1 is connected as well.

I hope this helps.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Dave!

This rule in the "VE Strings" sound set is there for staying compatible with SYNCHRON-ized Chamber Strings. If you want to trigger Auto-speed for legato non vibrato with Synchron Strings loaded in Sibelius, you could copy the "Auto-speed" slot and paste it to the "Normal" slot on F#2.

Best regards,
Andi

Hi Bogdan!

Thanks for reporting that things are back to normal.

Best,
Andi

Hello Bogdan!

Please send us more details about your problem and a screenshot to . So we can better look into this.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Fabrice!

You can let the Finale Human Playback control CC11 for dynamics. If you want to do that, you will have to set the VelXF fader to CC11 and the Expression fader to something else in Synchron Player.

I can't say, if it is easier to control our libraries with Finale or Sibelius - that depends on taste and workflow.
So far we don't have Dorico Expression Maps. That means that at the moment it's not so easy to use our libraries with Dorico. We are planning to release Dorico Expression Maps in the future though.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Anders!

I have heard from my colleague that your problem has been resolved with an eLicenser Control Center beta version. So there is no general problem between the latest Finale 26 version and our instruments.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Fabrice!

With Finale it's a bit complicated to create dynamic rolls for Timpani.
With the SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition and the Human Playback Preferences "VSL - SYzd Special Edition" loaded it can be done the following way:
- Add a MIDI CC message to turn on VelXF (by default CC28, value 127) before the dynamic roll (Finale MIDI Tool/Edit Continous Data; Set to).
- With the MIDI tool add Continous Data to control the VelXFader (by default CC2). This can be done with the Finale MIDI Tool/Scale option.
- After the dynamic roll turn off VelXF (by default CC28, value 0).

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Dave!

Sibelius sound sets for the BBO Brass Packs are getting prepared and should be released in less than two weeks.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Gil!

Dorico Expression Maps for SYNCHRON-ized Special Editions will hopefully come this summer, but I can't say for sure. They will be for Dorico 3.5.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Gil and Cyril!

Sibelius sound sets are on the to do list.
For Dorico we will focus on the SYNCHRON-ized Special Editions first, before we look into other libraries.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Stig!

You could increase the dynamic range the following way:

1) With activated Velocity XFade:
Assign the same CC number to Expression and Velocity XFade.

2) With deactivated Velocity XFade:
Assign "Velocity" to the Expression fader.

On the CONTROL page you can define, how strong the effect on the Expression fader will be. For example a range from -10 to 0 could be reasonable.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Philip!

If I understand aright, you have now again selected channels in the Sibelius mixer. This may leed to further problems. I recommend doing as I have written in my last post.
- Reset all channels to (Auto).
- Save your project.
- Close Sibelius.
- Open Sibelius and load your project.

It's no problem to set volumes in the Sibelius mixer. Sibelius will send CC7 (Master Volume) commands to the instruments.

Best,
Andi

Hello Phil!

Thanks for uploading these files. I have seen that you didn't reset all channels to (Auto) in the Sibelius mixer. I was able to resolve your problem here by resetting all Sibelius mixer channels to (Auto). After that I had to save the project quit Sibelius and re-open Sibelius though.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Phil!

If you want to, you can send your Sibelius file and screenshots showing your playback configuration to and I will take a look at your files. The following screenshots might help me to help you.
- Sibelius mixer
- Sibelius Playback Devices
- Sibelius Manual Sound Sets
- Vienna Ensemble showing one of the instruments that plays on the wrong channel

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Phil!

If you mute the click track, it can't get in the way of other instruments, even if a channel gets displayed. If you need the click track, you will have to assign a channel for it on the Manual Sound Sets page.

Generally it is recommended to leave the output device and channel settings in the Sibelius mixer alone. Making settings there can mess up the playback. If you have already made settings there or are not sure, reset all outputs in the Sibelius mixer to (Auto).

Does this help?

Best regards,
Andi

Hello plowman!

Thanks for reporting. You are right. This will be fixed with the first library update. In the meantime you can replace the patches yourself.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Philip!

This sounds like you didn't save your Sibelius playback configuration. Sibelius saves scores and playback configurations in separate files. Whenever you change something in your playback configuration (including all loaded instruments), please save your Sibelius playback configuration. To play safe, I always save the Sibelius Playback Configuration, before I exit Sibelius.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Oceanview!

An SSD connected via USB 3 should be fine. Please make sure that the drive is not exFAT formatted. exFAT is not a reliable file system for streaming samples. We recommend NTFS for Windows.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Oceanview!

The RAM amount a Synchron Player preset uses depends on the Preload Size setting in Synchron Player. When I load all 6 basic SYNCHRON-ized Solo Strings presets here, VE Pro displays that 71866 samples are loaded.

I would recommend loading the six solo strings instruments in one Vienna Ensemble instance to six different channels (MIDI port 1, channels 1 to 6).

When the slots are enabled you don't get the option to enable them, because they already are. You get the option to disable slots. When slots are disabled, you get the option to enable them.

When the peak symbol turns red, this indicates a performance problem. If you have installed the library to a hard disk (instead of an SSD), you will need a larger preload size in the Synchron Player settings.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Roberto!

By trial and error. ;-)

Best,
Andi

Hello Roberto!

Yes, it's a playback rule by Finale that shorter note values trigger different articulations in some cases. This rule is not set up in the Human Playback Preferences. I don't know, if this is documented somewhere.

Best,
Andi

Hello Roberto!

I ment the staccato marks (dots).

The articulations in your video are triggered as expected. Finale distinguishes between different note values.
Eight notes and shorter: detache
Quarter note and longer: sustain
Eight note and shorter with staccato mark: Spiccato
Quarter note and longer with staccato mark: Staccato

Best,
Andi

Hello Phil!

I can only guess. Maybe you have live velocity values for some notes that contradict your dynamic markings.

Best,
Andi