Application of the April 2012 Updates
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1. SOP Application of the April 2012 Updates The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of The Sound Set Project The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmit ted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by The Sound Set Project All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners April 2012 Update Document by Joel Avery Copyright 2012 The Sound Set Project All Rights Reserved The Sound Set Project a wholly owned division of Sound Notes LLC has no affiliation with Avid Technology Inc The Sound Set Project Sound Notes LLC PO Box 811 Bowling Green OH 43402 USA info soundsetproject com www soundsetproject com 1 Overview The process described by this document applies to specific Sibelius integrations avail able from The Sound Set Project when updating a score that used a previous version of a designated integration This process should only be used when updating a score that currently uses a previous version of the sound sets listed below Steps presented must be followed identically and in order During the update process performing any actions that are not explicitly stated in the instructions may result in a failed update If2. Bass Guitar Clavichord K5 Wurly EP Singers i Harpsichord K5 Wurly Speaker Organ manuals CER Vintage Slapback Ped Organ pedals KS YMCK Kit Move Up Down Manual solo organ manuals K5 Zurna E E E TS ee Pedal solo organ pedals New Ensemble New Family Electric Organ f r 7 Rename Ensemble Rename Family PercasSWe gan v Edit Instrument OEE EE EEEE Delete Ensemble Delete Family Move Up Down Delete Instrument Close New Instrument Select all staves in the list that correspond to the same library as the House Style you im ported in Step 3 e g if you imported the Kontakt 5 House Style as pictured here select only the staves in this list with the K5 prefix and click Delete Instrument followed by Yes when Sibelius asks if you really want to remove the selected instruments If no staves corresponding to the House Style appear in the list this step can be skipped Note House Styles for large libraries can have hundreds or thousands of instrument staves In this case it s best to delete the staves in several actions selecting a smaller number of staves each time than to delete them all at once Notably in Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 deleting a large number of staves at once may cause the program to become unresponsive and the action will take much longer to complete Application of the April 2012 Updates 8 At this point all
3. suggest backing up your scores before making any changes Step 1 Remove Previous Version Navigate to the Sibelius user settings directory for your operating system and version of Sibelius as given below Sibelius 5 Mac OS X Users username Library Application Support Sibelius Software Sibelius 5 Sibelius 5 Windows XP C Documents and Settings username Application Data Sibelius Software Sibelius 5 Sibelius 5 Windows Vista Windows 7 C Users username App Data Roaming Sibelius Software Sibelius 5 Sibelius 6 Mac OS X Users username Library Application Support Sibelius Software Sibelius 6 Sibelius 6 Windows XP C Documents and Settings username Application Data Sibelius Software Sibelius 6 Sibelius 6 Windows Vista Windows 7 C Users username App Data Roaming Sibelius Software Sibelius 6 Application of the April 2012 Updates 6 Sibelius 7 Mac OS X Users username Library Application Support Avid Sibelius 7 Sibelius 7 Windows Vista Windows 7 C Users username App Data Roaming Avid Sibelius 7 For the sound set you are updating remove the currently installed sound set xml file s from the Sounds folder House Style lib files from the House Styles folder and default playback configuration xml files from the Playback Configurations folder in your Sibelius user settings directory You may wish to backup these files by copying them to a separate folder on your sys tem outside of the Sibelius user settings di
4. All instruments ensemble for you _ Don t say this again Cro Eres Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for each House Style used by the score Application of the April 2012 Updates 9 Step 5 Update Playback Configuration Now that your score is ready for the new sound set the playback configuration used by the score must be updated To update the playback configuration open the Playback Devices dialog from Play gt Playback Devices in Sibelius s menu Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 or by clicking the dialog launcher button in the Play gt Setup group in the ribbon Sibelius 7 If it s not already select the playback configuration used by the score from the Con figurations drop down menu at the top of the Playback Devices dialog For each active device in the configuration verify the correct sound set is selected and if not use the Sound Set drop down menu to assign the updated sound set Nore A number of sound set names have changed both internally and externally and as a result Sibelius may warn Can t load the soundset name Substituting General MIDI instead when selecting the playback configuration This is not cause for alarm the playback configuration is simply referencing the old sound set name s and will be resolved once the updated sound sets have been assigned If all sound sets used in the configuration are able to load sounds automatically or if your score uses a playback configuration provided with t
5. aves in your score open the Edit Instruments dialog from House Style gt Edit Instruments in Sibelius s menu Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 or by clicking the dialog launcher button in the Home gt Instruments group in the ribbon Sibelius 7 In the Edit Instruments dialog select the All Instruments ensemble number 1 in the image below At the far right of the dialog all staves present in the score file that were not included in the House Style you imported in Step 3 will be listed in the Instruments not in ensemble pane number 2 in the image below Edit Instruments Dialog Ensembles Instruments Ensembles Families in ensemble Instruments in family 2 Instruments not in ensemble PE i 5 r a ET OE O Allinstruments B Jazz Guitar Remove from Family gt gt lt lt Add to Family Band Instruments Electric Guitar Common Instruments Hawaiian Guitar Jazz Instruments Resonator Guitar Honky tonk Piano K5 Woodblocks Temple B Kontakt 5 Instruments European Guitars Electric Piano Grand K5 Woodblocks Woodblo NI Kontakt 5 Instruments South American Guitars Electric Piano Stage K5 Woodstock Electric Piano Overdriven K5 Woodwind Electric Clavichord K5 Wroth Filter Bass Keyboard K5 Wurlitz FM K5 Wurly Crunchy Mellow Piano i K5 Wired Bass 3 Orchestral Instruments Banjo Orff Instruments Lute Rock and Pop Instruments Balalaika World Instruments Other Fretted Instruments Keyboards
6. ge Keys Collection Bundle v1 1 0 Session Strings v1 2 0 Upright Piano v1 1 0 Vienna Concert Grand v1 1 0 Vintage Organs v1 0 1 Other Collections Cinematic Strings v1 0 1 ProjectSAM Orchestral Brass Classic v1 3 0 Symphobia v1 3 0 Symphobia 2 v1 1 0 True strike 1 v1 2 0 Application of the April 2012 Updates 4 True Strike 2 v1 2 0 Roland Edirol HQ OR v1 1 0 UVI Ultimate Sound Bank Ircam Solo Instruments v1 0 1 Vir2 Acoustic Legends HD v1 0 1 Elite Orchestral Percussion v1 3 0 Mojo Horn Section v1 3 0 Wallander Brass and Woodwinds Bundle v1 1 1 Orchestral and Band Brass v1 1 1 WIVI Band v1 0 1 Woodwinds and Saxophones v1 1 1 Application of the April 2012 Updates 5 2 Applying the Update Before You Begin The update process that follows is required for all scores that use a previous version of the sound sets listed in Section 1 Even though the contents of the update may appear to be the same nearly every part of the integration has been re created under the hood in a different manner Due to the nature of these changes mixed use of old and new versions of any sound set or combination of sound sets is neither tested or supported All sound sets you use for which an update is available must be updated at the same time We recommend that you do not install these updates mid project and only at a time when you are able to follow through with the entire process for your scores Finally we strongly
7. he sound set that you have not modified you can save the configuration and exit the Playback Devices dialog If your score uses a modified version of a provided playback configuration or other wise requires a manual sound set the manual sound set must be updated using the patch definitions of the updated sound set Select the Manual Sound Sets tab and the device you want to update from the Device drop down menu Select each patch listed at the right and use the Program name drop down menu to select the corresponding instrument patch from the sound set Click the Apply button at the bottom of the dialog to apply your updated channel assignment Once all sounds in all devices requiring a manual sound set have been updated in the playback configuration save the configuration and close the Playback Devices dialog Your score is now fully updated and ready to use with the updated sound sets Application of the April 2012 Updates 10 SSP www soundsetproject com
8. outdated staves have been removed from the current score If two instrument ensembles are present for the library you can delete the old empty ensemble by selecting it in the ensemble list at the left of the Edit Instruments dialog and clicking Delete Ensemble followed by Yes when Sibelius asks if you really want to delete the selected ensemble Remove Old Ensemble Ensembles Instruments Ensembles Families in ensemble Instruments in family All Instruments Remove from Family gt gt Band Instruments Band Acoustic Pianos Common Instruments Band Electric Pianos Jazz Instruments Band Organs Band Guitar NI Kontakt 5 Instruments Band Bass Orchestral Instruments Band Drum Kits Orff Instruments Choir Rock and Pop Instruments Orchestral VSL Strings World Instruments Orchestral VSL Woodwinds Orchestral VSL Brass Orchestral VSL Percussion a Orchestral Orchestral Per Move Up Down New Ensemble New Family H Rename Ensemble Rename Family H Delete Ensemble Delete Family When finished click Close to exit the Edit Instruments dialog and Yes if Sibelius warns Some Instruments are not in the All Instruments ensemble Instrument Warning Some instruments are not in the AIl instruments ensemble This means that they will not appear in the Create gt Instrument dialog Would you like Sibelius to add these instruments to the
9. rectory When removing the playback configuration files you should only remove the configu rations if any that were provided with the sound set Any configurations that you have created yourself even if based on a provided configuration should not be removed Step 2 Install the Update Follow the instructions in the sound set user manual to install the updated sound set All parts of the sound set package should be installed Step 3 Update Your Score s Note If your score uses multiple sound sets and House Styles Steps 3 and 4 must be completed for each House Style individually and in order Do not import all updated House Styles at once as this will make completing the update virtually impossible Open a score that used the previous version of the sound set Follow the instructions in Section 4 3 Existing Scores of the sound set user manual to import the updated House Style and convert all of your instrument staves If the instrument ensemble name has changed in the update you may see two instru ment ensembles named for the library after importing the updated House Style Refer to the images in Section 6 1 Instrument Staves of the sound set user manual for the correct name of the updated instrument ensemble When updating the score you must only select staves from the updated instrument ensemble Application of the April 2012 Updates 7 Step 4 Remove Previous Instrument Staves Immediately after converting the st
10. you are unsure of how to proceed at any point please contact us for assistance These instructions are required when updating to any of the following sound sets Audiobro LA Scoring Strings v2 0 1 LA Scoring Strings First Chair v1 0 1 LA Scoring Strings Lite v1 0 1 Cinesamples CineBrass v1 0 1 VOXOS v1 0 2 EastWest Quantum Leap Fab Four v1 2 0 Goliath v2 1 0 Gypsy v2 1 0 Ministry of Rock v1 1 0 Pianos v2 1 0 Pianos Gold v2 1 0 RA v2 1 0 Silk v2 1 0 Stormdrum 2 v2 1 0 Stormdrum 2 Exp v2 1 0 Symphonic Choirs v1 2 0 Symphonic Choirs Exp v1 2 0 Symphonic Orchestra Gold v3 1 0 Symphonic Orchestra Platinum v3 1 0 Symphonic Orchestra Silver v3 1 0 Voices of Passion v2 1 0 Application of the April 2012 Updates 3 Garritan Authorized Steinway Basic v1 2 1 Authorized Steinway Professional v1 2 1 Authorized Steinway Standard v1 2 1 IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik v1 2 0 Miroslav Philharmonik Classik v1 2 0 Native Instruments Abbey Road 60 s Drums v1 2 0 Abbey Road 70 s Drums v1 2 0 Abbey Road 80 s Drums v1 2 0 Abbey Road Drums Bundle v1 2 0 Abbey Road Modern Drums v1 2 0 Alicia s Keys v1 1 0 Berlin Concert Grand v1 1 0 Classic Piano Collection Bundle v1 1 0 Kontakt 4 Factory Library v1 6 0 Kontakt 5 Factory Library v1 2 0 Kontakt Factory Selection v1 2 0 New York Concert Grand v1 1 0 Retro Machines MK2 v1 0 1 Scarbee A 200 v1 1 0 Scarbee Clavinet Pianet v1 1 0 Scarbee Mark I v1 1 0 Scarbee Vinta
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