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LA Scoring Strings Sound Set User Manual

1. Playback Configurations Auto Arranger requires that sounds be manually loaded and if using the Fixed type sound set that all channels be manually assigned To help reduce the amount of time this setup requires playback configurations and multi files are provided with the LA Scoring Strings sound set that cover a basic Auto Arranger setup Two playback configurations are included with the LA Scoring Strings full sound set one for divisi sections and one for full sections and one playback configuration is included with the LASS First Chair and LASS Lite sound sets Playback Configuration Select Configuration LASS v2 Divisi AA Fixed B To select a configuration open the Playback Devices dialog from Play gt Playback De vices 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 Using the Configuration drop down menu select the desired LASS configuration Once selected load the corresponding multi files from the Sibelius Multis folder into each plugin instance Channel and multi assignments can be found in Appendix D Multi Assignments When finished loading sounds save the playback configuration and close the Playback Devices dialog Although the playback configurations can be used directly it s recommended to create new configurations based on the provided configurations rather than using or edit ing the or
2. The Sound ID display also reflects the operating mode For example if using an Auto Arranger sound set with the A B C divisi sections each patch will display the ap propriate section sound ID since they are being treated collectively as one section In normal mode divisi A B C parts will display their individual divisi section sound ID s since they are being used independently Performance Scripts The LASS Delay and Humanization script is turned on by default in all sustained e g Esp Sus Con Sord etc divisi part Sibelius Instruments It is turned off for short articulations e g staccato spiccato etc The humanize script has been assigned to MIDI CC20 in all Sibelius Instruments allowing it to be turned on and off remotely Use the text instructions Humanize On and Humanize Off in the score to enable dis able the script on a per instrument basis Portamento and Glissando Portamento and Glissando speed can be controlled using the custom LASS portamento and glissando lines available from the Lines menu in Sibelius Each line is named in the dialogs first for the library LASS and then according to the speed it will produce slow or fast LASS lines without a speed indication play at the default speed The LASS glissando and portamento lines must be used wherever these techniques are desired as the standard Sibelius lines will not trigger the sounds correctly Note The following CCs are used internally by the Sibelius scripti
3. LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 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 User manual by Joel Avery and Jonathan Loving Copyright 2012 The Sound Set Project All Rights Reserved The Sound Set Project a wholly owned division of Sound Notes LLC has no afhliation 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 Contents 1 Introduction 5 2 Overview 2 1 REquitement sos csccsatiewsieiieapisedasensmnsaereeens 6 2 2 Packa ce Structiite oror rekep eE sence 7 DPF T E EREE EET E A E E RT 9 3 Installation 12 JL Generaler e E e E TE EEA 12 32 MAG OSK oi E E S 13 BSW OWS erea s ETE Et 15 JAPANESE E E EE E O 17 4 Preparing the Score 19 4 1 New Scores cccccsssssscssececsssccsssctecssecesesseecesseesceseecees 19 4 2 New Scores Manuscript cesssesesseseeseseeseeeeeeeeeees 20 4 3 ERIStiNnG SCOLES E E 21 5 Playback C
4. Manuscript Sibelius 5 6 To use the manuscript paper template launch Sibelius and SSP LA Scoring Strings v2 6 7 select the LA Scoring Strings manuscript from the list of ass staff manuscript papers Big band Blank Select Change Instruments to display the Instruments Add or Remove Instruments dialog and add the required instruments to your score using the LA Scoring Strings ensemble in Sibelius 7 the ensemble is listed in the Choose From drop down menu With the instruments added to your score continue through the score setup options as usual and click Finish Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 or Create Sibelius 7 when done Norte When using the manuscript paper template do not select the House Style for the library during score setup Those settings are included in the manuscript paper file LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 20 4 3 Existing Scores In order to use the LA Scoring Strings sound set with an existing score the custom staves playback dictionary and other settings must first be brought into the score This is accomplished by importing the LA Scoring Strings House Style and changing certain elements of the file a process referred to as converting the score Open the score requiring conversion and select House Style gt Import House Style in Sibelius s menu Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 or Import from Appearance gt House Style in the ribbon Sibelius 7 to disp
5. you may wish to activate several plugin instances to accommodate all of the sounds In the Active Devices pane use the drop down menu in the Sound Set column to Playback Devices select the LA Scoring Strings sound set If p Sea Device amp Type Sound Set you activated multiple plugin instances Kontakt 4 Kontakt AU LA Scoring Strings v2 assign the sound set to those as well Click the Save button at the top of the Playback Devices dialog to save your changes If using a sound set that enables Sibelius to load sounds automatically your configura tion is complete and you can now close the Playback Devices dialog If Sibelius is not able to load sounds automatically or you have chosen to use a manual loading sound set continue with the instructions in Section 5 3 Assigning Sounds LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 23 5 2 Manual Sound Sets There are several ways in which Sibelius allocates and assigns sounds depending on the type of sound set being used Perhaps most familiar is the automatic loading method such as is used by the Sibelius Player whereby Sibelius loads assigns routes and manages all sounds automatically without requiring direct user input Automatic loading however is not available for all plugins and isn t always preferable even when it is available For libraries that cannot be loaded automatically or if you prefer manually managing channels and assignments a m
6. Files in this user manual 01 Documentation The Documentation folder is present in all sound set packages It contains the user manual drum and percussion maps MIDI input maps changelogs addenda and other written documents that provide important information regarding the sound set and its use 02 Sound Sets The foundation of every integration the Sound Sets folder holds the Sibelius sound set XML files Depending on the integration there could be anywhere from one to four or more sound sets included in this folder each addressing a different compatibility or workflow requirement This folder is present in all sound set packages LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 7 03 House Styles A majority of our sample library integrations include House Style files in the lib for mat These files contain additional settings such as playback dictionary entries custom instrument staves and percussion mappings House Styles are version specific mean ing they are designed for a specific version of Sibelius When included there will be a minimum of three lib files in this folder 04 Playback Configurations The Playback Configurations folder contains preset playback configurations that define sounds and assign channels They are generally included as a way of reducing setup time for large sample libraries that are not able loaded automatically and when custom programming or simulated autoload is used in an integration P
7. LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 42 8 Using LA Scoring Strings 8 1 Instrument Banks The LA Scoring Strings MIDI type sound sets provide an alternative to the automatic and manual sound set options discussed earlier By using instrument banks rather than individual patches every instrument s articulations and techniques are consolidated to one MIDI channel requiring fewer plugin or other device instances and making it easier to migrate from Sibelius to a DAW LASS First Chair and Lite instrument banks are located in the s Instruments folder s Instruments 16 bit s Banks LASS instrument banks are located within each instrument s primary folder e g s Instruments 16 bit s Basses 16 bit s Banks When using the MIDI type sound sets all instruments and articulations are pre assigned to a specific MIDI channel using a channel mask in the sound set These assignments are critical to the functionality of the instrument banks and should not be altered or overridden by setting different channels in Sibelius The playback configura tion also must contain a specific number of plugin instances when using the MIDI type sound sets to ensure correct allocation LASS First Chair 1 instance LASS Lite 1 instance LASS Normal 2 instances LASS AA 1 instance Except as noted above setup and use of the MIDI type sound sets follows the same process detailed Section 5 1 Selecting the Sound Set and Section 5 3 Assignin
8. Windows operating systems requires copying files to the Sibelius user settings directory which can be found in the following locations Sibelius 5 Windows XP C Documents and Settings wsername Application Data Sibelius Software Sibelius 5 Sibelius 5 Windows Vista Windows 7 C Users username AppData Roaming Sibelius Software Sibelius 5 Sibelius 6 Windows XP C Documents and Settings wsername Application Data Sibelius Software Sibelius 6 Sibelius 6 Windows Vista Windows 7 C Users username AppData Roaming Sibelius Software Sibelius 6 Sibelius 7 Windows Vista Windows 7 C Users username AppData Roaming Avid Sibelius 7 Note The Application Data and AppData folders are hidden by default If not visible follow the instructions in our knowledge base article AppData Folder Not Visible Windows or Application Data Folder Not Visible Windows before continuing with the installation In the Sibelius user settings directory locate folders User Settings Directory Windows named House Styles Manuscript paper Playback Chord Symbols Configurations and Sounds If any folders are fh House Styles missing create the missing folder s and name them DB ideas appropriately prop y J Manuscript paper Copy the XML files from the 02 Sound Sets folder Ji Menus and Shortcuts in the sound set package to the Sounds folder in the Ji Playback Configurations Sibelius user settings directory J PlogueEngine jd Sounds Copy the l
9. be allocated to the designated device Once youve made your selection use the drop down menu at the right to select the device you want to use for this sound and click Add to apply the rule Be sure to save the playback configuration after adding or editing rules so that the changes are stored LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 29 An important aspect of preferred sound assignments is the use of wildcard characters in the sound IDs that are selected Using the solo violin example the complete rule is For the sound ID strings violin prefer this device My Plugin While it s the use of wildcards that makes Preferred Sounds so flexible each rule should be evaluated to see what effect it may have on other sounds In this case not only has the solo violin sound been assigned because of the wildcard character violin section sounds have also been assigned to this device If the violin section sound should play from a different device than the solo violin sound a second rule is required For the sound ID strings violin ensemble prefer this device My Other Plugin This second and more specific rule overrides the broader rule created previously al lowing violin section sounds to play from a different device Keep this in mind while assigning Preferred Sounds rules and you ll be able to target sounds correctly LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 30 6 House Styles 6 1 Instrumen
10. can load any combination of first chair A B or C divisi patches to channel 1 in the plugin Similarly LASS First Chair and LASS Lite users can load some or all of the section first chair patches when using the Auto Arranger definitions The LA Scoring Strings full Auto Arranger sound sets include separate first chair patch definitions that do not utilize the Auto Arranger script This allows the solo instruments to be used both as part of on Auto Arranger section and individually Auto Arranger state active or bypassed is determined by the selected sound set and patch definitions It is not necessary and is best to avoid manually enabling or dis abling Auto Arranger in the instrument interface or with external MIDI CC messages Staff Selection Special instrument staves for Auto Arranger are included in the LA Scoring Strings in strument ensemble see Section 6 1 Instrument Staves in the Ensemble and Auto Arranger group These staves labeled with AA allow any combination of patches and instruments to be used together with Auto Arranger LA Scoring Strings full users can also work with Auto Arranger at the instrument level e g Violin 1 Violin 2 etc by using the primary staff for each instrument in the score Note that divisi staves will not respond correctly when Auto Arranger is used because the divisi patches do not function independently in the AA sound sets LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 44
11. these two solo violin sounds are equivalent because the underlying sound ID is the same This poses a prob lem because Sibelius will arbitrarily select one of these sounds which may or may not be the desired sound To instruct Sibelius from which device a sound should play Preferred Sounds rules can be added in the playback configuration Using Preferred Sounds sounds can be as signed very specifically or very broadly to a particular device based on their sound IDs Nore Preferred Sounds despite their use in directing sounds to a device are not a replacement for a manual sound set when one must be used They should be used in addition to any channel assignments made in a manual sound set Preferred Sounds Tab Active Devices Manual Sound Sets Preferred Sounds Effects From the Playback Devices dialog select the Preferred Sounds tab to view currently applied Preferred Sounds rules if any and add new rules Select a sound ID using the expanding list at the left of this dialog The more specific your Mie acs ia Ialaiemedtid Sound IDs selection the more targeted the preferred g gt Keyboard sound rule will be For example if you select TASAA Strings all instruments whose sound IDs gt Guitar begin with strings will be allocated to the i mna designated device However if you select ERREA Strings gt Violin only instruments whose Y Strings sound IDs begin with strings violin will
12. this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set Articulation Channels CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 60 SSP www soundsetproject com
13. LASS Violin 2 A LASS Violin 1B LASS Violin 2 B Family aga isi Violi LASS Violin 1 C LASS Violin 2 C ovisi em LASS Violin 11 A Pee br z jolin abana LASS Violin 11 B yapa Divisi Cellos LASS Violin 1 C The custom staves can be found in an ensemble named for the library to which they correspond in the Add Create Instruments dialog and the Instrument Change dialog Staves are further sorted within the ensemble by instrument type brass wind etc or the folder structure of the library Each individual staff contains a prefix identifier in brackets indicating what library the staff is designed for The prefix for the LA Scoring Strings library is LASS LA Scoring Strings First Chair uses the prefix LASS FC and LA Scoring Strings Lite uses the prefix LASS L LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 31 The staff name displayed in these dialogs consists of the library prefix the patch name and any additional identifying information e g transposition This name is for your reference only and will not print in the score The names written in the score gener ally reflect standard naming conventions for the instrument In score names can be changed to whatever you like without compromising functionality Several different staves may be available for a single instrument that account for dif ferent ways of writing for that instrument For example a French horn patch may have staves designated as I
14. The Sibelius sound set you are using is a product of countless hours of trial error research and development working towards an integration that not only provides deep functionality but does so in an intuitive easy to use and flexible way that meets the diverse needs and workflows of our users With each integration we aim to provide you a powerful and efficient way of using today s sampled sounds within a notation based composing environment with as little extraneous markup as possible allowing you to focus and spend more time on your music and less on the technical challenges this medium presents We are committed to continually evaluating and improving our integrations and it s through the support of users like you that we are not only able to create new integra tions but refine and expand our existing integrations to better serve your needs As these products evolve we will release updates often for free that feature new func tionality and address users concerns requests or other issues We encourage you to periodically check our website or subscribe to our newsletter so you can be certain you have the best and most recent integration available If you have any questions comments concerns or suggestions please contact us using the information found at the end of this user manual Your feedback helps shape the integrations you use by providing invaluable insight into working methods prefer ences computer environments and mo
15. Valasek Kontakt Scripting Jonathan Loving User Manual Joel Avery Jonathan Loving Graphics Andrew Keresztes Jennifer Keresztes Musical Excerpts W A Mozart Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat major K 447 p 42 Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat major p 36 Special Thanks Sam Butler Chelsea Myers Daniel Spreadbury LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 51 Appendices Appendix A Additional Playback Terms The following tables list the terms added to the playback dictionary by the LA Scoring Strings House Style Score Entry The text or other instruction entered in the score Sound ID MIDI Control The sound ID or MIDI CC change caused by the score entry CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 53 Appendix B Instrument Tables The following tables provide an example of instructions that can be used in the score to trigger specific sounds in the LA Scoring Strings library Articulation The articulation or technique and keyswitch note when applicable as shown in the plugin These symbols are used with articulations j Indicates the articulation is the default sound t Indicates the articulation is part of the Lite set if available Score Entry An instruction or combination of instructions that accesses
16. XF or DXF allow for even continuous changes in level from the quietest to loudest sample Crossfading frequently uses MIDI CC1 commonly mapped to the ModWheel to control dynamics and may or may not utilize note velocity at all or may assign it to another related function such as attack speed These patches are generally preferable in Sibelius as they allow for smooth crescendo and diminuendos over sustained notes Depending on patch programming the Attack value sent by Sibelius may have no effect Separate Velocity Layers Patches programmed with separate velocity layers allow attack and dynamic to be con trolled separately but usually prevent the continuous change in dynamics resulting in staggered and jumping dynamics Because the MIDI controller assigned to dynamics typically MIDI CC7 or CC11 operates within the active velocity layer rather than the instrument as a whole the output of low velocities at a fff dynamic is not the same as high velocities at that same dynamic While there are exceptions to this the majority of devices that use velocity layers for sustaining instruments will pose a problem when it comes to continuous dynamic changes in a Sibelius score Perhaps the best workaround is to utilize hidden dynamics and a plugin to create a smooth dynamic change that ends at the desired level Enter the dynamic mark that should appear print in the score followed by a hidden marking that is the same as the ending dynam
17. anual sound set must be defined The term manual sound set is often a source of confusion so it s important to under stand what it is before continuing A manual sound set tells Sibelius what sounds are available and the device and MIDI channel where those sounds can be found Without this information Sibelius will allocate sounds based on Sound World priorities and it s unlikely they will correspond to the actual location of the sounds and further these allocations are subject to change There are two broad scenarios in which manual sound sets are used The differences are subtle but important as the term manual sound set may on the surface seem to contradict the second Scenario 1 Without a sound set XML file When a sound set XML file is not used sound IDs are defined directly in the manual sound set and assigned to a channel The manual sound set in this sense is a true man ually created sound set that is an XML file does not exist with instrument definitions so these definitions are manually created Scenario 2 With a sound set XML file but without automatic loading In this scenario Sibelius still must be told where the sounds are located However while MIDI channels assignments are part of the Manual Sound Set dialog the sounds are not being defined manually as they are in the first scenario Instead the definitions are taken from the sound set XML file and applied to channels Essentially the second sce
18. at will simulate the technique in the event a matching sound ID is not found For example if a staccato mark is written but a staccato sample is not available Sibelius will shorten the note duration to mimic the staccato effect The fallback behavior while useful is not entirely reliable with different issues ap pearing in different versions of Sibelius The two most common issues which extend to staff lines as well include fallback behavior overriding a sound ID change and the fallback behavior being executed in addition to the sound ID change unmeasured tremolo and slurs respectively are examples In practice this will have little effect on your work since the sound set and House Styles are built to accommodate these incon sistencies but it s something to be aware of Because articulation markings are automatically reset changed at the end of the note repeated notes using the same articulation e g staccato can suffer from a pulsing and ill defined effect especially at faster tempi as superfluous MIDI data is generated a reset and retrigger for each individual note as opposed to once per passage Our Knowledge Base article Fast Staccato Passages Muddy sheds some light on this issue LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 35 Text Instructions Given that there are a limited number of articulation markings but seemingly infinite technique variations text instructions are responsible for a substantial number o
19. cations for software architecture x86 refers to 32 bit and x64 to 64 bit LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 49 10 Contact and Support A number of resources are available if you run into trouble using the sound set in cluding our Knowledge Base with articles describing common issues error messages behaviors tips and more If you don t find an answer to your question or have ad ditional concerns you can submit a support ticket or contact support directly by email and we ll work with you to resolve the issue Please note that while support can be con tacted directly submitting a ticket allows us to process your request more efficiently FAQ www soundsetproject com support fag Knowledge Base www soundsetproject com support kb Submit a Support Ticket www soundsetproject com support Email Technical Support support soundsetproject com All other non technical support inquiries can be submitted via our website or you can contact us using the information below On the Web www soundsetproject com company contact General Inquiries info soundsetproject com Orders Sales orders soundsetproject com Postal Mail The Sound Set Project Sound Notes LLC PO Box 811 Bowling Green OH 43402 LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 50 11 Credits Integration The Sound Set Project Project Lead Jonathan Loving LA Scoring Strings Support Sebastian Katz Andrew Keresztes Gabor
20. d simply by importing the House Style using the options indi cated in Section 4 3 Existing Scores which preserves your layout and preferences Text Styles are a notable exception Because certain playback settings are dependant on Text Styles importing the House Style requires that they be imported as well Fortunately if necessary there is an easy way to restore your own Text Styles and font settings after importing the House Style for playback purposes Every House Style and manuscript paper template uses Sibelius s default Text Styles consisting of the Opus Times Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 and the Opus Plantin Si belius 7 fonts If your score uses these fonts importing the House Style will be of no consequence and the steps below are unnecessary To restore the desired Text Styles and fonts first create your score or import the LA Scoring Strings House Style as described in Section 4 1 New Scores Section 4 2 New Scores Manuscript or Section 4 3 Existing Scores Then open the House Style Import dialog again from House Style gt Import House Style in Sibelius s menu Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 or by selecting Import from Appearance gt House Style in the ribbon Sibelius 7 Select a House Style that uses the desired fonts from the list at the left and then de select all import options except for Text styles Click OK to import this House Style Your score now contains all of the playback settings for the LA Scoring S
21. ered before applying the transition effect The result is a transition that triggers in the space of the second note rather than the space between notes Unfortunately there is no easy way of overcoming this short of entering hidden pitches between the notes in an effort to fake it but with the growing number of libraries offering true glissando and portamento transitions many include the ability to control the speed of the transition Though not a perfect solution in every situation when this control is available altering the speed of the transition may help to disguise this effect in some small way LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 37 7 2 Dynamics Fundamentally dynamics in Sibelius consist of two parts the Attack strength and the Dynamic level The Attack and Dynamic values are set in the playback diction ary with a number in the range 0 127 Attack and Dynamic are assigned to MIDI functions in the sound set for each patch and optionally for specific articulations techniques allowing the values set in the playback dictionary to be sent using whatever MIDI function s a device responds to Different libraries and devices use different methods of controlling dynamic and attack levels some of which respond better than others in Sibelius but generally fall into two categories crossfaded velocity layers and separate velocity layers Crossfaded Velocity Layers Crossfaded patches often abbreviated
22. et User Manual 18 4 Preparing the Score 4 1 New Scores Launch the Sibelius program and create a new score from the Quick Start dialog or File gt New in Sibelius s menu Select the Blank template no staves from the list of manuscript papers It s okay to select a different template however the instrument staves will need to be replaced so the Blank template may save some time Before add ing instruments to your score the House Style file must be selected Sibelius 5 Sibelius 6 Click Next and then No if Sibelius asks Do you wish to create instruments now Select the LA Scoring Strings H S Select Sibelius 516 House Style from the list of House Styles and click Back Keyboard Reprise LA Scoring Strings v2 6 Larger notes Opus Times to return to the manuscript selection screen Finally select Change Instruments to display the Instruments dialog Lead sheet Inkpen2 Sibelius 7 Select the LA Scoring Strings House Style from the House H S Select Sibelius 7 Style drop down menu then click the Change Instru ments button to display the Add or Remove Instruments dialog Change Instruments Nore Selecting the House Style during score creation is not required Alternatively the House Style can be imported after the score is created and custom instrument staves added at that point See Section 4 3 Existing Scores for details From the Instruments Add or Remove Instruments dialog selec
23. f sound changes Typically entered using Expression and or Technique Text nearly all text instructions remain in effect until explicitly disabled making them an ideal choice for sound changes that should persist for an extended period of time Text Instructions arco P PP Used alone text instructions should be written in the score at the place the technique is to begin and a reset instruction entered where the technique should end For exam ple a passage to be played pizzicato might be indicated with the text instruction pizz and ended with the instruction arco While some text instructions come in natural pairs such as pizzicato and arco above mute and open etc others do not and will need to be reset with an appropriate instruction such as normal or ord The most important thing to remember is that unlike a live musician who will interpret instructions in the context of the piece Sibelius reacts to markings literally Context may indicate that a marcato text instruction should naturally be discontin ued and any live player would recognize this but Sibelius must receive an explicit instruction or the marcato sound will persist Differences between markup for live players and computer playback are quite evident here but it is possible to prepare scores that play correctly without excess visible and unnecessary markup Any text instruction that you do not want to print can be hidden in the score by entering a tilde
24. formance When working with large libraries laptop users in particular are encouraged to work with an external hard drive connect ed via FireWire 800 eSATA or other high performance data transfer protocol this excludes USB 1 0 and 2 0 as the system drive in many laptop computers is too slow and not suited to sample streaming LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 6 2 2 Package Structure Each sound set package contains a variety of files that serve different purposes in the integration of that sample library or hardware MIDI device To better distinguish these files and make installation quicker we have separated them by function and structured each sound set package in a consistent manner After extracting the sound set zip archive the folders in the sound set package include 01 Documentation 02 Sound Sets 03 House Styles 04 Playback Configurations 05 Manuscript Templates 06 Patches 07 Additional Resources 08 Previous Versions The package you download may not contain all of these folders or some of the folders may be empty depending on the requirements for that specific integration Folders may contain additional subfolders that further separate files by Sibelius version func tionality operating system Mac Windows or other important differences A brief description of these folders is given below For specific information about the files included in your sound set download refer to Section 2 3
25. g Sounds Create a playback configuration with the correct number of plugin instances select the MIDI type sound set and then load the instrument banks to their assigned channels Channel assignments for the instrument banks are given in Appendix C Bank Assignments Note Do not define a manual sound set when working with the MIDI type sound sets All channel assignments are handled directly by the sound sets LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 43 8 2 Auto Arranger The Auto Arranger scripting creates several new possibilities when used in Sibelius such as same staff divisi polyphonic legato and string reductions using individual sections The Auto Arranger feature is available for the LA Scoring Strings LASS First Chair and LASS Lite library sound sets though the implementation differs slightly in each version Use of Auto Arranger requires a Fixed or MIDI type sound set It is not available when using an autoloading sound set because Sibelius is unable to load multiple sounds at once for a given staff Additionally LA Scoring Strings full requires separate sound sets for standard and Auto Arranger use Auto Arranger sound sets contain AA in their name Lass First Chair and LASS Lite do not require separate sound sets Auto Arranger sound sets do not impose restrictions on how sounds can be used together and instruments can be loaded in any combination For example if Violin 1 is assigned to channel 1 you
26. g others using the mixer to assign sounds is strongly discouraged see Section 7 3 The Mixer LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 22 5 Playback Configuration 5 1 Selecting the Sound Set Now that the score is ready a new playback configuration needs to be created so Si belius knows which plugin s device s and sound set s to use for playback To create a new playback configuration open the Playback Devices dialog from Play gt Play back 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 At the top of this dialog Sibelius displays the name of the currently active playback configuration with buttons for several different actions including Save New Rename and Delete Click New enter a name for the playback configuration and then click OK to create it When you create a configuration Sibelius uses the settings of the current configura tion to create the default state of the new one Select each plugin or device listed in the Active Devices pane that is not required and click the lt lt Deactivate button to remove it from the configuration Once the unneeded plugins have been removed select the appropriate device from the Available Devices pane and click the Activate gt gt button to add it to the configura tion If you are working with large scores or require many instruments articulations
27. gnal The volume faders for these channel strips are linked to MIDI CC7 and the pan controls to MIDI CC10 As these are MIDI level controls their values can be altered by data in the score such as dynamic changes For devices that offer a secondary volume control via CC11 the staff volume faders can be used to set overall MIDI volume levels and the value will not change If how ever the device uses CC7 alone the value set in the mixer is subject to change when different dynamics are entered in the score Note that the display in the mixer will not track these changes Although generally of little consequence understanding how these faders operate can prevent frustration when the displayed levels seem to be changing or ignored alto gether Unlike staff channel strips the virtual instrument and master channel strips display au dio signal and control each plugin s audio output level and the summed audio output level of all plugins respectively The virtual instrument faders in particular are useful when mixing libraries together that have widely varied output By balancing the output levels at the plugin stage the staff channel strips can be left to mix each instrument at the MIDI level allowing greater flexibility and range Sound Assignments Two types of sound assignment are possible using the mixer device assignments and patch assignments However with the exception of hardware MIDI synths assigning sounds and devices in the
28. hord Symbols Configurations and Sounds If any folders are Z MouseSives missing create the missing folder s and name them Ideas appropriately Copy the XML files from the 02 Sound Sets folder in the sound set package to the Sounds folder in the gt PlaybackConfig xml Sibelius user settings directory Jj PlogueEngine lt gt PluginWindowPos xml Copy the lib file for your version of Sibelius from the 2 ScoreWindowPos xml 03 House Styles folder in the sound set package to Cl Sounds gt the House Styles folder in the Sibelius user settings Word Menus directory Worksheet Creator Copy the playback configuration XML files from the 04 Playback Configurations gt Mac folder in the sound set package to the Playback Configurations folder in the Sibelius user settings directory LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 13 Copy the sib file for your version of Sibelius from the 05 Manuscript Templates folder to the Manuscript paper folder in the Sibelius user settings directory Note In Sibelius 7 manuscript templates can be organized by placing the sib file in a subfolder of the Manuscript paper folder The name of the subfolder e g Sound Set Project Templates becomes a category in Sibelius s score setup dialog and will group all sound set manuscript templates together LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 14 3 3 Windows Installation under
29. ib file for your version of Sibelius from the J Word Menus 03 House Styles folder in the sound set package to Jl Worksheet Creator the House Styles folder in the Sibelius user settings directory PlaybackConfig LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 15 Copy the playback configuration XML files from the 04 Playback Configurations gt Windows folder in the sound set package to the Playback Configurations folder in the Sibelius user settings directory Copy the sib file for your version of Sibelius from the 05 Manuscript Templates folder to the Manuscript paper folder in the Sibelius user settings directory Nore In Sibelius 7 manuscript templates can be organized by placing the sib file in a subfolder of the Manuscript paper folder The name of the subfolder e g Sound Set Project Templates becomes a category in Sibelius s score setup dialog and will group all sound set manuscript templates together LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 16 3 4 Patches CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 17 CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound S
30. ic such as p fff Then use the Cresc Dim Playback plugin to create the crescendo from p to fff using either MIDI CC7 or CC11 LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 38 Dynamics Hidden P eee u ff This works because the second hidden dynamic mark is the mark interpreted during playback and triggers the same velocity layer as the note following the crescendo By using the Cresc Dim Playback plugin the entire range of 0 127 is available for this upper velocity layer allowing for a distinct and noticeable dynamic change across the duration of the note Recording Dynamics As evidenced by the workaround presented above dynamics in Sibelius are linear in nature In the right or wrong context this can result in very unnatural dynamic move ment lacking the subtleties that make the music come alive If you are working with a MIDI keyboard or controller that is capable of inputting continuous data via a fader knob wheel foot pedal etc you can overcome this by recording dynamic changes in real time shaping the performance while preserving the appearance of the score Open the Flexi time Options dialog from Notes gt Flexi time Options in Sibelius s menu Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 or by clicking the dialog launcher button in the Note Input gt Flexi time group in the ribbon Sibelius 7 Flexi time Overdub On the Flexi time tab select Overdub in the Existing Existing Music Music section at the lo
31. iginal files To copy the default settings to a new configuration select the provided configuration as above and then click New to the right of the Configuration drop down menu Enter a name and then click OK to create the derivative configura tion leaving the original file and settings unaltered for future use LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 45 8 3 Sibelius Instruments The Sibelius Instruments are patches programmed specifically for use in Sibelius The instrument interface contains pertinent information about the instrument and its current state Each patch displays the sound ID assigned in the active sound set the operating mode the version of the sound set and perhaps most importantly a notated example of how to call the patch A combination of text articulations lines and symbols are used to switch between sounds in the Sibelius Instruments The notation shown on the instrument is not nec essarily the only way to call a patch For example legato instruments display a slurred passage but the legato samples can also be called by a legato text instruction Sibelius Instruments s Vins Full Esp Sus LPG e tone mo 0 00 The Sibelius Instruments have also been arranged in multis and banks providing ad ditional working methods and in some cases reducing the amount of setup required when using the Auto Arranger scripting The instruments in the multis and banks are identical to the individual Sibel
32. in front of the part to be hidden Text Instructions Hidden con espress iie P LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 36 Lines Staff lines are similar to articulation marks with two notable differences they may act on multiple sequential notes and the length of the line determines the point at which the technique or effect ends Staff lines require less discussion than articulations or text instructions but the behavior of three common lines deserves a mention Playback of slurs is dependent on a minimum of two notes the first note to which the slur is attached and the last note and any notes in between While the slur marking will create a sound ID change at the beginning of the first note the legato transition will not be heard until a subsequent note has been triggered The transition will then sound for each note under the slur line Glissando and portamento lines react the same way as slurs but are worth mention ing on their own because the effect of waiting for the second note is much more pronounced When written glissando and portamento lines often indicate a transi tion should be applied in the space between the notes to which the line is attached Live players accomplish this by looking ahead finding the desired ending pitch and applying the transition accordingly By contrast Sibelius is not able to look ahead to determine the ending pitch and instead must wait for that note to be trigg
33. ius Instrument patches See Appendix C Bank Assignments and Appendix D Multi Assignments for more information on the ar rangement of multis and banks Note Due to the large size of the multis and instrument banks only samples in the Esp Sus LPG instruments load initially all others are purged Purged samples will be loaded as required Depending on your system you may experience stuttering as these samples are loaded Subsequent passes should play as expected Purged instruments can be manually reloaded if you re confident your system can handle the load LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 46 Bypass The Sibelius Instruments have been fitted with a bypass mode that disables the Sibelius specific performance changes and restores the standard functionality and play ability of the LASS instruments A MIDI CC23 value between 64 127 will bypass the Sibelius script and a value between 0 63 will enable it When bypassed the Sound ID display will show an Inactive message The sound ilelis ee ee sets automatically activate the Sibelius script when MIDI data is generated by Sibelius Sibelius Script Inactive Mode There are three patch operating modes in the Sibelius Instruments Bypass mentioned above Normal and Auto Arranger All patches load initially in Normal mode the proper operating mode Normal or Auto Arranger is then selected automatically based on the sound set being used and patch definitions
34. lay the House Style import dialog Select the LA Scoring Strings House Style from the list and the import options as shown in the images below Because importing a House Style can alter the appearance of your score it s important to select only the options indicated to prevent undesirable changes Click OK to import the House Style H S Import Sibelius 5 H S Import Sibelius 6 7 impropios SSS SS mproons S SS SE Mi instrument definitions M Playback dictionary F ines A Instrument definitions M1 Noteheads M Noteheads F Ciets M clefs smi F Lines symbols M Text styles fh Text styies L Engraving rules and Document setup Engraving Rules and Document Setup M Playback dictionary C Note spacing rule C Note spacing rule C Default Multiple Part Appearance settings C Chord symbols in chord diagrams C Magnetic Layout settings _ Default Multiple Part Appearance settings C Select None Select All atic Once the House Style is imported the existing instrument staves must be changed to the custom instrument staves for the library This ensures that the sounds will allocate and play correctly The easiest and most efficient way to do this is by creating instru ment changes Select an entire staff triple click and open the Instrument Change dialog from Create gt Other gt Instrument Change Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 or by selecting Change from Home gt Instruments in the ribbon Sibelius 7 In the I
35. layback configurations like sound sets are XML files and will often be separated by operating system Mac Windows and plugin format VST AU 05 Manuscript Templates Included as an alternative to manually configuring new scores the manuscript paper templates can be selected during score creation to save some time These files are in cluded for all packages that contain House Styles and are likewise version specific 06 Patches Sometimes it s necessary to re program all or part of a sample library to achieve the best integration We may also include preset instrument and multi files often in packages that contain playback configurations to reduce setup time and provide a comprehen sive starting template Any such instrument programming multi or preset is included in the Patches folder 07 Additional Resources Files that don t fit into folders 01 06 are included in the Additional Resources folder There is no specific file type or purpose for files this folder so if present in your sound set package it s best to refer to Section 2 3 Files for information about what the files in this folder are and how they are meant to be used 08 Previous Versions In cases where an update would not be backwards compatible e g due to changes in the library patches or programming we may include the previous version files in the sound set package The files in the Previous Versions folder are separated first into sub folders by versio
36. mixer is bad practice and is best avoided in all but a few spe cific cases and even then only as a last resort Doing so can result in incorrect sound allocation cause articulations and techniques to switch incorrectly or prevent them from switching at all LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 40 The explanation lies in the way Sibelius allocates sounds Sibelius determines how to allocate a staff based on the sound IDs available in the sound set the Best Sound de fined in the instrument staffs settings and any manual sound set or Preferred Sounds directives present in the playback configuration This is repeated for each staff in the score until all staves are allocated to an appropriate device and sound Manually selecting a sound or device in the mixer tells Sibelius Use this sound regard less of any other setting This overrides the entire allocation system and while Sibelius will still work within the system it s forced to ignore certain things in order to comply with the manual assignment made in the mixer The trouble caused by doing this is not often obvious in fact depending on the complexity of the library or device problems may not appear right away Nevertheless since there are ways of controlling and guiding sound allocation within the system including manual sound sets Section 5 2 Manual Sound Sets Preferred Sounds Section 5 5 Preferred Sounds and instrument staves Section 6 1 In
37. n F and In F No Key Sounds in unpitched percussion patches containing multiple instruments are often made available collectively on a 5 line staff and individually using 1 line staves In cases where multiple staves are available for a patch they are equivalent as far as playback and sound allocation the difference is how the staff appears in the score LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 32 6 2 Playback Dictionary The workhorse of the Sibelius playback system the playback dictionary contains the instructions usually sound ID changes that tell Sibelius which sound ID should be used when a certain articulation line symbol or text instruction is written in the score Using the changes defined in the dictionary Sibelius is able to match written techniques to the appropriate sound in a library or device or choose the closest match ing sound if an exact match is not found The LA Scoring Strings House Style contains a significantly modified and extended playback dictionary in order to accommodate all of the sounds available in the LA Scoring Strings library In order for multiple sound sets and House Styles to be used together it s essential that playback dictionary entries do not conflict with each other As such certain entries and definitions are present in all of our playback dictionaries even though they may not be required for that particular library Our edited playback dictionaries generally do
38. n number and within that folder structured in the same 01 07 format as the primary current sound set files LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 8 2 3 Files The following files are included and required to use the LASS Sibelius sound set LA Scoring Strings CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 9 LA Scoring Strings First Chair CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 10 LA Scoring Strings Lite CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 11 3 Installation 3 1 General Sound set installation is a series of copy paste actions Before you begin close Sibelius and all other running programs We suggest placing the sound set package on your desktop for convenient access during the installation process The most frequent prob lems encountered during installation are a result of file and folder name mistakes so read each step carefully and you ll be able to avoid those issues The locatio
39. nario can be viewed as channel routing rather than creating a manual sound set despite the fact that the same term is used When discussed in the next section the use of manual sound set refers exclusively to this second scenario LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 24 5 3 Assigning Sounds In order for Sibelius to allocate sounds correctly a manual sound set is required when automatic loading is either not available or not being used If you haven t already please take a moment and read Section 5 2 Manual Sound Sets before proceeding with these instructions Manual Sound Set Tab Active Devices ManualSound Sets Preferred Sounds Effects Continuing from Section 5 1 Selecting the Sound Set in the Playback Devices dialog select the Manual Sound Sets tab to display channel assignment and routing options Using the Device drop down menu Mannal Sound Sei Davee Serup select the device s for which a manual sound set will be defined and check the box next to Device Kontakt 4 B Show Use manual sound set Then use the No Sound set LA Scoring Strings v2 Fixed B channels option to set the number of MIDI use manual sound set No channels 16 B channels the selected device supports Most devices support 16 MIDI channels Manual Sound Set Patch Assignment Sound Settings Select the device you want to configure from Channel 1 S the Device drop d
40. ng and should not be assigned to any functions CCs 23 24 25 LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 47 9 Common Terms While working with the sound set reading this manual or corresponding with The Sound Set Project you may encounter unfamiliar terms To alleviate confusion and improve understanding some common terms associated with the integrations are given below ASIO A low latency audio driver for Windows systems that accesses sound hardware directly improving performance AU Audio Unit the native Mac OS X plugin format Audio Interface Sound Card Chip The interface used to route audio signal to and from the computer Automatic Loading A feature available to certain software plugins whereby Sibelius is able to load required instrument sounds without user input Device Encompassing term for software plugins and hardware MIDI modules External Host Third party software used to load virtual instruments possibly on a different computer An external host may communicate with Sibelius via virtual or physical MIDI connec tions or other proprietary software interface Host Program The software application in which virtual instrument plugins are loaded and config ured Plugins loaded activated in Sibelius are said to be hosted in Sibelius House Style A set of rules settings and preferences that establish a score s layout appearance play back capabilities and more Latency The
41. not change the behavior of Sibelius s de fault entries so as to maintain compatibility with libraries that use an integration pro duced by another party e g the bundled Sibelius Sounds library Where exceptions are made and default entries are modified we research those entries their behavior and use throughout most every sound set available and will only make the change if it will not have an adverse effect on other integrations A full list of entries the LA Scoring Strings House Style adds to the playback dictionary can be found in Appendix A Additional Playback Terms LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 33 6 3 Fonts A House Style file is made up of many interdependent settings that impact the way a score is displayed The ability to move these settings collectively is one of the factors that makes integrations like this one possible however it comes with an unfortunate side effect playback and staff settings can not be separated from score presentation As a result when a House Style is imported or a manuscript paper template is selected settings that may not fit your layout and presentation needs are brought in as well The settings transferred in the LA Scoring Strings House Style are intended solely for playback purposes and they do not impose alter or require any specific layout or formatting settings e g note spacing rules staff positions etc A majority of these settings can be eliminate
42. ns given are the only locations in which the files should be installed and where they will all work correctly If you have trouble finding a folder take note of any special instructions regarding hidden folders and then contact our support team for as sistance rather than attempting to install in similarly named folders located elsewhere When installing do not copy entire folders from the sound set package to the des ignated location instead copy the files contained in the named folders unless the instructions explicitly state co e folder truct plicitly stat y the fold Installation will require approximately one to five minutes LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 12 3 2 Mac OS X Installation under Mac OS X requires copying files to the Sibelius user settings direc tory which can be found in the following locations Sibelius 5 Users username Library Application Support Sibelius Software Sibelius 5 Sibelius 6 Users username Library Application Support Sibelius Software Sibelius 6 Sibelius 7 Users username Library Application Support Avid Sibelius 7 Note If using Mac OS X 10 7 the user Library folder is hidden by default Follow the instructions in our knowledge base article Library Folder Not Visible OS X 10 7 before continuing with the installation In the Sibelius user settings directory locate folders User Settings Directory Mac named House Styles Manuscript paper Playback C3 C
43. nstrument Change dialog select the LA Scoring Strings ensemble and a custom staff equivalent to the staff selected in the score e g if the staff selected in the score is a flute select a custom flute staff The options Add clef if necessary and Announce at last note of previous instrument can be deselected Click OK to apply the change LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 21 Continue through the rest of the score repeating these steps for every staff you want to playback through the LA Scoring Strings library Finally any device or patch assignments manually made in the mixer need to be reset With the mixer open shift click the device readout number 1 in the images below and select auto This sets all devices to their automatic assignment To complete the mixer reset shift click the patch readout number 2 in the images below and select auto to set all instrument assignments to their defaults Mixer Sibelius 5 6 Mixer Sibelius 7 REVERB CHORUS j j C aaa aap 70 rig sift amp DO Clean Electric Guitar y s lpatexa 2 ed 2 Med 2 eed 2 Ih DO a ob we The importance of the mixer reset can not be overstated Any lingering manual assign ments that reflect devices no longer available or sound IDs specific to a different sound library device will result in incorrect allocation and or playback of your score with the LA Scoring Strings library For this reason amon
44. onfiguration 23 5 1 Selecting the Sound Set eesssesseeenseeeeeseseeeeeeeees 23 5 2 Manual Sound Sets ccccccssscssscessesessecsscessessseeseeeeeeees 24 5 3 Assigning Sounds cescsssessssescssecesesceseecesecaeeeeesaes 25 5 4 Using Multiple Sound Sets 00 eeeeessesseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 27 5 5 Preferred Sounds ccccccccessscsssessseesssecsscessesseseseeeseeees 29 6 House Styles 31 6 1 Instrument Staves piesis irrt r 31 6 2 Playback Dictionary seernes ianei ai 33 6 3 FONTS sasear oR 34 7 Working with Sounds 35 7 1 Articulations Techniques sssessssessesereeserrerererereerene 35 FD MO an Etani e AERE E reece tveusee ty 38 T Me Mkr annann a E A ARAA 40 7 4 Implied Techniques ssssssssssessessssesereserrerererrereereree 42 8 Using LA Scoring Strings 43 8 1 Instrument Banks ceeecssssceesecesssseecssesceseseseseecees 43 8 2 Ato ATAD gers ssesiscesossnszeersionssienseszesbsnerscvsssseeen entsbeee 44 8 3 Sibelius Instruments ccccccccesecssscessecsseecssseeseeseees 46 9 Common Terms 48 10 Contact and Support 50 LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual iii 11 Credits 51 Appendices 52 Appendix A Additional Playback Terms cee eeeeeeeees 53 Appendix B Instrument Tables s s s 54 Appendix C Bank Assignments 57 Appendix D Multi Assignments 60 LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual iv 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing The Sound Set Project
45. orst it can result in Sibelius crashing LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 27 The best way to avoid this is to create your mixed automatic and manual loading play back configuration before opening a score This will allow you to create the configura tion and save your manually loaded sounds before Sibelius attempts to load anything automatically Once saved open a score and Sibelius will then load those sounds it can automatically preserving your manually loaded sounds and preventing the double loading problem For more information on double loading and how to resolve it once it has happened see our Knowledge Base articles Sounds Load Twice and Sounds Load When Sibelius Starts Note In a default Sibelius 7 installation the Playback Devices dialog is not accessible until a score has been opened In order to create a mixed configuration as described here Sibelius 7 users can either create a new Blank score or assign a keyboard shortcut to the Playback Devices window so it can be opened prior to opening a score LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 28 5 5 Preferred Sounds When multiple sound sets are used in the same playback configuration there is a good chance that some instruments will be available in more than one device For example Library A and Library B may both have a solo violin sound Even though the patch names in the sound sets are probably different to Sibelius
46. own menu Under Sound Program name Solo Violin 1 E Settings enter an unassigned MIDI channel number 1 16 in the Channel field and then _ Send program change Program number use the Program name drop down menu EET to select the desired instrument patch from Bank high Bank low the sound set Click the Apply button at the Sound ID strings violin bottom of the dialog to apply your channel General MIDI compatible drum map assignment Test Apply Continue assigning sounds in this manner until all sounds you require have been as signed to a device and MIDI channel Click the Save button at the top of the Playback Devices dialog to save your assignments Once channels are assigned the sounds need to be loaded Select a device using the Devices drop down menu and click the Show button to display the plugin inter face If using sounds outside of Sibelius in either a standalone program VST Host or on another computer the Show button will be inoperable Instead open the corresponding device interface where it is being used LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 25 For each channel assignment in your manual sound set find and load the instrument patch of the same name assigning it to the same channel as you did in Sibelius Repeat this for each device in the configuration that uses a manual sound set When finished click the Save button at the top of the Playback Devices dialog
47. re The more you share with us the more we can do for you We sincerely hope that you enjoy working with this Sibelius sound set and wish you the best in all of your musical endeavours The Sound Set Project LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 5 2 Overview 2 1 Requirements Minimum system requirements for the LA Scoring Strings Sibelius sound set are set out below separated by the version of Sibelius with which the sound set is to be used Sibelius 5 Mac OS X 10 4 or higher Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 32 bit 64 bit 4GB RAM Kontakt 4 2 3 or higher Sibelius 6 Mac OS X 10 4 or higher Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 32 bit 64 bit 4GB RAM Kontakt 4 2 3 or higher Sibelius 7 Mac OS X 10 6 or higher Windows Vista or Windows 7 32 bit 64 bit 4GB RAM Kontakt 4 2 3 or higher Automatic Loading Compatibility Kontakt Player 4 2 3 in Sibelius 6 2 7 x Kontakt Player 5 in Sibelius 7 1 The size of your score number of voices to be used complexity and a number of other factors will determine how much computing power is required for your work As a general rule we suggest that your system should meet the recommended rather than the minimum system requirements for both the version of Sibelius you are using and the sample library you intend to use For large libraries we recommend streaming samples from a dedicated hard drive or solid state drive SSD for the best per
48. ruments and library versions and should not be modified Numbers not listed are unassigned Articulation The articulation or technique assigned to the indicated program number Channel The MIDI channel the instrument is assigned to in the designated plugin instance MIDI channels not listed are unassigned Program Numbers CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 57 CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 58 Channel Assignments CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 59 Appendix D Multi Assignments The following tables list the Kontakt multi assignments and articulation channel as signments in the provided LA Scoring Strings playback configurations Instance The plugin or device instance in the playback configuration Channel The MIDI channel the articulation is assigned to in the playback configuration Chan nels not listed are unassigned Instance Assignments CONTENT REMOVED The full text of
49. sing the instrument definitions found in the active sound sets Two or more sound sets without autoload Not unlike multiple autoloading sound sets using multiple sound sets that require manual sound set definitions is a matter of activating an appropriate number of devices and assigning them to the different sound sets When assigning channels each device will display the patches from the sound set is has been assigned If there is anything to be mindful of it s to be certain patches are loaded in the correct device when working with multiple libraries powered by the same plugin Two or more sound sets mixed autoload Fundamentally this scenario is the same as the others A device needs to be added to the configuration for each sound set that will be used and for the sound set requiring a manual sound set setup requires the same steps as if it was used on its own The issue that presents itself here is the possibility of saving automatically loaded sounds with the configuration Since automatically loaded sounds are always loaded directly from the library the sounds saved in the configuration will not be seen by Sibelius resulting in double loading Double loading may not be a serious issue for you depending on how powerful your computer is specifically how much RAM is available and the size of the score At best it will increase the time needed to load the configuration as sounds are loaded unloaded and loaded again at w
50. strument Staves it s best to utilize the methods provided rather than brute forcing and over riding the system through the mixer LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 41 7 4 Implied Articulations In Section 7 1 Articulations Techniques mention was made of the difference be tween a live player s contextual interpretation of the score and the literal interpretation used by Sibelius This difference extends beyond techniques that are actually written in the score as well as a player interprets and phrases his part notes will become longer shorter perhaps staccato or accented without any of these markings being present in the written part Sibelius itself does not allow articulations to be hidden independently of the note to which they are attached making this sort of phrasing difficult as it will clutter the score with markings that are desired for playback alone not in print However a solution can be found in a third party plugin Hide or Show Articulations which as the name suggests allows articulation markings to be entered for playback sake and then hidden so they do not print Simple and elegant it solves an important problem and is highly recommended Implied Articulations Playback amp ae St Implied Articulations Printed Part f The Hide or Show Articulations plugin was developed by Roman Molino Dunn and is available from his website The Music Transcriber
51. t Staves Within the LA Scoring Strings House Style are custom instruments staves for each root patch in the library A root patch is any patch defined as the default sound for an instrument e g a basic sustain sound Staves are not defined for individual articula tions e g pizzicato as these sounds can be triggered by an appropriate articulation or technique instruction in the score Depending on the library and its programming these staves perform a variety of differ ent functions that aid in the integration of the sample library Their primary purpose is to ensure sounds allocate properly and articulations switch correctly for every patch in a library This is accomplished by assigning each staff to a specific unique sound and or defining drum and percussion maps Secondary purposes include altering transposi tions normalizing SoundStage positioning panning providing alternate microphone positions string tunings and other similar functions Instrument Staves Sibelius 5 6 Instrument Staves Sibelius 7 Add Instrument Add Instrument Choose from Instrument Find All Instruments LASS Violin 1A Band Instruments LASS Violin 1B Choose from LASS Instruments v2 Common Instruments LASS Violin 1 C Jazz Instruments LASS Violin 2 A Y Divisi Violins LASS Instruments v2 LASS Violin 2 B F sera 5 iai iolin Orchestral Instrume LASS Violin 2 C LASS Violin 1 C Orff Instruments LASS Violin 1A
52. t the LA Scoring Strings ensemble in Sibelius 7 use the Choose From drop down menu If you selected a manuscript other than the Blank template remove any existing staves for instruments you wish to play through the LA Scoring Strings library by selecting them in the Staves in score list at the right and clicking Delete from Score Then add all instruments you require to the score using the staves found in the LA Scoring Strings ensemble With the instruments added to your score continue through the score setup options as usual and click Finish Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 or Create Sibelius 7 when done LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 19 4 2 New Scores Manuscript The manuscript paper template is an alternative method of creating a new score that does not involve selecting a House Style removing instrument staves or moving back and forth through the score creation dialogs While functionally the same as the process described in Section 4 1 New Scores using the manuscript paper template is perhaps a bit faster and optionally allows for inclusion of a second House Style during score creation All manuscript paper templates are based on the standard Sibelius House Style and use the Opus Times Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6 or Opus Plantin Sibelius 7 fonts For more information about working with fonts see Section 6 3 Fonts By default manuscript paper templates do not contain any instrument staves
53. the articulation Several colored text abbreviations and symbols are used inline a Immediately precedes an articulation entry 0 Immediately precedes a line entry s Immediately precedes a symbol entry 1 Immediately precedes a text entry Surrounds entries which should be used together LA Scoring Strings CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 54 CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings First Chair CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 55 LA Scoring Strings Lite CONTENT REMOVED The full text of this document is available to registered LASS users in the LASS Sibelius Sound Set User Manual included with the sound set LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 56 Appendix C Bank Assignments The following tables list the articulation program number assignments and the instru ment bank channel assignments PC The program change number assigned to an articulation Program change numbers are the same for all inst
54. time between an instruction to play a note and when that note actually sounds LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 48 Manual Sound Set Instrument channel and device assignments Part of a playback configuration Manuscript template A Sibelius file containing customized settings such as those found in a House Style used as a template when creating a new score Playback Configuration Parameters that determine what plugin s or device s a score will use for playback Playback Dictionary Assigns sound ID changes and other MIDI functions to notation markings Plugin A software virtual instrument Plugin Instance An active software device in a playback configuration A plugin that has been activated once is said to be one instance twice is two instances etc Sound ID A Sound World identifier for instrument sounds and articulations Sound Set Instructions that tell Sibelius what sounds a sample library or hardware device contains and how to use those sounds SoundWorld Defines and establishes the relationship between sounds using sound IDs Standalone Use of a virtual instrument as its own program rather than as a plugin within Sibelius or another host Not all virtual instruments provide a standalone software program VST i Virtual Studio Technology Instrument a common plugin format for virtual instru ments available on both Mac and Windows systems x86 x64 Shorthand indi
55. to save your completed configuration and close the Playback Devices dialog Note Because playback configurations are separate from scores changes made to playback configurations are not saved when the score is saved In order to preserve your changes and manually loaded sounds for your next session the playback configuration must be saved from the Playback Devices dialog anytime changes are made LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 26 5 4 Using Multiple Sound Sets Creating a playback configuration that combines multiple sound sets is for the most part the same as creating a configuration for a single sound set There are however some addtional things to consider depending on what type of sound sets are being combined Multiple sound sets may also result in duplication of instruments i e instruments available in more than one active sound set requiring use of Preferred Sounds for proper allocation see Section 5 5 Preferred Sounds There are three distinct cases worth noting Two or more sound sets with autoload Mixing multiple autoloading sound sets is the most straightforward combined usage scenario The playback configuration can be created normally and should include at least two active devices one for each sound set With each device assigned to a differ ent sound set save the configuration and close the Playback Devices dialog Sibelius will then allocate and load sounds for the staves in the score u
56. trings library and will use the desired fonts Note Import all House Styles to be used for playback purposes prior to importing the House Style that will reset Text Styles and fonts LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 34 7 Working with Sounds 7 1 Articulations Techniques There are three primary ways of changing articulations and playing techniques in your score articulation markings text instructions and lines Symbols may also be used but are not as common Through the sound set these instructions are interpreted and the appropriate MIDI data is generated whether that be a keyswitch continuous con troller change or other similar message invisibly and automatically Each of these methods creates sound changes in slightly different ways and while stan dard notation practice will generally dictate which method is used in a given context understanding how each one works together and separately is important Articulation Markings Includes such markings as staccato staccatissimo marcato tremolo etc Articulation markings are in effect for the duration of the note to which they are attached after which the sound is reset or changes to the next indicated sound Using articulation markings is perhaps the most obvious way of changing sounds in a score but may not be the most efficient in all contexts Articulation marks generally change sounds by way of a sound ID change with a fall back behavior th
57. wer left of the dialog Under Replace Voices at the upper right deselect Record into mul f Overdub tiple voices and then select an unused voice 1 4 for Sons the MIDI data to be recorded in Flexi time Voices Switch to the Notation tab briefly and verify that Keep Y lt controller messages is selected in the MIDI Messages J Record into multiple voices section and then click OK to apply your settings Record into one voice J a f 010620304 Align the playback cursor where you would like to re cord dynamics and when ready start recording by pressing the record button in Sibel ius s transport When finished stop recording and your MIDI messages will be entered in the score as hidden text instructions in the voice designated in Flexi time Options LA Scoring Strings Sibelius Sound Set User Manual 39 7 3 The Mixer The Sibelius mixer provides control over a variety of parameters associated with play back including MIDI volume level panning plugin audio levels effects and sound assignments With the exception of sound assignments all of these behave as you would expect and allow for finer control of the sounds used in the score Audio and MIDI Levels and Control An important distinction needs to be made between audio and MIDI levels as con trolled by the meters in the Mixer For staff channel strips the meters show MIDI activity level and are not indicative of the audio si

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