Hello Oceanview!

It can have different reasons why articulation changes don't work as supposed. My first guess in your case would be that maybe you have tried to set channels or MIDI ports manually in the Sibelius mixer. I would reset all outputs to (Auto). If the click is muted in the Sibelius mixer, you don't need a device for it in the Playback Devices menu. More possible reasons can be found in the Troubleshooting chapter of the "Optimizing Sibelius Playback" manual.

I don't think that your problem has anything to do with the Windows update.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Andi,

@andi said:

It can have different reasons why articulation changes don't work as supposed. 

I had a feeling you would say that ... 😉

I solved the problem and I post in case it helps anyone else. On the right hand side of VIPro the preset list has quite a few Sibelius presets. But these are the old ones and I think they do not work with the VE Strings soundset (I used them with the older Chamber Strings soundset). I gave the old preset name in my post.

It took me awhile to find the relevant Sibelius presets which do work with VE Strings as they take four clicks on 'Sibelius' before they appear in the menu 'cascade'.

Now all the articulations are changing as they should. Also, I find the Sibelius mixer often needs to be prompted with auto and then it sets things up correctly. The Solo Violin 2 and Cello 2 integrate fine with the Solo Strings and I like the contrast in timbre between them and the original instruments.

I notice that the Chamber Strings do not have a second group Sibelius preset - a Violins II - is that correct?

Thanks.

Hi Oceanview!

It's correct that there's no VI preset for Sibelius for Chamber Violins 2. You could easily make one yourself though. Simply load the VI preset for Chamber Violins and replace the patches with the Violins 2 patches.

Best,
Andi

Andi,

Thanks for that suggestion - I hadn't made the connection between the Violin 2 sounds in the other lists and the presets.

Hello Andi,

Is there a way within Sibelius to trigger VIPro's A-B switch?

Thanks.

Hi Oceanview!

You can send keyswitches or MIDI CC commands for the AB-switch as explained in the "Optimizing Sibelius Playback" manual, page 21.
http://www.vsl.co.at/en/MyDownloads/Notation_Related

Best regards,
Andi

Thanks for that Andi.

I am having serious problems with getting articulations to work with Solo Violin 2 and Solo Cello 2. I try this simple exercise with the new instruments:

1. create a blank page in Sibelius,

2. import the House Style 'Vienna Symphonic Library'. I understand this automatically installs the house style with the latest soundset.

3. choose the staves (instruments) marked Solo Violin 2 and Solo Cello 2

4. apply these with the soundset VE Strings.

5. load both instruments into a single Vienna Ensemble from the presets under Sibelius titled Strings 3.4 / Solo Strings 2 / Sib_Solo_Violin_2 and Sib_Solo_Cello_2. These play within VIPro by using the mouse on the virtual keyboard.

6. The Sibelius mixer is unallocated in this instance - it has not done this automatically - so I use Shift+auto and the two channels are then correct. The click is muted but shows nll in the mixer. 

I then write a few notes and find that pizz or pizz. does not create a correct change. Other simple articulations like staccato are not working either for these two new instruments.

I have looked at the trouble-shooting page of the pdf and nothing there seems to apply to this instance.

Sorry but I am running out of options to try and have spent hours building different combinations to try and get these two new instruments to work.

Thanks for your help.

Hi Oceanview!

I can't reproduce such a behaviour. Everything's working fine here. If you want to, you can send your score and playback configuration to support@vsl.co.at and I'll take a look at your files.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Andi,

Your suggestion concerning updating Sibelius solved the problem of the two new solo instruments not playing correctly. I remembered why I had not installed that upgrade - it seemed to give no great advantage but it did require registering with Avid and getting a new identification number - so I left it.

Thanks for your help and happy new year.

Oceanview

I see. Thanks for the feedback.

Best,
Andi