Angelo,
Sorry, haven't checked this thread recently. I don't actually play anything back "within" Sibelius or Finale -- I'm a complete VSL snob now, and I can't stand playing back my scores on anything but! [;)]
Sibelius or Finale outputs midi to either a host (like Bidule), or to Logic (I just "hard-wire" my midi inputs to the Instrument objects), or to my slave machines. An audio file output is rendered from whichever of the above I'm using to listen. I also use MaxMSP a lot, which makes it very easy to simply capture audio from a variety of sources and "mix" it into a stereo output file.
That said, the piece I mentioned from the Projects section is all Horizon samples, played using a score analysis and sample playback system I built myself -- which I gave up developing when the VIs locked up all the sample content in .dat files. It had a function to render output, so that's how I captured the mix. But using a notation program with a VI host is simple enough, and in most cases will allow you to capture the audio playback to a stereo file.
As far as whether a stereo file is necessary for a concert work, in my experience it's very handy, particular given the quality possible with the VIs. I use them occasionally (though *very* rarely) to "assist" an ensemble that seems to be having a particularly difficult time wrapping their heads around a piece, but also for general demos. This is particularly handy when a premiere is either not recorded, or is just too full or problems to be provide a valuable documentation of the piece.
cheers,
J.
Sorry, haven't checked this thread recently. I don't actually play anything back "within" Sibelius or Finale -- I'm a complete VSL snob now, and I can't stand playing back my scores on anything but! [;)]
Sibelius or Finale outputs midi to either a host (like Bidule), or to Logic (I just "hard-wire" my midi inputs to the Instrument objects), or to my slave machines. An audio file output is rendered from whichever of the above I'm using to listen. I also use MaxMSP a lot, which makes it very easy to simply capture audio from a variety of sources and "mix" it into a stereo output file.
That said, the piece I mentioned from the Projects section is all Horizon samples, played using a score analysis and sample playback system I built myself -- which I gave up developing when the VIs locked up all the sample content in .dat files. It had a function to render output, so that's how I captured the mix. But using a notation program with a VI host is simple enough, and in most cases will allow you to capture the audio playback to a stereo file.
As far as whether a stereo file is necessary for a concert work, in my experience it's very handy, particular given the quality possible with the VIs. I use them occasionally (though *very* rarely) to "assist" an ensemble that seems to be having a particularly difficult time wrapping their heads around a piece, but also for general demos. This is particularly handy when a premiere is either not recorded, or is just too full or problems to be provide a valuable documentation of the piece.
cheers,
J.