Changing percussion

[Rangi]

Any one using VI percussion and Sibelius? I’m writing a piece where the percussion players will change instruments during it. I can make Sibelius notate the instrument change on the same staff, from bongos to toms, but I can’t control the Tom sound set. The bongos play correctly from the beginning of the piece but at the change it auto picks the wrong midi channel for the toms. How do I control it or write an instruction please.

[Rangi]

Anyone out there with an opinion please?

[andi]

Hello Rangi!

The following point from the Troubleshooting chapter of the "Optimizing Sibelius Playback" manual might help.

Sibelius assigns MIDI channels for instruments with the same Sound ID or Drum map in order of appearance from the first staff to the last one. If there are instrument changes on a staff, all instruments on this staff come before the instrument(s) on the next staff. Instruments that appear more than once on a staff only need one channel. Here is an example.
Staff 1 starts with a Bass Drum, includes an instrument change to Snare Drum and returns to Bass Drum.
Staff 2 starts with a Tambourine, includes an instrument change to Bass Drum and returns to Tambourine.
In this case four channels with the program "Drums" are needed. Sibelius will play the Bass Drum from staff 1 on channel 1, the Snare Drum on channel 2, the Tambourine on channel 3 and the Bass Drum from staff 2 on channel 4.

Best regards,
Andi