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by MikeLyons
Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: whole Notes w/3 lines Tremelo?
Replies: 2
Views: 2837

Re: whole Notes w/3 lines Tremelo?

You need to use the 2nd keypad layout. The tremolando is there, on the enter key. Put two minims into the bar. Click on the first snd add the 3-line tremolo, then click on/press the enter key on the keypad. If you have done it correctly, the minims will turn into semibreves, with the tremolando betw...
by MikeLyons
Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:17 am
Forum: Playback Problems
Topic: Vibraphone will not make sound
Replies: 3
Views: 3433

Re: Vibraphone will not make sound

Yes, but sibelius is not an orchestral percussionist. You can certainly write it on one staff, but to ensure playback is always correct, you should not have tuned and untuned percussion on the same staff.
by MikeLyons
Tue Dec 26, 2023 10:58 pm
Forum: Playback Problems
Topic: Vibraphone will not make sound
Replies: 3
Views: 3433

Re: Vibraphone will not make sound

It's not a great idea to have a tuned instrument on the same staff as an untuned one. A better strategy is to keep them on separate staves and then use appropriate system breaks and hide empty staves to make it appear like one line. For the part - once you have completely finished adding notes - cre...
by MikeLyons
Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:20 pm
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: Convincing brass
Replies: 6
Views: 4343

Re: Convincing brass

Try EastWest Opus. Their Hollywood sounds can be made to sound very realistic.
by MikeLyons
Fri Dec 15, 2023 7:44 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Tempo Marking Appears Double
Replies: 4
Views: 4130

Re: Tempo Marking Appears Double

Are these text items the same colour? Is one purple and the other grey when selected?
by MikeLyons
Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:41 pm
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: controlling dynamics
Replies: 2
Views: 3233

Re: controlling dynamics

If you are using written dynamics, make sure you have turned off all kinds of playback interpretation
by MikeLyons
Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:20 am
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: Convincing brass
Replies: 6
Views: 4343

Re: Convincing brass

If money is no object, there are excellent libraries available from steinberg, sounds online and others. Again, the caveats are that, unless there are soundsets available you are going to have to get into the bare guts of sibelius 's soundworld. I believe the latest version of NotePerformer has a fa...
by MikeLyons
Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: Convincing brass
Replies: 6
Views: 4343

Re: Convincing brass

Unless you are willing to pay hundreds (or thousands) of dollars, you aren't going to get realistic sounds. You certainly won't get them with Sib sounds - which hasn't been updated for at least 10 years. Noteperformer does good brass sounds, with little fussing and faffing about for a low price, NP ...
by MikeLyons
Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:38 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How do I redirect the neck of notes?
Replies: 2
Views: 3716

Re: How do I redirect the neck of notes?

Select the bars and press [shift]v. That should correct the incorrect voicing. It is hard for someone used to writing 4-part music not to use 1 and 2 for the treble voices and 3 and 4 for the bass. In sibelius, you only need voices 3 or 4 for extremely complex music which would probably be better wr...
by MikeLyons
Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:17 am
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: Anchoring Staff Text to Barline
Replies: 3
Views: 3303

Re: Anchoring Staff Text to Barline

AFAIK, there is no fixed method of attaching a text to a barline automatically. In any case, I think it would be wiser to lock the page format once you have everything in the place you want it and do not use reset position after it is fixed.
by MikeLyons
Wed Nov 15, 2023 5:26 pm
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: Anchoring Staff Text to Barline
Replies: 3
Views: 3303

Re: Anchoring Staff Text to Barline

Make sure you can see the text object's attachment line. Also make certain you are working in the score, rather than a part. This should make locating the attachment point easier.
You could also change the horizontal placement value in the inspector to make the text line up better.
by MikeLyons
Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:35 am
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: writting notes without a staff
Replies: 3
Views: 3064

Re: writting notes without a staff

I suggest a better way might be to change the instrument to "no instrument (hidden)" by choosing change instrument and clicking to the left of the start of the first bar.
by MikeLyons
Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:08 pm
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: Sibelius not saving parts
Replies: 1
Views: 2591

Re: Sibelius not saving parts

AFAIK, parts which may have been open when the score was saved are not automatically opened. Select any bar in the top part and press w. This should open the top part pressing [ctrl/cmd]# will cycle through all parts and back to the score.
by MikeLyons
Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:15 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Score won't play back anymore...
Replies: 2
Views: 2755

Re: Score won't play back anymore...

Open the file, say no to the warning. Go into play-->playback devices-->audio engine options. Check if your normal playback device is listed. If not, this coukd be a device driver/sound card issue. Make sure your drivers are up-to-date according to the manufacturer's website. If this doesn't help, p...