Program changes with Sibelius sound set?

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lesparapluies
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Post by lesparapluies » Wed Jan 06, 2021 2:55 pm

I've used Sibelius for several years but so far have only used a GM module as a playback device. I'm now working on a large orchestral score so decided to give the Sibelius orchestral sound set a try. I've run into a snag on the percussion stave - I'm putting the timps and glock / xylophone on the same stave and want the playback sound to change with the text. With the GM playback I would have created a new word in Dictionary, so that the word "glock" would trigger MIDI program change number 9, etc, but that doesn't seem to work with the Sound Set, obviously the sounds don't correspond to the standard GM numbers. Is there a way to achieve what I need, other than just assigning the percussion stave to play back through the GM device?
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andyg
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Post by andyg » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:02 pm

Look up 'Instrument Change' in the reference manual and it will give you more info than I can!

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