Channel changes in Sibelius 5.

[Larry Mal]

Hello all, I'm using Sibelius 4.5 and Kontakt 3.5, with the Kirk Hunter sounds in it. I am trying to have one violin go from pizzicato to arco, by putting the pizzicato samples on Channel 1 in Kontakt, and the arco samples on Channel 2. I can't for the life of me figure out how to have Sibelius make such a simple change for me on measure 9. Any help? Thanks, L

(I've also posted this in the beginner's section, but so far, no luck. I'm trying it here to see if I have better luck. Thanks, L)

[dspreadbury]

You need to make sure that the sound ID you have specified for the pizz. and arco sounds in the Manual Sound Sets page of Play > Playback Devices match the sound IDs used by the instruments you're using to switch between.

Try setting channel 1 to the sound ID "strings.violin" and channel 2 to the sound ID "strings.violin.pizzicato".

Now simply type "pizz." at bar 9, and Sibelius should figure out that if it's using channel 1 to play back the arco sounds, it should use channel 2 to play back the pizz. sounds.

[Larry Mal]

I very much appreciate your reply. However, I had read that, but find that I am unable to click on the button the says "use manual sound sets" in order to set that up with any of the Kontakt players that I have to work with. Obviously there is something simple that I still don't understand, something so simple that I can't seem to find it in the manual either.

I entered in "Pizzicato" and that allowed nothing to me. I can't click on the Channel portion of the screen nor anything else. I do have the Kontakt player loaded with two Channels, the pizz. and the arco.

Any thoughts? I'm sure it's something very simple I'm missing. Thanks for your help.

[dspreadbury]

Go to the Playback page of Preferences and switch on the 'Allow manual sound sets' checkbox to enable manual sound sets for Kontakt devices.