Electric bass part is sending midi data one octave below to Logic

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noteman288
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Post by noteman288 » Wed Oct 20, 2021 3:26 am

Hello. I am using an IAC Driver with Sibelius Ultimate (latest version) to send midi to Logic Pro X for playback. When I monitor the midi notes coming into Logic, the electric part is an octave lower than it should be. None of the other parts are wrong. I tried changing to a different electronic bass instrument in Sibelius, but it was the same. The problem seems to be in Sibelius with this one part. Thanks!
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MikeLyons
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Post by MikeLyons » Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:07 am

IIRC, Sibelius' Bass guitar instruments are set to play the written notes an 8ve lower than written. If this is going wroing try changing the instrument definition to play an 8ve higher.
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noteman288
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Post by noteman288 » Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:49 am

Yes, that makes sense. I've been opening older compositions, playing them, and only the bass parts were not sounding. It's possible that I had used bass instruments in Logic which were set to transpose +12 and now I'm using bass instruments which are not. The weird thing is that, when I noticed this issue, I immediately changed the bass instrument in Logic to transpose +12 and it still did not sound. Maybe some virtual instruments will not transpose? I will have to experiment. But, I appreciate you pointing that out. :)
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MikeLyons
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Post by MikeLyons » Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:21 am

I would probably do the 8ve up in Sibelius, rather than logic (either edit the existing definition or create a new instrument). That's the start of the issue.
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