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I mute the instruments I am not playing back. Each time, I playback a different orchestral section separately: i.e., woodwinds, brass, percussion-harp-piano, and strings. I playback the score four times with Sibelius using General MIDI sounds. This workaround avoids the limitations of MIDI's 16 channels and 16 different simultaneous sounds.
#SIBELIUS PLAYBACK CONFIGURATION FULL#
By "large," I mean a score for full symphony orchestra with many more than 16 different instruments.
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Posted by Laurence Payne - 08 May 10:55AMÄ«y the way, I have another very useful workaround to record a large orchestral score in General MIDI sounds. 7.1.3: Cannot export audio using General Midi running windows 10 And how about the ability to playback in Sibelius more than 16 MIDI sounds simultaneously. That said, isn't 25-30 years since the introduction of General Midi sounds enough time for some company to come up with a new array of MIDI sounds that still work as well, but sound much better. The lack of expression in MIDI sounds is sometimes an asset in contemporary music. MIDI sounds can perform prestissimo string passages with a clarity of detail than even my Vienna samples cannot. They can be much more precise and cleanly articulated than sampled sounds-unless you don't mind spending two-or-three weeks massaging and tweeking an orchestral score performed by Sibelius Sounds. Despite all the progress made by sampled sounds, MIDI sounds still have many marked advantages over sampled sounds. I playback a score with General MIDI sounds, while using Total Recorder to record internally and save the MIDI sounds in a WAV file. Here is a simple workaround that I use frequently to record my Sibelius scores with MIDI sounds.