Sibelius 7 Sounds - 5. Guitar

Fifth in a series of reviews of the new sound set from Sibelius 7. Please watch full-screen with high fidelity sound.

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[MikeyIV]

Just got Sibelius 7. I really like it. But is there a library I could install that would have more realistic sounds? What do you use and what do you recommend? Also, btw, its pretty funny that Sibelius put in the guitar movement noise. Great classical guitarists try to limit that as much as possible and I find it funny that a computer program purposely put that in.

[OrchestrationOnline]

@MikeyIV Please watch my "Sibelius 7 Sounds vs. the Tchaikovsky Test" video, where I discuss the playback interface. Yes, you can use any plugin sound set you want.

Agreed on the fret noise - that is just a trendy thing, probably something that sound sets will abandon in the next generation of digital music-making.

[LOTRzagorath]

One thing I found really annoying when I tried the Sib7 sounds out (not about guitars, but just in general), was how it interpreted the tenuto straight line above the note. Usually, when I write this, I intend it to be played for the full length, yet with a clear gap before the next note. However, Sibelius seems to play it just as a staccato. (cont.)

[OrchestrationOnline]

@LOTRzagorath The tenuto problem is simply a bug that went out with the very first run of Sib 7. To fix it, you must go to Play, then open Dictionary and select Articulations, then Tenuto. You will see that someone simply forgot to check the third box marked "Adjust duration to..." Check it, then everything should work fine. However, you must check it for every new score file, until you get the update in which they fixed it (now available, I hear).

[LOTRzagorath]

Is this the final part, or are you going to cover world instruments and/or vocals?

[OrchestrationOnline]

@LOTRzagorath World instruments, no: as I say, I am trying to focus on orchestration here. Vocals I will mention, but mostly to say how they are no different than before, just a reference sound, and how that's a missed opportunity.

Just one more sound review, the Brass, coming tomorrow. Then one about how the sounds and Play system work (the Tchaikovsky Test), then my open letter to Sibelius.

[LMPaule]

Thanks for a great group of videos. I agree with whats sounds good and what does not. I would be a stronger in my condemnation of the classical guitar sound. I find it just awful. It is the most unrealistic sound in the entire set. I hope the folks at Sibelius watch your videos and read the user comments.

[LOTRzagorath]

@OrchestrationOnline Oh of course! How did I forget brass -.-

As for the tenuto, thanks for that. I should have known it was something obvious.

[LOTRzagorath]

(cont.)

I did, however, have problems in my installation and some whole instruments were missing. It may be that the tenuto sounds just failed to install for me. I didn't bother reinstalling because it was too slow on my current computer, so it wouldn't be worth it anyway.

[LOTRzagorath]

@EugenArbrakh The 30 GB material.

The 'standard' Sibelius sounds are basic MIDI, and not Sibelius (as far as I know).