I am transferring all of my programs including Sibelius to my new computer. Before, I had Sibelius 7.1.3 seamlessly reaching into an external hard drive to find the samples. If for some reason, the hard drive wasn't on, Sibelius would ask me to specify a different location to find the sounds.
So after my install on the new machine (of Sibelius 7.1.3) I plugged in the external hard drive and hoped Sibelius would know where to look. But it doesn't, and unfortunately since General MIDI are installed it has been content to utilize those sounds and hasn't asked my opinion on the matter.
My question is: How can I tell Sibelius where to look or change the soundest (to force it to look) when Sibelius 7 Sounds isn't even an available option in the soundest area?
The problem is that DCPianist has not run the Sibelius 7 Sounds installer on the new computer, so Sibelius does not even bother going looking for sounds.
We need to know whether DCPianist is using Mac OS or Windows. If using Windows, then see my post linked in Bob's post above this one.
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Sibelius 7.5.1/7.1.3/6.2/5.2.5, PhotoScore Ult 7.0.2, Dolet 6.3 for Sibelius, Windows 7 32-bit SP1 4GB, Windows 8.1 64-bit 16GB.
Then you should run the Sibelius 7 Sounds installer (one sounds installer on each of four DVD disks, starting with the "Program" DVD), and afterwards then run the Sibelius 7 Sounds updater for version 7.1.2/7.1.3.
On first run of the sounds installer, you are given the option to identify a location for the sounds. Once set, that location is used for all subsequent part-installations.
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Sibelius 7.5.1/7.1.3/6.2/5.2.5, PhotoScore Ult 7.0.2, Dolet 6.3 for Sibelius, Windows 7 32-bit SP1 4GB, Windows 8.1 64-bit 16GB.
If you install to the same location where the sound data already exists, break out of the installation routine once the long file-copy stint starts. No harm will be done, and I suspect everything will work.
Please don't get angry if I ask for clarification...
You are telling me that I will be loading each of the four discs and then installing up till the point to where it actually starts to install (carefully telling it where to install). And then I will quit the installation process and eject the CD proceeding to repeat the same process with the next CD.
If I would let the installation continue, would it create duplicate files on the hard drive or write over the ones that are already there? What might be the ramifications of interrupting an install in progress? Half installed files?
No, just the first disk. I think the part of the installation that tells Sibelius where the sounds are located happens very early on. The rest of the long process is merely copying data to that location. If it's there already...
I recommend that you perform the first of the four sounds installations completely, choosing to install precisely on top of the existing installation, and allow it to run to natural completion.
Afterwards, run the 7.1.2/7.1.3 Sibelius 7 Sounds updater, to repair the down-grading that the first installation did to some of the sound files.
Whether this works depends on getting the installation location exactly the same as before.
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Sibelius 7.5.1/7.1.3/6.2/5.2.5, PhotoScore Ult 7.0.2, Dolet 6.3 for Sibelius, Windows 7 32-bit SP1 4GB, Windows 8.1 64-bit 16GB.
That might be tricky because I think the installation of each disc is done over more than folder... I'd first have to know precisely which, then I'm not sure there is a way to select more than one folder during install location selection.
Of course, this concern is non-existent if what you mean by exact installation location, the hard drive itself...
It doesn't matter if one folder is incomplete when you break the routine. I don't think the installer "clears the decks" before copying a folder's worth, it just overwrites what's there.
But this is getting silly. You've got the disks. Nuke your old Sounds folder, start the installation. All four disks, then the updates. It doesn't take THAT long!
Ok, I think that worked. I confess, I didn't follow your instructions perfectly. I did a complete reinstall of the first disc to the concerned location and ran the 7.1.3 updater. I didn't install the other CD's but it seemed to work.
And I tried to be patient but it does take PRETTY long!
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Thanks again for tremendous help. It sure beats the Avid Support Case that hasn't replied for days... the slackers.