Having lost my disc in switching to a new computer, I downloaded the trial and entered my information, no problems.
However I have no sound, and nothing showing in the mixer. In Configuration, there is no drop down option to display, nothing at all. Have I failed to download something vital, and if so could someone point me in the right direction? The site says there are no sound sets available to download for Sibelius 7 and I'm otherwise at a loss!
The trial version does not include the Sibelius 7 First Sounds sample library. You need to install the sample library from the original disk. There is no publicly available download for the sample library.
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Sibelius 8.0.1/7.5.1/7.1.3/6.2/5.2.5, PhotoScore Ult 8.0.4, Dolet 6.4 for Sibelius, Windows 7 32-bit SP1 4GB, Windows 8.1 64-bit 16GB.
I don't have the disk any more, how are you supposed to hear the instruments using the trial version without this?
I've tried to copy the sounds from my other laptop to this one but don't understand where it's meant to go; configuration continues to give me no options.
That's the thing, there are no MIDI sounds. If you see the picture I attached with my post, there are no options and I don't have the ability to click anything to select 'General MIDI (Basic)', it gives me nothing at all.
On the left is the screen that appears, on the right is what's displayed when I click folders. Inside the VSTPlugins folder there's nothing, can't see anything about MIDI. Thanks for your patience and help Robin!
The Sibelius start up music plays without a problem, as does my music/other applications. I don't have anything else open at all, this laptop is almost brand new and I've not downloaded very much yet; iTunes Chrome, Audacity, Skype, Netflix. No other music software and I don't think Audacity would be causing a problem, but could be mistaken.
As has been said, you do not appear to have installed the Sib 7 Sounds library. It is a huge download so I'd be searching very hard to find the installation disc!
Untick "Use Virtual Instruments" Restart Sib
What does Playback Devices look like now?
If there are no dlls in the VST folder, then that is further confirmation that you have not installed the sound library. If that is the case, then you are restricted to the MIDI sounds your soundcard can produce.
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1.6GHz Intel i7 Quad core, Win 7 Pro (x64), 8GB, 7TB HDD, Scarlett 6i6, Sib 6.2, 7.1.3, 7.5 EWQLSO Plat, Miroslav Phil, NotePerformer, Harmony Asst, EWQLSC, GPO, COMB2
Si me castigare vis, necesse est me intellexisse.