396: Handbells instrument plays back as tubular bells by default with Kontakt Player Gold

When you create a Handbells instrument in Sibelius 3 with Kontakt Player Gold, it will play back by default as tubular bells rather than the dedicated handbells sound included in Kontakt Player Gold.

This is due to a minor problem with the Kontakt Player Gold sound set file. Download the corrected version here.

To install the corrected sound set:

  • Windows:
    • Quit Sibelius
    • Navigate to C:\Program Files\Sibelius Software\Sibelius 3\Sounds
    • Delete the existing Kontakt Gold.set file
    • Move the downloaded file into the Sounds folder in its place
    • Restart Sibelius.
  • Mac:
    • Quit Sibelius
    • Using the Finder, open /Applications/Sibelius 3/Sounds
    • Delete the existing Kontakt Gold.set file
    • Move the downloaded file into the Sounds folder in its place
    • Restart Sibelius.

Details

Product
Sibelius
Versions
affected
3.0 - 3.1.3
Changed
05 Feb 2004

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