571: Sound sets that ship with Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7 ship with sound sets for a number of hardware MIDI devices and virtual instruments. Each version has built-in support for any device that uses the General MIDI or General MIDI 2 standard, and any device that uses the Yamaha XG standard (to the level of the MU-50).

The specific supported devices are as follows:

Hardware MIDI devices

• General MIDI
• General MIDI 2
• Roland JV-1080
• Roland JV-1080 with Orchestral 1 expansion board
• Roland SC-88
• Roland SC-88 Pro
• Roland SC-8820
• Yamaha XG

Virtual instruments

• Garritan Concert & Marching Band
• Garritan Gofriller Cello
• Garritan Jazz & Big Band
• Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3
• Garritan Personal Orchestra
• Garritan Personal Orchestra 4
• Garritan Stradivari Violin (Sibelius 5 only)
• Jeux
• Sibelius Sounds Choral
• Sibelius Sounds Essentials
• Sibelius Sounds Gold (formerly Kontakt Player Gold)
• Sibelius Sounds Rock and Pop Collection
• Sibelius Sounds World Music
• Sibelius 7 Sounds (Sibelius 7 only)
• Synful Orchestra
• Terratec AX-50
• Tapspace Virtual Drumline
• Vienna Symphonic Library Special Edition
• Vienna Symphonic Library Special Edition PLUS
• XSample Chamber Ensemble

Sound sets for other devices

Sound sets for other devices may be available for download from the Sibelius web site, at this page.