'Sib. 7.1.3: How do I drive a modern Roland synth?'

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Sib. 7.1.3: How do I drive a modern Roland synth? - Andrew Ricketts, 03 Feb 05:05PM
     Re: Sib. 7.1.3: How do I drive a modern Roland ... - Robin Walker, 03 Feb 06:39PM
         Re: Sib. 7.1.3: How do I drive a modern Roland ... - Andrew Ricketts, 15 Mar 11:23AM

Sib. 7.1.3: How do I drive a modern Roland synth?
Posted by Andrew Ricketts - 03 Feb 05:05PM
Hi, I am just getting back into composing and I'm facing a technical challenge.
At the moment I am using Sibelius 7.1.3. I used to have it drive a Roland XV-5050 synthesiser module with a sound set. It all worked well.

I have just bought a Roland Fantom 08, which is lovely, but I can't work out how to drive it from Sibelius as there seem to be no sound set and no ability to create one (is this true - the old editor seems not to be available).

I have emailed the Sound Set project but their website looks as if it it hasn't been updated for a while.

Sibelius 7.1.3 does enough for me but is this a case of me needing to upgrade to the latest version? How does the new version cope with this?

I have tried to find a solution to this but have failed so far. I suspect I am looking at the problem in the wrong way.

Help please?

Andrew
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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: How do I drive a modern Roland synth?
Posted by Robin Walker - 03 Feb 06:39PM
Later versions of Sibelius do not have any features which would make the Roland Fantom 08 any different for playback than you experience now with 7.1.3.

I do not have enough information about the Fantom 08 to know what to do about SoundSets. If the Fantom 08 has a playback mode which is compatible with the "General MIDI" specification, or the "Roland GS" specification, then those are the SoundSets that you would select and use for basic score playback.

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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: How do I drive a modern Roland synth?
Posted by Andrew Ricketts - 15 Mar 11:23AM
Thank you for responding. I am still playing around trying to solve this.
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Sib. 7.1.3: How do I drive a modern Roland synth? - Andrew Ricketts, 03 Feb 05:05PM
     Re: Sib. 7.1.3: How do I drive a modern Roland ... - Robin Walker, 03 Feb 06:39PM
         Re: Sib. 7.1.3: How do I drive a modern Roland ... - Andrew Ricketts, 15 Mar 11:23AM