Hello All !!
I use Sib., and have been hoping Dorico would be ready for prime time. Until at least v3, I am unlikely to move, and Sib itself has been developing. My main issue with Sib is the playback. I tried Noteperformer, and it just does not do it for me. (Although others love it.)
I am in the group of people that like composing for live players, and want decent automatic rendering during the composition process. So what I want is something that takes all the standard notation markings that Sib can put on a page, and translate them into playback instructions for a sample library, and can do a passable imitation of humanising, so the typically robotic playback from Sib. is improved as well as the sound quality of the samples used.
Has anyone tried VSL Smart Orchestra etc., that come with a Sibelius soundset, and how does it compare against NP ? Does it respond to all the Sibelius markings ?
Are there any other alternative approaches anyone is trying ? Are there other (including sketching) orchestras for which anyone has made a decent Sibelius soundset and that can respond well to all the Sibelius markings ?
(other than the ones on Jonathan Loving's site).
Any feedback and ideas would be of use !!! Thanks !!
I use Sib., and have been hoping Dorico would be ready for prime time. Until at least v3, I am unlikely to move, and Sib itself has been developing. My main issue with Sib is the playback. I tried Noteperformer, and it just does not do it for me. (Although others love it.)
I am in the group of people that like composing for live players, and want decent automatic rendering during the composition process. So what I want is something that takes all the standard notation markings that Sib can put on a page, and translate them into playback instructions for a sample library, and can do a passable imitation of humanising, so the typically robotic playback from Sib. is improved as well as the sound quality of the samples used.
Has anyone tried VSL Smart Orchestra etc., that come with a Sibelius soundset, and how does it compare against NP ? Does it respond to all the Sibelius markings ?
Are there any other alternative approaches anyone is trying ? Are there other (including sketching) orchestras for which anyone has made a decent Sibelius soundset and that can respond well to all the Sibelius markings ?
(other than the ones on Jonathan Loving's site).
Any feedback and ideas would be of use !!! Thanks !!