I am evaluating Pianoteq and have two simple (I hope) questions:
1. Is it possible to use Pianoteq with Sibelius and is there a soundet for it?
2. Is it possible to use Pianoteq with Harmony Assistant?
I work on a Macintosh.
Regards Leander
I don't know Sibelius or Harmony Assistant. Do they load as a VST or AU? If so, they should work fine.
In other words, how do you connect them with your other instruments? Or are you thinking of getting all of them at once, and are worried about everything working together?
Sibelius is a standalone program, it doesn't load as a VI. It connects with other instruments via usual MIDI cables, or via virtual MIDI cables, if you wanna connect them to a VI.
Leander, you _can_ use Pianoteq as an AU or VST plug-in instrument to play back the music. (Thus, no sound-sets are involved!!!)
I haven't actually used Sibelius in a little while now (I'm going for MIDI-only and/or graphic notation these days), but that was my main reason for initially getting Pianoteq! (So I could go all "Sorabji" with it! ;^)
Just open the mixer and select Pianoteq as the playback device. (IMHumO, this is one area where Sibelius could be a bit clearer. Too much crap is buried beneath the surface...) You may have to configure the "playback devices" first. (I've uninstalled the program, so I can't do a quick "open & compare" for you. But the manual explains enough for you to get by.)
I do not believe Harmony Assistant hosts plug-ins (and, quite frankly, it's a bit "behind the times" now), so that would be a dead-end.
Hi Leander,
which version of Sibelius do you use? VST and AU Plugins are supported since Sibelius 5.
I guess you want to recall Pianoteq as your default sound every time you create a new piano staff in the score? That is possible but there are some steps to get there. When i tried it first the metronom sound was also played back by pianoteq , so i posted a question about that problem at the Sibelius Help Center and got a step by step explanation from the support two days later. Have a look here:
http://www.sibelius.com/cgi-bin/helpcen...;groupid=3
Best regards,
Robert
When i tried it first the metronom sound was also played back by pianoteq , so i posted a question about that problem at the Sibelius Help Center and got a step by step explanation from the support two days later. Have a look here:
Yeah, that #$@#@#!@%#$%@ metronome, turned "on" by default. That thing's bloody obnoxious!!! (And it was a pain in the neck to finally disable.)