Merry Christmas, my friends!
Finally I made it going: Vibraphone with different vibrato speeds in Sibelius 7.5 with the Instrument "Pianoteq Vibraphone V-M".
This description is of course specialised to users who use Pianoteq as VST plug in with Sibelius notation software.
How I do this, having installed the instrument with the VST .dll being added to the AVID VST-plugins folder:
1.) in Sib, "preferred sounds", choose vor vibraphone the Pianoteq instrument.
2.) in the mixer, click the symbol * to open the Pianoteq plugin. In the instrument, select "Vibraphone V-M tremo".
3.) In the instrument, click "effects", there, click "Tremolo", there, activate the lower controller "mono" ("lamp" lights green).
4.) Save as personal setting to be active everytime the instrument is launched.
5.) In Sibelius playback dictionary, create new "Line texts":
a) vib fast
b) vib medium
c) vib slow
d) vib very slow
e) vib zero
6.) assign those texts to "Control change" as follows:
a) Controller 76, controller value: 60
b) Controller 76, controller value: 48
c) Controller 76, controller value: 39
d) Controller 76, controller value: 35
e) Controller 76, controller value: 0
Please note that looking up the vibrato settings in the pianoteq instrument, you will see that the piano speed varies from 0 Hz to 100 Hz, so full tremolo speed (controller value: 127) will result in a VERY special modulation effect.
You are free to try out changing the vibrato intensity control, since the default setting is quite moderate and might get lost in a huge orchestra sound.
Anyone pursuing the same effect might be invited to try it out - you must be sure you need it because you'd have to buy at Pianoteq - and return to this entry if more questions arise. Just in case I forgot to mention any important step.
Last edited by MadMusicologist (25-12-2014 07:32)