Topic: Importing Pianoteq into Sibelius Ultimate
Hi, I want to use the Pianoteq sounds in Sibelius Ultimate for playback, can this be done? Importing a Sibelius midifile score into Pianoteq loses the fine detail... With thanks.
- StefanH
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Re: Importing Pianoteq into Sibelius Ultimate
StefanH wrote:
Hi, I want to use the Pianoteq sounds in Sibelius Ultimate for playback, can this be done? Importing a Sibelius midifile score into Pianoteq loses the fine detail... With thanks.
Hello Stefan,
I do not know this for certain, but I would suspect that all of the note-on velocities in Sibelius Ultimate are the same value, i.e., 64 or 80, etc. Playing back the music of a notation program sounds, well, mechanical, computer-like, and emotionless.
The way to determine whether all of the note-on velocities of your Sibelius midifile score are the same, you may wish to export that file as a standard midi file (XXX.mid), and then import the .mid file into a midi sequencing program, and then go in and evaluate the note-on velocities. Odds are strongly in favor of all of the note-on velocities being exactly the same default value.
Also, and I do not know this for certain, an imported midi file will probably have notes whose timings were quantized, such as a quarter note/crotchet = 120 beats per minute. These bland timings are the death knell to any Pianoteq performance.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Joe