Preferred Sounds - Roland XV-88 User Manual

4.2 Preferred Sounds

When multiple sound sets are used in the same playback configuration there is a good
chance that some instruments will be available in more than one device. For example,
"Library A" and "Library B" may both have a solo violin sound. Even though the
patch names in the sound sets are probably different, to Sibelius these two solo violin
sounds are equivalent because the underlying sound ID is the same. This poses a prob-
lem because Sibelius will arbitrarily select one of these sounds which may or may not
be the desired sound.
To instruct Sibelius from which device a sound should play, Preferred Sounds rules can
be added in the playback configuration. Using Preferred Sounds, sounds can be as-
signed very specifically or very broadly to a particular device based on their sound IDs.
N : Preferred Sounds, despite their use in directing sounds to a device, are not a
ote
replacement for a manual sound set when one must be used. They should be used in
addition to any channel assignments made in a manual sound set.
Preferred Sounds Tab
From the Playback Devices dialog select the Preferred Sounds tab to view currently
applied Preferred Sounds rules (if any) and add new rules.
Select a sound ID using the expanding list at
Preferred Sounds, Sound ID Selection
the left of this dialog. The more specific your
selection, the more targeted the preferred
sound rule will be. For example, if you select
Strings, all instruments whose sound IDs
begin with "strings" will be allocated to the
designated device. However, if you select
Strings > Violin, only instruments whose
sound IDs begin with "strings.violin" will be
allocated to the designated device.
Once you've made your selection, use the drop-down menu at the right to select the
device you want to use for this sound, and click Add to apply the rule. Be sure to save
the playback configuration after adding or editing rules so that the changes are stored.
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