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Manual Sound Set
Instrument channel and device assignments. Part of a playback configuration.
Manuscript (template)
A Sibelius file containing customized settings, such as those found in a House Style,
used as a template when creating a new score.
Playback Configuration
Parameters that determine what plugin(s) or device(s) a score will use for playback.
Playback Dictionary
Assigns sound ID changes and other MIDI functions to notation markings.
Plugin
A software virtual instrument.
Plugin Instance
An active software device in a playback configuration. A plugin that has been activated
once is said to be "one instance", twice is "two instances", etc.
Sound ID
A SoundWorld identifier for instrument sounds and articulations.
Sound Set
Instructions that tell Sibelius what sounds a sample library or hardware device contains
and how to use those sounds.
SoundWorld
Defines and establishes the relationship between sounds using sound IDs.
Standalone
Use of a virtual instrument as its own program rather than as a plugin within Sibelius
or another host. Not all virtual instruments provide a standalone software program.
VST(i)
Virtual Studio Technology (Instrument), a common plugin format for virtual instru-
ments available on both Mac and Windows systems.
x86 / x64
Shorthand indications for software architecture. x86 refers to 32-bit, and x64 to 64-bit.
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