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Sound sets in Sibelius 3 For advanced users only! Sibelius 3 includes a sound set editor within the main application (see Edit Sound Sets in the Sibelius 3 User Guide for details). The sound set editor should fulfill most user needs. This document may be useful to users who need to do batch processing on sound set files, or who need to generate sound sets automatically. You can also assign any patch to more than one group if you edit a sound set file directly – the sound set editor in Sibelius 3 will not let you do this (see below for details). Before attempting to create your own sound set, it is worth checking if one is already available: see the online Help Center at http://www.sibelius.com/helpcenter/resources/ for the latest additions. Disclaimer Sound sets are complex files and are not designed to be user-editable. Using a sound set with incorrect syntax may cause your copy of Sibelius to behave unpredictably or even crash. Sibelius Software accepts no responsibility for any loss of data or other problems experienced as a result of editing the supplied sound sets or creating new ones. This document is provided “as is,” and no warranty, implied or otherwise, covers the information contained within. Please also note that we do not offer technical support on the editing or creation of sound set files. Filenames The filename of a sound set file is insignificant (i.e. it is not shown in the Play > Devices dialog), but we recommend that it should be fairly descriptive. It should also be 31 characters or less (including the .set file extension) to ensure compatibility with all file systems. File format In Sibelius 3 sound set files can either be in a text or binary format. The binary format is more compact and much quicker to load. All the sounds sets installed with Sibelius are in the binary format. Only the text format is described in this document. To convert from text to binary format you can use the sound set editor within Sibelius (see the Sibelius 3 User Guide for details). Example sound set In order to understand this document it would be good to look at an example text-format sound set file. You can create such a file by doing the following: • Run Sibelius 3 • Choose Play > Edit Sound Sets • Select General MIDI and click New • In the Device tab enter the name you want (e.g. “Test Example”). • In the same tab, switch on Save as text near the bottom. • Click OK and quit Sibelius. • The example file will be in C:\Program Files\Sibelius Software\Sibelius 3\Sounds and its filename will be similar to the name you chose (e.g. TestExample.set). • If you open this file in any text editor you should see a text file with curly brace { and the word FileVersion on the following line. Sound set syntax The sound set starts with an open brace { and ends with a closing brace }. The body of the sound set contains the …