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5.3 e Mixer

e Sibelius mixer provides control over a variety of parameters associated with play-

back, including MIDI volume level, panning, plugin audio levels, eects, and sound

assignments. With the exception of sound assignments, all of these behave as you

would expect and allow for ner control of the sounds used in the score.

Audio and MIDI Levels and Control

An important distinction needs to be made between audio and MIDI levels as con-

trolled by the meters in the Mixer. For sta channel strips, the meters show MIDI

activity/level and are not indicative of the audio signal. e volume faders for these

channel strips are linked to MIDI CC7 and the pan controls to MIDI CC10. As

these are MIDI-level controls, their values can be altered by data in the score, such as

dynamic changes.

For devices that oer a secondary volume control (via CC11), the sta volume faders

can be used to set overall MIDI volume levels and the value will not change. If, how-

ever, the device uses CC7 alone, the value set in the mixer is subject to change when

dierent dynamics are entered in the score. Note that the display in the mixer will not

track these changes.

Although generally of little consequence, understanding how these faders operate can

prevent frustration when the displayed levels seem to be changing or ignored alto-

gether.

Unlike sta channel strips, the virtual instrument and master channel strips display au-

dio signal and control each plugin’s audio output level, and the summed audio output

level of all plugins, respectively. e virtual instrument faders in particular are useful

when mixing libraries together that have widely varied output. By balancing the output

levels at the plugin stage, the sta channel strips can be left to mix each instrument at

the MIDI-level allowing greater exibility and range.

Sound Assignments

Two types of sound assignment are possible using the mixer, device assignments and

patch assignments. However, with the exception of hardware MIDI synths, assigning

sounds and devices in the mixer is bad practice and is best avoided in all but a few spe-

cic cases (and even then, only as a last resort). Doing so can result in incorrect sound

allocation, cause articulations and techniques to switch incorrectly, or prevent them

from switching at all.

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