This article is a guest post by composer Derek Bourgeois

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Now let us look at how you would do this process using Vienna Symphonic Library.

The principal is exactly the same, but the interface looks very different. You have to load Vienna Ensemble Pro before you start to create your instance. You create the instance and link it to Sibelius.

Let’s take my Instance ‘Vsl Percussion 1’. You start with a blank canvas and add instruments one by one except in Ve Pro you are able to name them as well. In ‘Vsl Percussion 1’ I have a sundry collection of 16 assorted percussion instruments as you can see from the picture below.

You create your instrument by clicking on the little icon bottom left of the dialog. You assign the name and the channel, then you select either the Matrix or the specific patch and drag it into the area top left of the screen.