How do I set different program number using Kompakt and Sibelius? I've read the help file on this subject but it doesn't seem to help me enough. I don't understand where you can find the program or patch numbers in kompakt. Other than that I've finally got this thing working.

If you're using Kontakt (or Kompakt), you don't need to worry about entering program numbers. The important MIDI variables you need to enter are: CHANNEL, and DEVICE (in Sibelius' Mixer). The "output" device for each Sibelius staff needs to match the "input" midi device in Kompakt.

Make sure the staff channels match those of the channels set in kompakt and you should be good to go.

AB

I think I should rephrase my question...what I mean is that whenever you're going to have the tenors change to puffies or use any of the other samples, how do you go about doing that? I've tried setting all the tenor tracks to the same channel but I get all of them playing at once when I do that. So I'll have each tenor track as a different channel but how can I tell sibelius when to use which tenor track? And how will the kompakt program know if I can only set the channel?

Oh, I see what you're saying.
Your best bet is to use the GIGA samples in Kompakt. That way you don't have to fuss with Tenor 1, Tenor 2, etc. All the puffies, rims, shots, cresc, decresc, etc is included within each instrument. For example, all you need to do to change tenors from regular mallets to puffies would be to move the mod wheel up. In Sibelius, you'd simply enter this midi command (as a technique text expression):

~C1,120

Basically, what this is saying is this:
~ hides this command so it doesn't print or "appear" in the score.
C1 means "controller 1" which in midi-lingo happens to be the mod wheel.
120 is the midi value. In midi lingo, you have from 1-128 as your values. 1 would be lowest, and 128 would be highest. In this case, 120 would mean the mod wheel is just about all the way up. To go back to regular mallets from puffies, enter this into the tenor staff:

~C1, 1

It's also important to note that when you import the Giga formatted samples into Kompakt, you'll have to then "save" those as .nki instruments. In doing to, you'll end up with the SCV Tenors.nki instrument, AS WELL AS a folder that contains the multitude of samples that go into making that instrument.

Since you're using Kompakt, stay away from the soundfonts. They're not nearly as powerful as the giga version, and luckily, Kompakt is able to import the giga format quite nicely.

hope this helps,
Adam