I'm not sure if this is a Sib4 issue, or a VDL2 issue.  But I just bought a brand new computer, installed both programs and midi yoke, and the life of me cannot get any sounds produced when I playback a file in Sib.  I have double, tripple and quadruple checked the settings, and nothing.  I can't find anything wrong.  When I go to Sib>Play>Playback and Devices and test the midi yoke, I can hear the VDL2 sound set, but when I actually play the file nothing.  The mixer settings are all correct with the proper device and channels assigned, but alas I hear nothing.  Does anybody have any ideas?

NM.... I fixed it.  I took my old Audigy card out of my old machine and put it into this machine, AND in the VDL2 options, I unchecked the 'lock memory' option.  I'm not sure if the Audigy made any difference, but I know that the locked memory thing was definetly not helping anything.

Yeah, something's still not right.... system crashed, and now I have no sound again after a reboot.  I'll look at it more tomorrow.

Ok, I'm stuck.  I have been through the manual, the pdf's, even spent a good amount of time searching here, and still no luck.  Here's the deal... 

Sib4>play>playback and input devices>  Yoke NT 1 On... all others off.
Mixer>device>Midi Yoke NT 1>all channels set to the corresponding VDL2 channel in VDL2

VDL2>setup>Midi>input> Midi Yoke NT 1 ON.... all others off.
VDL2>setup>Midi>output> everything is off

When in the playback and input devices screen of Sib4, Only Midi Yoke Nt1 is activated.  When I hit test, I can hear the VDL2 sounds.  When I playback a score, I hear nothing. When I trigger a note in VDL2, I can hear it.  It something to do with the midi info I'm almost positive.... but thats all I know.  Can anybody lend a hand?  I just spent a great deal of money on a new computer and if it doesnt run VDL2, its going back.

Ok, for no explainable reason.... its working...kinda.  I can't hear the bell part on channel 1.  When I play the VLD keyboard, I can hear bells, but they dont play back.  The other 6 lines of the score do for some reason....  This is getting rather frustrating.

I can't say for sure, but it sounds like you may have overlooked certain channel settings. Be sure to check (and double-check) what channel the bells (for example) is set to receive midi input on in VDL2. Then go back to the mixer, select that track, and double-check that your bells are set to that same channel. Remember, you can set the channels to anything you want (in both Sibelius and VDL2), so it's important that they both match.

The other thing to check...
Are you using the VDL2/Sibelius template? If not, you may not be hearing bells due to the fact that Sibelius (by default) sends a 2 octave transposition. To check this, select the first measure of the glock staff, go to create>other>transposition change, and make sure Middle C plays as Middle C. Then try replaying your score and see if that works.

In case you need it, the VDL2/Sibelius template can be found at:
https://www.tapspace.com/updates

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The other thing to check...
Are you using the VDL2/Sibelius template? If not, you may not be hearing bells due to the fact that Sibelius (by default) sends a 2 octave transposition. To check this, select the first measure of the glock staff, go to create>other>transposition change, and make sure Middle C plays as Middle C. Then try replaying your score and see if that works.


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Jim, that was the exact problem.  The bells were just out of range.  I opened the template and copied all of my staffs in, and the bell staff was waayyyyy too high. 

Excellent! So you're good to go?

Ok, so this is weird, and I don't know if you have encountered this.  I was playing my file, using the template.... everything was fine.  I opened up a score, to play back with general midi sounds, i made the device available in th play menu, i reset the sounds in the mixer.... and it plays from VLD2... ?!?!?  I go back to my pit score, and check and make sure its still let up for VLD2 and hit play... and I get general midi....even though I'm looking right at the set up and it tells me midi yoke 1, I can even test the sound in the mixer and I get VDL, but when I play the score I get GM.  I do not get this....


EDIT:  Ok, so it looks as though, if I turn off the general midi in the play menu>devices  that I get VDL back in the pit score.... but I still am not quite sure what to do about hearing a horn score through vdl2.

This is all basic Sibelius stuff. When you hit ";reset sounds"; the mixer will set all staves ";device"; setting (in the mixer) to whichever device is highlighted as the default playback device in the ";Playback and Input Devices"; window. If you want to hear your GM sounds, be sure to set it as the default device in the play window (letters will be blue). Setting the ";use"; column is obviously important as well.

Once you've done that, click ";reset sounds"; again (in the mixer) and all staves will be reset to the default device you just set. There's a chance you may have to re-do some channel settings after clicking reset sounds.

If you want to use a combination of GM and VDL, simply select the track in the mixer, and select Midi Yoke 1 for VDL stuff, and GM (or whatever it's called) for your GM staves.