Hello all,
Long time composer, new to the world of VSTs. A while ago, I purchased the Grandeur with the hope to incorporate it into Sibelius. I have been working with it all day, thinking Sibelius was not interfacing properly with Kontakt Player because the sound product quality was similar to my computer's General Midi player. The sound was not nearly as crisp or realistic as the demos on the product page.
At first, I thought it was because Sibelius simply was not using Kontakt Player, but I tried some of the other free vsts that came with Kontakt and the playback instrumentation changed with that. I also was able to change the timbre in the piano playback by adjusting the tone color, the lid lift, and the recording space by manipulating those options in Kontakt Player.
Could there be some element to my soundcard that limits what Grandeur can do or am I perhaps missing something in Sibelius? Sorry if I'm missing something incredibly obvious.