SCOPE PCI v5.1 & notation software (Finale & Sibelius)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:11 pm
More recent versions of both Finale & Sibelius seem to have terribly difficult time working with SCOPE PCI v5.1 in 64-bit Windows 7 here. ASIO driver has always been a little troublesome in the past with v4.5 & v5 in 32-bit but at least it allowed programs to start if I just take out ASIO software module in SFP. Not so much any more in v5.1 with 64-bit Windows 7. I have to go into Windows Device Manager & disable SCOPE PCI cards in order to let these applications go trouble free not dealing with SCOPE ASIO device.
Here's my work around so far:
In Sibelius 6:
1. Disable SCOPE PCI cards in Device Manager, reboot, then start Sibelius 6 (it does complain about SCOPE ASIO device not being there but that's ok since that's what we're trying to do anyway here)
2. Run Sibelius 6 (it shouldn't hang while in its splash screen anymore).
3. In 'Play>Playback Devices>Audio Engine Options', select a non-SCOPE device (I have installed & am running ASIO4ALL v2 in my case)
4. Now go back to Device Manager & enable SCOPE PCI cards.
5. Don't go back to select any SCOPE devices as audio engine as it will cause Sibelius to hang again next time you run after rebooting the machine. Then you'll have to go through process 1-4 all over again!
In Finale 2009 & 2011 (I don't have any other versions on this machine that I can test that has the problem), the work around is slightly different. At least in my machine, Finale hangs if you make a change to audio device in its menu. Only way to be able to make changes after the 1st time is to go through the process of disabling SCOPE PCI cards in Device Manager, reboot, then start Finale (just like Sibelius, it will complain about SCOPE ASIO not being there, but that's ok here too). At this point, Finale should let you select another audio device but obviously not a SCOPE device since we disabled it. At least this way, you can have Finale use its VST instruments & hear the sound through your onboard soundcard.
I know this is a terribly convoluted work around to get these meager notation software to work. Of course, my other simpler workaround is just using much older version of Finale (2006 & earlier) that did not have all these troublesome audio engine issues. I'm sure there are other SCOPE users out there using these notation software on SCOPE v5.1 in 64-bit Windows. Let me know if you know of a simpler workaround since I am out of ideas at this point until Sonic|Core hopefully can figure something out or better yet just tell me that I forgot to enable/disable something simple in my system.
Please, feel free to chip in, share solutions.
Here's my work around so far:
In Sibelius 6:
1. Disable SCOPE PCI cards in Device Manager, reboot, then start Sibelius 6 (it does complain about SCOPE ASIO device not being there but that's ok since that's what we're trying to do anyway here)
2. Run Sibelius 6 (it shouldn't hang while in its splash screen anymore).
3. In 'Play>Playback Devices>Audio Engine Options', select a non-SCOPE device (I have installed & am running ASIO4ALL v2 in my case)
4. Now go back to Device Manager & enable SCOPE PCI cards.
5. Don't go back to select any SCOPE devices as audio engine as it will cause Sibelius to hang again next time you run after rebooting the machine. Then you'll have to go through process 1-4 all over again!
In Finale 2009 & 2011 (I don't have any other versions on this machine that I can test that has the problem), the work around is slightly different. At least in my machine, Finale hangs if you make a change to audio device in its menu. Only way to be able to make changes after the 1st time is to go through the process of disabling SCOPE PCI cards in Device Manager, reboot, then start Finale (just like Sibelius, it will complain about SCOPE ASIO not being there, but that's ok here too). At this point, Finale should let you select another audio device but obviously not a SCOPE device since we disabled it. At least this way, you can have Finale use its VST instruments & hear the sound through your onboard soundcard.
I know this is a terribly convoluted work around to get these meager notation software to work. Of course, my other simpler workaround is just using much older version of Finale (2006 & earlier) that did not have all these troublesome audio engine issues. I'm sure there are other SCOPE users out there using these notation software on SCOPE v5.1 in 64-bit Windows. Let me know if you know of a simpler workaround since I am out of ideas at this point until Sonic|Core hopefully can figure something out or better yet just tell me that I forgot to enable/disable something simple in my system.
Please, feel free to chip in, share solutions.