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Soprano staff does not play as Soprano voice

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asked Nov 2, 2015 in Notion by peteraschbacher (790 points)
edited Nov 2, 2015 by peteraschbacher

Hello! I have created a new score from a template:

After that I have inserted some notes with the mouse:

Unfortunately, this is not playing back as a Soprano voice, but as a Piano instrument.

So I opened the Staff Settings dialog for the Soprano staff and selected the Soprano instrument:

Unfortunately, after that the Soprano staff in the score is still playing back as Piano instrument! Why? How can I play the Soprano staff with a Soprano voice?

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PS: Maybe there is a misconfiguration with the Notion Instruments? For example, when viewing the Notion Guitar Instruments in the Staff configuration, some instruments are grayed out:

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PPS: I suppose the grayed out instruments are those which must be purchased as additional sound libraries? Is this correct? If yes, then it would be smart to display a Purchase dialog when clicking on such a grayed out instrument ...

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answered Nov 2, 2015 by TechSupport77 (195,990 points)
selected Nov 2, 2015 by peteraschbacher
 
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Notion does not come with any vocal sounds.  All sounds that are set up for SATB will be played back with a piano.  The SATB staves are there for notation purposes only.  As for the grayed out instruments, you are correct.  Those instruments are available for sale on our web site here:

https://shop.presonus.com/products/software/notion-prods/notion-expansion-bundles
asked Nov 2, 2015 in Notion by peteraschbacher (790 points)
edited Nov 2, 2015 by peteraschbacher
Playing techniques access? Expanded Notion sound libraries?
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