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8. Common Terms

While working with the sound set, reading this manual, or corresponding with e

Sound Set Project, you may encounter unfamiliar terms. To alleviate confusion and

improve understanding, some common terms associated with the integrations are given

below.

ASIO

A low-latency audio driver for Windows systems that accesses sound hardware directly,

improving performance.

Audio Unit, the native Mac OS X plugin format.

Audio Interface (Sound Card/Chip)

e interface used to route audio signal to and from the computer.

Automatic Loading

A feature available to certain software plugins whereby Sibelius is able to load required

instrument sounds without user input.

Device

Encompassing term for software plugins and hardware MIDI modules.

External Host

ird-party software used to load virtual instruments, possibly on a dierent computer.

An external host may communicate with Sibelius via virtual or physical MIDI connec-

tions or other proprietary software interface.

Host (Program)

e software application in which virtual instrument plugins are loaded and cong-

ured. Plugins loaded (activated) in Sibelius are said to be hosted in Sibelius.

House Style

A set of rules, settings, and preferences that establish a score’s layout, appearance, play-

back capabilities, and more.

Latency

e time between an instruction to play a note and when that note actually sounds.

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