I have put it on the forum, and the answers I've gotten are a little confusing to me, as each person who has answered had a different point of view, and all those different answers meshed together brought about a lot of confusion for me. _____ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin L Gibbs Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 1:46 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: How To Notate a Staccato Crash Cymbal Try writing the word "choke" without the quotation marks at the point where the cymbal plays. If you have a choked cymbal in your Sibelius playback dictionary, that will be the way to get the sound you want. You might consider putting this question up on the general Sibelius.com discussion forum. Identify yourself as a blind person, explain which libraries you have and what you're trying to do. On Jun 17, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Annabelle Susan Morison wrote: Hi, it's Annabelle. How would I notate a staccato crash cymbal? Would it be the same as just notating a regular crash cymbal, but putting a Staccato mark on the note? Is that the one they call a choke cymbal? I'm confused! I notated the note with a staccato mark, and it didn't change anything. It just played as though it were a note without staccato. I've even tried a shorter note, and that didn't work either. What do I do next? In Sonar and Garritan Jazz And Big Band, I've put the keyswitch A0 (Is that the right one?), in the same space as the note of the crash cymbal, but that only made it a silent note. Is there something I'm forgetting? _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3709 - Release Date: 06/17/11 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3709 - Release Date: 06/17/11