Alison, I think you will find this in File/preferences, and in the list look for things to do with output and input. There you should be able to define your default output so that any piece you load or even starting a fresh one, will use Sound Essentials. Not in front of the relevant computer, so not sure of all the steps. Dave Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Trelfa" <alison.trelfa@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 11:32 Subject: [sib-access] Hearing pitches of notes when inputting Hi, List, When I load Sibelius up and an editing or inputting notes I don't automatically hear the pitches of the notes, they are spoken out. I would like to change this so that when I press a note on the keyboard it actually plays it in pitch instead. The only way I can do this at the moment is to load up one of the test pieces that use sound essentials and then it will do it for me after that. Is there a way to load in this setting without having to load one of the sample pieces too? Kind Regards, Alison Trelfa. If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx