MIDI - problems with output sound / sound card problem?

Hi. Not sure if this is the right place to put this question, but anyway:
I bought the notation program Sibelius 4, which allows you to write notation and play it back with MIDI. With it comes a software program (Kontakt Silver) that you can use to playback the MIDI.
So, in choosing playback devices, I can choose between Kontakt Silver and "DLS Music Device", which was on the Mac from before, I'm guessing it's the sound card that comes with the PowerBook G4.
The problem is that playback is a bit out of sync, and in addition it produces a strange "screeching" sound that's not supposed to be there. It sounds as if the sound produced is echoed and filtered. This is very annoying and makes Sibelius useless for me.
The problem is the same if I choose to use Kontakt Silver as the playback device as if i choose DLS Music Device.
I have 15 GB free space on the harddisk and between 150-300 MB free RAM when using Sibelius (the memory is 1 GB DDR SDRAM). A 1.67 GHz G4 processor. So I don't think my computer is the problem.
All other sound is good on the Mac, I can play mp3s, wavs and aifs without problem. Sibelius is the only program I have that can play MIDI-files (I think).
So what might be the problem? Is there a driver I can download, is my soundcard broken? I need help. Thanks.

Korg Legacy and the XV are not critical to my workflow, just items I had invested on I would like to keep. I did not research compatibility with Snow Leopard vwery thoroughly for those two, but I certainly did with the interface, which IS critical. Focusrite has released brand-new drivers that are supposed to be compatible with Snow Leopard, as they loudly trumpet on their web site.
And by and large, they do work - there's just that incessant noise. And THAT's an issue, and somehow I doubt it has to do with the interface as, like I mentioned, the noise only appears during the bootup sequence when, I assume, the Firewire drivers are loaded.
Inputs?

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