- Press the Add Ensemble button, or type Shift+E. Type the instruments you wish to create, typing a comma after each one, and press Add.
- Dorico recognises orchestral shorthand to identify instruments, and you can specify how many of each instrument to add.
- Press Tab to ‘bank’ the current instruments and clear search field, then continue adding more.
- You can add entire orchestral sections at once, and even use numeric shorthand (e.g. 2222 for double woodwind).
- Double-click instruments in the list to switch between creating them as single or section players.
- Save your custom ensemble, giving it a name and category. It will now be searchable in the Build tab, and available in the Choose tab.