TUTORIALS
Tip: How to get great results with MIDI recording
- First, set your default quantization settings in Preferences, under the Play category.
- Choose a quantization unit that matches the duration of the shortest notes you are intending to record. If you will be playing a passage with several tuplets then switch on Detect tuplets, otherwise leave that option unchecked.
- Try using Fill gaps which can return better results when using a natural playing style, as Dorico will fill in the gaps sometimes left between notes.
- If there are portions of the recording that would benefit from different quantization options, simply select those notes and choose Edit > Requantize and choose the relevant settings.
- You can apply Requantize at any time, as many times as you need.
Tip: Create a list of all players using a token
- Switch to Engrave mode and insert a new page. By leaving ‘Use master page’ set to None, the new page will be blank.
- Switch to Frame editing in the left toolbar and insert a new text frame on your blank page.
- Input your text, using the token {@playerList@} to create a list of all players in your project.
- Use the text format controls to set the desired appearance of your text.
- Press Ctrl/Cmd+Return or click outside the text frame to exit text editing and view your list of players.
Tip: Flipping items in Dorico 2.2.10
- Flip practically any music item using the new Edit > Flip command.
- This will flip the direction of items within a staff (e.g. stem directions), and move items outside the staff to the opposite side of the staff (e.g. dynamics, lyrics, text, playing techniques and more).
- The key command for Edit > Flip is F.
Tip: Disable Flow Headings for projects with one flow
- Open the Layout Options for the relevant layout.
- Select Page Setup > Flows.
- Set Show Flow Headings to Never.
- Apply and close the dialog.
Tip: Select more
- Select more of the same type of musical item by choosing Edit > Select More, or by using the key command Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+A.
- Repeat to select across a bar, then a system, and even the entire flow.
- Select More works on specific voices, and you can even use it with more than one type of music item at once.