8vb instead of 8ba

Dorico
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Is there an option to change the 8ba text to 8vb? I couldn’t find it in engraving options. Though I see both 8vb and 8ba in the music symbols (under library), but I can’t get Dorico to choose 8vb. I can of course edit the 8ba in edit music symbols as was discussed in an old post from 2018, But it would be nice to be able to change globally in Engraving options.

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That is the only way I can recall.

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Yes, That’s the only way I found out how to do it. It would be great if there was an easier option (like in engrave options) to do this though. Especially since both types exist already in the music symbols

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Agreed

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5

You mean this?

8ba
8ba1090×361 31.2 KB

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Yes, but than with the option to change to 8vb, now you only can choose 8va or 8ba

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Maybe in the next update :slight_smile:

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Ah, right, sorry I misread that. Ok, here’s a doricolib file that will make that change permanent. Unzip the file and add the doricolib file inside to your DefaultLibraryAdditions folder. Once you restart Dorico, it globally redefines 8ba to be 8vb in all files created from File/New, so just leave 8ba selected in Engraving Options. You can bring it into any existing file with the Library Manager.

8vb.zip (732 Bytes)

8vb doricolib code 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<kScoreLibrary>
	<glyphDefinitions>
		<entities array="true">
			<GlyphPrimitiveEntityDefinition>
				<name>ottavaBassaBa</name>
				<entityID>glyph.ottavaBassaBa</entityID>
				<parentEntityID/>
				<inheritanceMask>0</inheritanceMask>
				<codePoint>0xE513</codePoint>
				<isSmufl>true</isSmufl>
				<alternateForGlyph/>
				<fontStyle>font.defaultmusic</fontStyle>
				<pointSize>1</pointSize>
				<rotation>0</rotation>
				<colour>kDefault</colour>
			</GlyphPrimitiveEntityDefinition>
			<GlyphPrimitiveEntityDefinition>
				<name>ottavaBassaVb</name>
				<entityID>glyph.ottavaBassaVb</entityID>
				<parentEntityID/>
				<inheritanceMask>0</inheritanceMask>
				<codePoint>0xE51C</codePoint>
				<isSmufl>true</isSmufl>
				<alternateForGlyph/>
				<fontStyle>font.defaultmusic</fontStyle>
				<pointSize>1</pointSize>
				<rotation>0</rotation>
				<colour>kDefault</colour>
			</GlyphPrimitiveEntityDefinition>
		</entities>
	</glyphDefinitions>
	<compositeDefinitions>
		<entities array="true">
			<CompositeDefinition>
				<name>Ottava bassa (ba)</name>
				<entityID>comp.ottavaBassaBa</entityID>
				<parentEntityID/>
				<inheritanceMask>0</inheritanceMask>
				<category>kOctaveLines</category>
				<components array="true">
					<component>
						<componentId>glyph.ottavaBassaVb</componentId>
						<componentType>kGlyph</componentType>
						<xOffset>0</xOffset>
						<yOffset>0</yOffset>
						<xScale>100.000000</xScale>
						<yScale>100.000000</yScale>
						<zOrder>0</zOrder>
						<maxOpticalScale>100</maxOpticalScale>
						<componentInstance>0</componentInstance>
						<colour>kDefault</colour>
					</component>
				</components>
				<relativeAttachments array="true"/>
				<scalingRules array="true"/>
			</CompositeDefinition>
		</entities>
	</compositeDefinitions>
</kScoreLibrary>
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When will your book on doricolibs be released.
:wink:

Jesper

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I want one signed by the author…inside a custom doricolib, of course.

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Thank you!

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Where do I find the DefaultLibraryAdditions folder?

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Mac or Windows?

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On Mac:
/Library/Application Support/Steinberg/Dorico 5/DefaultLibraryAdditions/

On Windows:
%PROGRAMDATA%\Steinberg\Dorico 5\DefaultLibraryAdditions

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Interesting, The Dorico5 there is empty ??

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If one has not downloaded any VST that uses it, one has to create the folder manually.

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That explains it. I added the folder manually and it works!
Thank you so much!

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