Hello, I’m having a hard time in adding a solo cello on a piano part. The piano was written a while ago, and today I’d like to add the cello part. I added a “Single Player” from Setup, then I called it “Violoncello”, I then went to its score and clicked on “file - import midi file”. It seemed the most logical way to do that, but it doesn’t work. I have the cello score placed after the piano scores, not on top. It’s like having two separate parts. Also the name is not the one I gave it, but it’s the midi file name that was on LogicProX track before bouncing. Pics attached. Any help?
When you import MIDI, you should have the option to import it into an existing flow rather than a new flow – at the top of the dialog.
It sounds like you imported the MIDI cello part into a new flow?
You also don’t have to create the player in Dorico first, but you can if you prefer, and then select that existing player to import the MIDI into.
Hi Lillie, I managed to have them on the same page by simply adding the midi file. Now I need to change the name into “Violoncello” instead of “Studio Cellos” and I also need to add 8 empty bars at the beginning of the piano part, because the cello starts alone for 8 bars. How can I do these two things? Screenshot attached. Thanks.
I also changed the name! Now I only need to add 8 empty bars in the piano part. How can I do that? Thanks.
There are number of ways to do this. Here’s just one option:
- Select the 1st note.
- shift-B 8 (this adds 8 bars to both parts).
- Select the rests in the Cello Part. Engage Insert (I). Hit Delete
All done! Now I’ve got two final issues: 1) I can’t hear the audio from my speakers even though the audio card is selected (Apogee Quartet), screenshot attached. 2) the audio coming out from my Mac Studio is way too low, especially for the cello. Where can I change the instruments volume and how can I hear from my Apogee audiocard? Thanks.
To change the default output device, go to Edit > Device Setup and choose a different audio device.