I’ve tried to use the Garritan audio engine in Dorico. I get the engine in the player, i assign instruments, everything looks good, but no sound! I assign instruments as instructed, the Aria engine shows the instrument and can play the audio, but when i press play in dorico, i hear nothing. .

Hi @wfrayer, did you try with the Garritan playback template?: here [image] Playback Templates for Dorico – Dorico Playback templates (containing endpoint setups, expression maps and percussion maps) are available for various sample libraries. Below is a list of the options currently available, including expression maps that you can use to create your own... Est. reading time: 3 minutes and here [image] Dorico Expression Maps for GPO5 Dorico Here are my Expression Maps for using GPO5 with Dorico. The package includes: documentation of what I’ve done, so that you can understand it and adapt it to your needs; a spreadsheet of what switches and CCs various instrument groups use, and which Brass instruments use which maps. There’s also a general-purpose Garritan Ex map, which should work (to some degree) for other Garritan libraries, such as the bundled Finale instruments. Let me know how you get on, and if there are any egregious pro…

Can you upload a sample Dorico file that shows the problem?

Just got this…I will try to upload it tomorrow. Thanks!

I have this short test version of what I am working on. Please have a look and tell me where I went wrong with including the Aria Engine. Thank you! Symphony No. 1_MM IV_Short.dorico (754.9 KB)

The first problem is that you’re using the “Default” Expression Map, which sets dynamic volume using Note Velocity (how hard you hit the key), rather than CC1 (Modulation Wheel). You could try again using the Mod Wheel expression map, but I have created a whole bunch of Expression Maps for GPO5, which will also work for the GIFF Finale-bundled instruments. You’ll find them in the link in Christian’s post. Also: Are you on a Mac, or Windows? I see this in the VST instruments list. [Screenshot] The exclamation marks mean it’s not available on my computer. If you see the same thing, that would explain it, but if you don’t, then that’s not the problem. If you still have problems after changing the expression maps, then you’ll have to post screenshots of the ARIA player window.

Here is a pic of my VST screen. No !! points. Maybe you are using a different Aria Engine, not sure. I will try the expression maps to see what happens. I’ll post the results after I try it. [Dorico_Aria Engine Pic]

OK, that’s one thing ruled out. (There are annoying differences between the Mac and Win versions of ARIA.) Try the Dorico “built-in” Modulation Wheel expression map first; then have a go with my ones.

And where do I find the “built-in” Mod Wheel? Also, where do I put the Expression Maps? File in Dorico folder?

I have had some moderate success, except not all the instruments play and the notes are chopped off. Here is what I have now: Symphony No. 1_MM IV_Short 2.dorico (754.2 KB) [Dorico 2]

Aria Engine in Dorico - no sound

Dorico

Christian_R January 18, 2025, 4:09pm 2

Hi @wfrayer, did you try with the Garritan playback template?:

here

and here