I have Dorico 6 Pro, recently bought BBCSO Pro and BBCSO Pro Piano.
When I use “BBCSO Pro with Piano” as playback template,
then add Violin and Piano
the Violin Routing show “02-BBCSO Violin 1”, and the Ex map show “BBCSO Pro Violin 1”,
the Piano Routing show “03-BBCSO Piano”, but the Ex Map show “Default”, is this correct?
I would expect something like “BBCSO Piano” or “BBCSO Pro Piano”
Thanks
“Default” is a simple map that uses velocity for dynamics. I can’t think of much else you would need with a piano.
Really? I always assumed Default used a different controller, at least for sustaining instruments. I’ve never actually examined the programming behind it; could Default sense whether an instrument used velocity or a Controller Code for volume and reacted accordingly?
No magic. It’s just one base switch (Natural) with velocity as volume dynamic.
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unless the piano has some very specific pedalling or other unusual techniques (the BBCSO doesn’t), the default map is fine for piano – I never use anything else. What is useful for piano is to ensure you have “use automatic instrument polyphonic voice balancing” activate in Playback options as that can save a lot of time in getting realistic playback.