I would like to write a drum set part where the drummer switches between sticks and brushes. I found a very nice YouTube tutorial showing how to do this with NotePerformer.
However, I also have separate speaker parts in the score. These are written as one-line percussion instruments. The problem is that when I mute the speaker parts, the drum set gets muted as well.
My question: is it possible to create such a drum set setup using Groove Agent SE instead of NotePerformer, so that the drum set playback remains independent from the speaker parts?
No, of course not. There are five separate players: four speaking voices written as single-line percussion instruments, because they speak rather than sing, plus the drum set as a separate player. That’s why I’m wondering why NotePerformer mutes all percussion voices and the drum set together.
Pretty interesting situation. If I mute Group 1, Voice 2, and Group 2, the drum set still plays back along with the other instruments. But if I additionally mute Voice 1, there is no sound at all.
I would love to solve this with NotePerformer, and thank you in advance for your help.
In any case, the second part of my question still remains unanswered: is it possible to create such a drum set setup with brushes and sticks and have it play back properly without third-party samples, using Groove Agent SE instead?
II did, but it doesn’t help. Let me try to explain it again.
I’m trying to use NotePerformer because I found a YouTube this tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba1doRWbDoU) showing how to set up a drum set with brushes and sticks at the same time. However, in my case, I can’t use it because of an unknown muting bug.
Groove Agent SE works perfectly for me otherwise. So my question is: is there a way to create a drum set in Dorico using the built-in Groove Agent SE sounds and switch between brushes and sticks within the same instrument?
I may be mistaken; I’m not at my computer to check.
If you click the “e” for Noteperformer to bring up the user interface, is there an icon for a mixer? I seem to remember a thread that mentioned Noteperformer’s playback being “bundled” and then passed to Dorico. Perhaps you need to mute it there.
Thank you for your ideas. I just went another way — I set up all my spoken voices as triangle parts, and now everything works as expected. The tom-toms that were previously set up for the spoken voices were probably somehow conflicting with the drum set tom-toms.
