Cubase drum editor in dorico SE

[Simon_Djuve_Aadland]

Hello forum!

I am just switching over from cubase to dorico, because I prefer writing music through notation and thus far I love dorico.

I saw in the “Getting started with dorico SE: guitar and percussion” video, that the admin from dorico uses the drum editor from cubase to write drum parts in dorico SE, but i can only find the key editor in my version.
The drum editor was one of my absolute favourite features of cubase and I would be delighted to use it in dorico as well.

How do i access it?

Kind regards,
Simon

[Janus]

@Simon_Djuve_Aadland

I saw in the “Getting started with dorico SE: guitar and percussion” video, that the admin from dorico uses the drum editor from cubase to write drum parts in dorico SE, but i can only find the key editor in my version.

The Drum Editor is found in Play Mode, not Write mode.

[Simon_Djuve_Aadland]

Hello Janus, thank you for your answer.

Yes, i have searched through the play mode, but can only find the key editor?

[dspreadbury]

When you select a note in a percussion kit staff, the piano roll in the Key Editor will be replaced with the percussion editor.

Percussion editor

[Simon_Djuve_Aadland]

Hello dspreadbury,
thank you for your answer

Yes i found this, witch looked more like a pianoroll/keyeditor.
I have not been able to find the drum editor showcased in your tutorial video

with the little diamonds instead of midi durations.
is this feature removed?

[Simon_Djuve_Aadland]

I found this feature instead

[dspreadbury]

That’s correct. The Dorico SE videos were made at the time of Dorico 3/3.5, and there was a huge overhaul of Play mode and the Key Editor in Dorico 4, so the old percussion editor has been replaced with the new one you find in the current version.

[Simon_Djuve_Aadland]

Thank you for your quick and helpful responses, happy easter!