I’ve been searching everywhere for this with no success:: When I add a solo instrument in Dorico 5 Setup (Classical Guitar, for example), I always want it to playback via a specific VST (Kontakt). overriding the Playback Template. How do I set the default for this? Many thanks for any help on this.
1 Like
I’m not 100% sure as I’ve not needed to this before, but have you tried the Instrument Editor? Maybe you can change the “Classical Guitar” to always use a specific patch?
1 Like
There’s a very good Discover Dorico session where @John_Barron_2 explains how to build a complex playback template (with specific instruments played back by specific virtual instruments while others are played back automatically by NotePerformer, for instance).
The video.
4 Likes
Thank you guys for your quick responses. The Instrument Editor does not seem to handle playback functions, as far as I can see. But thanks Marc for the link to John Barron’s excellent YouTube presentation, which explains how to use a playback template to achieve the result which I wanted. In short, I create a new playback template which will direct ‘Classical Guitar’ to play back through a different VST instrument (Kontakt), which I have saved as an ‘Endpoint Configurarion’ . Ah, the many wonders of Dorico! 
2 Likes