I can’t find a discussion about this issue, so I’ll ask.
When dividing strings, I usually route the full section to an orchestral strings sound; and route divisi to two separate smaller sections.
In Dorico 4, it seems to me that the only way to route things separately is to activate IRV. This creates two separate tracks, each one assignable to a separate sound.
But I need three sounds tath can be assigned, and not two. I need one for the full section, and two for the divisi parts.
Instead, it seems that the first divisi part can only be automatically routed to the same sound as the full section.
Maybe duplicate your full section VST in VEPro and assign an unused port/midi channel. Create more voices on the divisi staves and route accordingly. You cannot assign more than one IRV voice to any particular midi channel. It shouldn’t affect the RAM because it’s a duplicate.
Thank you Derrek. It sounds a bit complicate. Wouldn’t this require a separate expression map for the non-divisi and the divisi versions? And then, if the first divisi part is forced on the same non-divisi channel, I don’t see a way to add different expression maps to them.
I was hoping to avoid the ‘virtual voices’ trick with divisi, that would defy the usefulness of Divisi feature. But at the moment it indeed looks like the only workaround.
Try turning the ‘Activate Project’ button off and then back on again and the voices will magically appear. This behavior is known to be not ideal, but it will force create the additional voices and allow for individual routing.
I’ve assigned all the notes of the divisi parts to an Up-stem Voice 2. Each of them go to a different MIDI channel and sound. I could have left the bottom divisi part on Up-stem Voice 1, but this would have shown it over the top divisi part in Play mode (assigned to an Up-stem Voice 2).
While the top divisi part plays perfectly fine, the bottom one is not taking playback techniques. It plays everything Natural/Sustain.
If I assign the bottom divisi part notes to Up-stem Voice 1, playback techniques are correctly performed. If I assign them to a newly-created Up-stem Voice 3, playback techniques don’t work. They only work as Up-stem Voice 1.
The correct expression map is assigned to all the MIDI channels corresponding to the various voices.
Try Alt clicking when you apply the PT to a specific voice…or use the caret and select the appropriate voice by toggling ‘v’ before adding the PT. It should work.
