Doing something wrong with mp mf etc. as Base PT's

Dorico
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Up to this point I’ve implemented Dynamics using Mod wheel or other CC plus the dynamics curve and other settings in playback options. I’ve got a Timpani patch though that requires me to transpose the original notes up by 24 for forte hits.

I expected I could just add a base technique to an expression map for “f” or “f + Natural” and transpose it. Except I can’t get it to trigger. I thought maybe I was misunderstanding what the transpose can do, but I can’t get the technique to do ANYTHING. Not change a channel, etc. Can someone possibly point me in the right direction? I can’t get any of the dynamics techniques to trigger.

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I’m not 100% sure, but I don’t think anything in Dorico triggers the dynamics playback techniques automatically.

Presumably you could write your own playing technique to trigger them manually.

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Those playing techniques that appear to be dynamics aren’t currently functional. They were initially added so that Cubase expression maps that have articulations triggered by dynamics could be imported. I expect that in the future Dorico will use a different mechanism to trigger dynamic-dependent articulations, similar to how we do with note length conditions.

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Clear enough - I’m sort of glad it wasn’t me this time. Yah, I’ll fall back to something like Rob is suggesting. Thank you Paul.

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Maybe that’s worth broadcasting somehow… I think I just saw a set of Expression Maps added to the dedicated thread where all dynamics were part of a mutual exclusion group… :astonished: