There was a suggestion above in this thread simply to add a checkbox to any comment, designating that comment as a priority item. Each time the project is opened, Dorico would open a splash page displaying all the priority comments (if any). That would seem to be a very simple solution that builds on the existing structure.
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Perhaps setting a Comment as a ‘pinned Comment’ would then open up the Comment sidebar when the project is opened. And the ‘pinned Comments’ would sort to the top of the list above other comments.
I have attempted to use Comments and not found them very useful, something about the text editor window seems too awkward, especially during a score peer review when feedback notetaking needs to be really fast. I end up using System Text i.e. “Change phrase to other instrument”, “Expand this motive”, etc., sometimes writing in all uppercase to stand out as important, etc.
Yes, I agree. It is an “almost useful” feature, but just a little too awkward to really be a key part of my workflow. Most other apps that have a “notes” feature use a visual analog of a post-it note, making the notes more present in context. I realize that could be a lot more development compared to the simple list structure that is in place today. But that is the kind of thing that could make this feature indispensable.
Being able to assign Key Commands to Macros easily would be nice!
It would be great to be able to mix not channel by channel, but by groups of instruments in orchestral scores. Only I don’t know how this could be implemented. Maybe to link with acolades of groups of instruments? For example by mixing certain tracks to be able to freeze into a native group and move the overall group louder - louder.
Every DAW I have ever seen allows group sends for this very purpose. And some also support a VCA (Voltage-Controlled Amplifier) model, which mas a similar effect. IN either case, you can control collections of channels as a single group.
It makes sens that if Dorico is not going to be more seamless with Cubase, then Dorico should support sub-group routing directly.
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He joined Muse Group long after he did all those videos. Probably was head-hunted because he did them, and unlike most complainer videos which just complain and propose no solutions, he actually mocked up a bunch of solutions and suggestions which by-and-large were really good (as he is an experienced UX developer and consultant).
I would love the ability to drop audio files in, so that you can compose to multiple audio tracks. Would be fantastic for doing e.g. string arrangements for a pop song.
Staffpad has this now.
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No, that’s incorrect. Martin Keary was in post at Muse for nine months before he published the Dorico video.
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It could also make for an interesting transcription method, especially if Dorico offered a way to import the file, and then tap, perhaps in real time, either the beat, or the bar, if it’s apparent, so that the audio could be [visually] stretched to match physical bars. I’m not quite sure what the current staff pad implementation is in detail, so perhaps I’m stating the obvious.
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I find myself being drawn back to Daniel’s post a few months ago about Note Performer 4 and its potential to “be quite the game changer.” I’ve no idea whether that requires additional work to be done by Dorico to give that potential the chance to be realised, but if it does, I would hope to see that in Dorico 5.
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I expect we will see NP4 quite a bit before that (fairly soon IIRC), and I am grateful to Arne and his team for that likelihood.
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ok, I’m bringing one thing up again, and a new one (or at least one I haven’t found a solution to)
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handle piccolo/2nd flute so that the two can have independent staves in NON-adjacent orders in the score. I would like to enter music in galley view, for the piccolo, then for the flute, and when I go to page view, the piccolo notes are in a staff above flute 1, and the 2nd flute notes are in their correct staff below flute 1.
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“show/hide empty staves in first system” applicable on a case by case basis regarding flows.
I am entering music in a score right now, 5 flows (5 movements).
On the very first page of the score I want all instruments showing, then hide unused instruments on following pages.
However, the option to show on first page, then hide on next pages, appears to reset at every flow. It shows all instruments on the first page of each flow, then hides on the following pages.
I would like this option to “apply only to first flow” as an option.
I know there are work-arounds for both these items, but that’s a LOT of wasted time, when I SHOULD be entering the 30 minutes of large orchestral score score, some 100 pages, instead of fiddling with layout work-arounds.
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Is it possible to default to hiding empty staves everywhere and then manually showing everything on the first page rather than the reverse? If so, that could speed up your workflow somewhat.
(Not that I am against having a way for Dorico to do that option.)
Here is a fluffy wishlist item.
The background colors in Dorico are very good (behind the sheet music), with the bright custom colors in the 4-color picker in Preferences. The colors make screenshots or video captures of the Score much more eye-catching.
For creating my playthrough videos, I would like the Background Colors to optionally animate during playback. Likely this would be done by rotating through the color palette. It would be reminiscent of the ‘fractal plasma’ animation effect.
I would also like a Preference option to vary the Opacity of the Sheet (0% - 100%, default 100%). Lower settings would allow the background colors to blend into the Sheet.
It would be nice for Dorico to be able to beam notes or not according to the syllables in the lyrics. This is still the standard for urtext vocal scores, so it would be very nice to have as an option.
One thing I generally disagree with about Dorico’s design is an emphasis on making obscure notation over more ergonomic creation of the common cases. Slurs are one - nested slurs are comparatively rare.
Another is triplets… why Shift-T enter doesn’t just create a 3:2 tuplet I’ll never understand.
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When I did for a transcription job (somethign I’m very much NOT good at) a few years ago was to take the audio, beat map it in my DAW (doesn’t have to be super perfect or detailed, 1st beat of each bar is fine) and then export midi from Dorico. Then I’d drop that onto a VST instrument and it would play back perfectly insync with the actual (not click tracked!) recording.
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Not even just macros, I’d love to be able to keybind anything in the side bar, like playing techniques (I really really miss dedicated upbow/downbow keys)
Three big ones for me:
- Erase background option on all symbols, or at least where it might logically make sense.
- Ability to add parenthesis around any playing technique or symbol
- Ability to add prefix/suffix text to any text item. This is currently only supported in a few places, some of which only give you one or the other.
Basically, it feels like there are all kinds of almost-the-same objects (from a layout/typesettin perspective) but dorico is rather arbitrary about what you can do with each one. This can be rather constraining when trying to replicate either an older edition or just a quirky composer.