Hi. I’ve used Dorico elements to create an entire concert band score. I’m using the BBCSO playback template for articulations and it works well. However, when I export a midi file or an XML file and open it using Logic ProX the articulations don’t ‘keep’. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! Bill
Staccato should just become a shorter note duration in the MIDI, and something accents would be an increased velocity or dynamic.
That’s how Dorico creates the effect for its own playback, so you should get the same thing when you export MIDI. MusicXML would presumably export the full note duration, and it will depend how Logic deals with ‘written’ notations in that format.
Can you give us an example?
Thanks Benwiggy! I’m waiting to hear back from my partner who did most of the Dorico work to see exactly what/how he worked it. As of now I only know that if I import the midi file in to Logic, only Logic sounds (not BBCSO Spitfire) load. This is when I see some key-switching in Logic, however If I highlight all of the notes and change articulation, none of the key-switches change. If I open the MusicXML file by choosing Logic as the default program there are no articulations at all. I’d love to offer you an example, thanks! Would you like screen shots?
There is nothing in a MIDI file or an XML file to tell the receiving program which what sounds to play.
Thanks Janus! I did load up all of the proper BBCSO Spitfire software instruments in Logic in hope that a miracle might appear, but no luck 
Maybe there’s an option to choose to or not to choose articulations when exporting from Dorico. Or, maybe i’m the only one who creates using a DAW, sends the file to someone else who further changes the composition and handles the notation in Dorico and then sends it back to the original one to make it sound sweet bank in the DAW?
Dorico exports the keyswitches etc used to change articulations with the MIDI, and I don’t believe you can turn that off, so you should be getting the keyswitches.
If you are not, probably some template other than the BBCSO template is being selected in Dorico. It could be that instead of using the BBCSO template they are using BBCSO inside NotePerformer, and that will certainly not contain the correct keyswitch data. So whether you get the correct keyswitches or not should depend entirely on what playback template / expression maps are currently active in Dorico at the time of the MIDI export.
The problem is the limitation of the interchange protocol rather than the capabilities of either Dorico or Logic Pro.
The MIDI should still be transferring the keyswitches though, if Dorico itself is triggering them. They would appear in Logic as notes out of the normal range of the instrument rather than articulation changes, but they should appear nevertheless, and should work to change the articulation when playback is triggered in Logic. That’s what makes me think the OP is maybe using the NotePerformer BBCSO instead of regular BBCSO.
Benwiggy, Janus & Mducharme: Thank all of you for your suggestions … they were all correct, helpful and insightful! I spoke extensively with my partner today and it turns out that he DID NOT use the BBCSO template on this project but on the next one. I imported the template in to the DORICO project and then exported the midi in to LOGIC and so far all of the articulations are working!!! I will also try the same using the XML file just for yucks. Again, thank all 3 of you, I truly appreciate your input! Bill