I want to connect my Multitimbral External (midi) Soundmodule to Dorico. In the Play/VST and MIDI window I linked with the interface under “midi instruments” and assigned it to Port 1 and 16 channels. In the Track inspector I can assign the player to one of these channels, but how do I assign the program number of the instrument I want ? 71 for clarinet, 42 (violincello), 65 (altosax) etcetera. The connection works, per player I can assign a different channel and hear a different instrument, but not the instruments I want : how can I program these numbers in Dorico ? Thanks !
That’s tricky. You could do it with expression maps, where you assign a specific program change to the Init switch. So you would create an expression map for clarinet and set a program change of 71 in the Init switch, and create a cello expression map, setting a program change of 42, and so on.
Thanks. Getting one step closer. But, I don’t see a Program Change in the Ex.map pop up, I tried to create one myself, assigned the “PC”, but then got lost in the Init and Base and other parameters. Can I import this item from somewhere?
I have an external MIDI keyboard too, and I would like to configure and have access to the literally hundreds of voice available within that keyboard. Is this the only way to set up and send program change messages? If I follow your suggestion, the list of expression map entries on the Track Inspector gets long to the point were it becomes an issue selecting a voice (see highlighted screen capture), and there’s no filter box for that list like there is on the Expression Maps dialog box. Please advise…
