There’s not a way to turn off chord symbol MIDI input, is there? I didn’t find anything in Note Input options. I always type chord symbols in for accuracy, but sometimes I’ll need to stop input to make sure I know the right alterations in a chord voicing and need to play my MIDI keyboard. Obviously I then have to exit and reenter chord symbol input, otherwise it will just input whatever nonsense I was playing on my keyboard. This just adds unnecessary steps for me. As I virtually never have a need for chord symbol MIDI input, and it only ends up getting in my way, it would be great if there was a way to just disable it. Thanks for considering if this doesn’t already exist!
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I use the ‘Do not advance’ (or ‘Keep popover open’, I can’t remember) option under Note input options > Midi input. This works quite well, but I agree it would be even better to be able to disable it completely.
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You’re right, those settings can keep a bunch of nonsense from appearing on screen, but Dorico is still inputting something as a chord change, which I then gotta undo. As you said, just disabling this completely would definitely be better.
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Thanks for the feedback. We’ll consider adding an option for this in future versions.
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I just was looking for the same thing and just discovered that the function was added.
In case s.b. else is stumbling on this thread: You can completely switch off chord input via midi keyboard.
Note Input Options => Midi Input => Chord input via midi keyboard (At the top) => Disallow midi input
Greetings, Johannes
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I think Fred was asking for the ability to turn off MIDI chord input on a quick, temporary basis to check out voicings of alternatives rather than to turn it off altogether.
Obviously an old thread, but I actually was asking for a way to kill chord symbol MIDI input altogether as I’ve never wanted it ever. I can’t recall exactly in which version this was implemented, but I’ve definitely had it off ever since.
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Reviving this old thread because in Dorico 5, I’m unable to set no MIDI input for chord symbols as the default behavior. It works until I restart Dorico, then reverts to using the MIDI input. How do I set the default to no MIDI input for chord symbols - while keeping it for note entry?
Note Input Options / MIDI Input / Chord Symbol Input / Disallow MIDI Input, then click the Save as Default button in the bottom left corner.
I click Save as Default every time I change the setting. On restart, it’s switched back.
Are you starting from File / New? Or opening an existing project or template? If you’ve correctly saved that as default, I think you should see this setting if you look in your noteInputOptions.xml file:
I’ve been opening templates I created. So I opened a new project, opened the Solo Piano stock template, made the setting change, saved as default, and quit Dorico. Opening again, it now appears the default is properly set. I guess ’Save as Default’ doesn’t work when you’re in a custom template. Maybe that’s a bug.
Thanks for your help!
-Luke
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No, I think all Library items save with the file. So if you are opening an existing template those items will be saved with it. A file from File / New will have anything you’ve selected Save as Default for. I think a reasonable case could be made that a workflow thing like chord symbol MIDI input should actually belong in Preferences though, as it’s unlikely to be something that users will want to change on a project by project basis.
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Daniel S had already swooped in and deleted my phone. What service!