I’ve recently moved over from Finale (RIP), whose choral voices sound close, clear, and specific. Dorico Pro is giving me the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing in the shower. I have figured out how to reduce the reverb, but haven’t solved note attacks that fill after the beat, making any kind of rapid movement incomprehensible. I’m not an experienced sound engineer. Could someone please guide me to the tools and settings that can handle this?
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Hello Douglas, and welcome to the forum! Are you using the Dorico Default Sounds, or any third party VST?
You can certainly use the GIFF or GPO5 voices in Dorico if you want. (I actually prefer the Full Choir KS to the separate instruments, both for range and tone.)
Garritan sounds are all pretty ‘in yer face’, and are intended to have ‘space’ added to them. Dorico’s Space and Stage settings are very good at this.
Slow attack is a common problem in a lot of choir samples, even the high-end ones.
The Olympus Micro “Legato Ah” is “reasonably OK”. My main gripe with it is tuning. (Just like a real choir!)
Just the Dorico Default Sounds. At this point, anything else just makes my hair hurt.