Hello, the default Dorico instrument library doesn’t have an alto flute so I’m trying to use Garritan for that one instrument, but I’m having trouble figuring out how to to this. I watched one of Dorico’s tutorials but the interface is different so it ends up not being the same rendering the video quite useless.
Correction: it does have the alto flute, however the playback doesn’t have the bottom third of the range, the part of the range not covered by the C flute, which is the primary reason for having an alto flute. So functionally it doesn’t have an alto flute when it comes to playback.
Ah, true.
Createa new empty Dorico project. Apply the Silent Playback Template. Add an Alto Flute instrument to a Single Player.
In the VST and MIDI tab of Play mode, press the + button to add a VST plug-in.
Select Garritan > ARIA.
Click on the little ‘e’ button to open the VST window. Load the Alto Flute, and set up Reverb as you want.
In the Track Inspector, apply the ARIA player to your Player/instrument. You’ll also need to assign an Expression Map. Use either the GPO Default or GPO Woodwind map from here. (Even if you are just using the GIFF instruments.)
Now, back in the VST tab, next to the + button, there’s a little icon to Save an Endpoint. You can then save this as “Garritan Alto Flute”, and it will be available to add to your Playback Templates.
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