Gentilissimi colleghi, sapreste cortesemente dirmi perché nove volte su dieci devo riavviare il mio Mac mini per poter inserire le sigle degli accordi tramite la tastiera MIDI ho letto da qualche parte che si trattava di un problema noto, ma se è noto perché non lo si risolve, considerando lo sforzo economico importante che abbiamo fatto.
Your MIDI keyboard stops working, and you have to restart Dorico?
I certainly don’t have that problem. Dorico stays running for days, weeks, on my computer, and I use a MIDI keyboard constantly.
Can you upload a Diagnostic Report from the Help menu?
The mini keyboard works perfectly in fact, I can insert everything except the acronyms of the chords. If I want to restore this feature, I have to restart the Mac mini.
I’m not sure what you mean by this. Do you mean playing chords on the MIDI keyboard, or typing the name of the chord?
It would be strange if single notes worked, but chords did not…
Thanks, but enabled or disabled, if it works the acronyms enter correctly through the midi keyboard.
I suspect this is a mistranslation. Can you explain what you mean using different words?
The MIDI keyboard works perfectly, except for…?
Chord Symbols?
Jesper
Google translation of the original post:
Dear colleagues, could you please tell me why nine times out of ten I have to restart my Mac mini to be able to enter chord symbols via the MIDI keyboard? I read somewhere that it was a known problem, but if it is known, why isn’t it fixed, considering the significant financial effort we’ve made?
Ah: so playing chords on the MIDI keyboard, but Dorico isn’t creating or interpreting the chord symbols. It’s not a problem with the keyboard itself.
Forgive me, I don’t know if the translator did his job well, but I think you’re asking me to confirm the keyboard problem so, if so, I confirm that it’s not a keyboard problem, it’s Doric who doesn’t see the input given by the keyboard.
I have experienced this as well over many versions of Dorico. I’ve stopped trying to use the MIDI keyboard for chord symbol input.
Thanks Derrek, you confirm that it’s a Dorico problem. Is the company aware of this defect?
I’m sure they are.
Jesper
Do you sleep the computer? I find that sleeping it with Dorico running can cause issues. Maybe your on a mac, I think the developers prefer that platform and it generally works a bit better there.
Otherwise MIDI is an area where Dorico has trouble. I have a Xkey37 which it likes to get upset at. Then I’m not infrequently getting the “stuck MIDI green light” issue and have to restart the app. Once it’s set up and working it’s pretty good.
it may not be Dorico! Do you have other apps running that are using MIDI? In my experience Windows doesn’t always like to share and it can block MIDI if another app is using it. After 40 years of MS/Windows, I have become an Apple convert! 
— Jim
Good idea, I don’t use the computer for anything else but other accessory apps, while they aren’t actively using MIDI do have ports open.
I was an Apple devotee for 30 years but have switched entirely to Windows since 11. Apple was only ever easy to use if you only used all Apple hardware, and not always then. The switch to USB was absolutely painful, took them years to get it stable. Basically, dealing with 3rd party isn’t easy, but it’s an order of magnitude difference between Apple and Microsoft. So if you’re happy with Apple’s meager and expensive hardware options, well it better be seamless!
At any rate I work for a startup in media music and basically nobody uses Apple production/non consumer space, I need to run Unreal Engine. Saying not judging.
If using Windows with multiple audio programs open at once, generally you need to create multiple virtual MIDI ports and then use a software MIDI router to route the MIDI signal to the ports simultaneously. Lots of options, but I used Bome when I was still on Win.