Or you can use a whole staff (add staff in the co text menu) that will be used for playback only, with all those markings, playing techniques… and removed once it’s done, and leave the original staff with only what you want to see published, and with playback suppressed.
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I believe you can hide pedal lines by using a combination of the available properties - eg setting the start sign to be plain text, then enter an empty space as the text override.
Or, simply enter the required points for pedal line playback in the MIDI CC editor for the corresponding channel - eg channel 64 for sustain pedals. I find that once I’ve arranged the points as needed for a retake for one retake, I can easily copy and paste those points along the piano part by clicking in the ruler to move the playhead to the required position, then pasting.
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@scorerR
In Engrave mode the continuation line can be set to None, and the Ped symbol can be shrunk to 1%. All lines that need to be hidden can be done at the same time.
Nice!
is there a tutorial of some sort for using that CC MIDI editor?
It’s not exactly user-friendly for those of us who have never used a DAW before.
I see a pencil, a hand, various things like that… and NO idea how to “draw” or insert information.
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You can read the manual, starting here - scroll down for step by step instructions for inputting points, copying points etc.
This video might also be helpful:
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His method is much simpler.
In previous versions of Dorico, setting items to 100% opacity sometimes resulted in undesirable results in exported “mono” PDFs. So that method should work fine now, but it’s perhaps something to be aware of when using earlier versions or collaborating with someone who does.
Using properties, you can also end up with a completely invisible pedal line, without any risk of it appearing in exports or impacting spacing.
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Great points — thank you, @Lillie_Harris.
Short of right click - hide, this is quite a good solution.