I don’t know what it’s called, but I think it’s pretty common for people working with samples in a DAW to mimic a second player by taking the first part, pitching it up a half or whole step to use the different samples and then transpose that output back down a half or whole step to get back to the original sounding pitch. I’m wondering if it’s possible to do the same thing automatically in Dorico. For example, if I have a D in an instrument part, I’d like to be able to tell Dorico to grab the nearby Eb or E sample and then digitally pitch that sample down to D with MIDI pitch bend or something similar.
If this is possible, I’m curious if there is a range limitation for this since I think MIDI pitch bends are limited to a whole step. For example, I have a sample library that has a bari sax, but not a bass sax (Acoustic Samples VHorns). The bass sax’s range is a perfect fourth lower than the bari, so I’m wondering if I could write a bass sax part, and if for example there is a written D in the bass sax part, I’d like to be able to have Dorico get the G pitch from the bari sax library and pitch it down a fourth to get the sound of the bass sax D.
Is any of this possible in Dorico? Or am I going to have to export the bass sax part a fourth higher than it should sound and lower the pitch outside of Dorico?