If I have a niente diminuendo with a rest between the end of the dim and the next note, the niente plays back correctly; if no rest, the niente is ignored. Below is a score fragment, and the accompanying “dynamics” CC controller lane, i.e. CC7 where this behaviour is clearly shown. Am I doing something wrong? I am using Dorico Pro 5 with NotePerformer 5
You will likely find that the second dim terminates on the first note of the final bar, so Dorico will ignore the niente and just dim to the mf (which it has done!).
You would need to shorten the dim very slightly to break that link.
Thanks, that’s what I suspected, and just leaving a hemi-demi-semi-quaver rest before the next bar enables the niente to work. This is an inelegant workaround though! Dorico should obey the niente regardless of where the dim terminates
There’s no need to add a rest. Just shorten the dim (set a small grid size and use shift-alt-left arrow until the end attachment is in the previous bar)
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That works, thanks for the explanation! I’m still not convinced this should be necessary though
I think if were otherwise you would end up with conflicting dynamics (a niente simultaneous with an mf)
I’ve tried exactly the solution and it does not work for me.
Here is my bar:
I have tried moving the niente position, I have made the dynamics voice specific, and nothing is making it work. What am I missing?
Difficult to say without seeing the score; I thought at first it was the tied minim carried over which was doing it, but niente still seems to work in this case. I’m not familiar with voice-specific dynamics though - I would assume that all notes on one staff will go to the same MIDI channel, in which case there will be an overriding dynamic, which may not be the niente one
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