Newbie to Dorico iPad. Had high hopes for a musical notation program that didn’t rely on computer. Unfortunately, I discovered iPad version of Dorico does not create cues, consequently rendering it useless for orchestral scores/parts. When can we get cues? Would gladly pay for it. Help!!
Dorico for iPad has similar functionality to Dorico Elements on the desktop.
If you’re doing “Pro”-level work, like orchestral scores, I would suggest that it’s an excellent companion to the desktop; but not a replacement.
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There is no “automatic” cue function in Dorico on iPad as it equals in functionality to Dorico Elements.
Still there is a way to do them manually. It is laborious, but it’s possible:
Copy from source instrument, paste, scale to cue size, input an instrument label with staff text. Also add rests in another voice.
Now one has to hide the cue from the score, so after switching properties to Local, select the cue notes and scale them to 1%, which makes them invisible. Now the position of the rests have to be adjusted and: viola/ I mean voila!
Score:
Part:
The only thing which could be improved: have a tighter note spacing for the cue sections, so they take up less space. Local Note Spacing changes are not possible yet in Dorico Elements/Dorico on iPad. I noticed also that, even there is in Engrave Mode the area for Horizontal Adjustments, this function cannot be used without an attached keyboard (whereas the Vertical Adjustments can be done with finger or pencil).
Unfortunate, as I am transitioning away from computers. That form factor is less and suitable to my peripatetic life style as a professional musician. Hopefully a better music notation software for the iPad is in the works.
Thanks for the tip. Seems pretty painful tho…
I’d recommend a Surface Pro, best of both worlds… 
B.
Yes wmfmcd, p.p. painful but possible.
I tried the Sibelius version on the iPad, but no.
And I am not aware of other useful notation software for iPadOS.
Somehow I like the slimmer version of Dorico as it somehow fits the lifestyle when travelling light with tablet only.
I tried doing cues this way. Works, but very laborious. Meanwhile, ran into another brick wall. Dorico for iPad doesn’t allow for two instruments on one stave, thus making it useless for the simplest orchestral score. I can’t hand a conductor a score with a separate stave for every wind player. (Not interested in porting over to computer either; Sibelius on computer works just fine). Seems no matter how powerful iPads become, no one wants to write good software for them.
Tablets per se have the approach of an easy touch user interface. If you overcrowd a software, you will only be able to operate it with additional keyboard. I guess this goes against the guidelines for iPad Apps as provided by Apple, but also by the developer interface Apple offers the programmers.
Under these circumstances Dorico for iPad offers an incredible set of features already, in my opinion well balanced for most of its users. We might hope to see an additional button for cues at some point, so let’s hope for it.
Notion for iPad is not nearly as good as Dorico, but it offers “cues”.
Thanks for notioning it
I’m getting these constant error messages
And while it isn’t outright crashing and closing, it gets stuck so I can’t close out of the song I’m in without closing the whole app (haven’t tested enough to know if my work is saving each time)
To clarify, this is after installing the update earlier today. Before that it was just constantly crashing!
Would using a shorter filename (including a shorter path) allow you to save the file?
That’s not the file name — all my file names are just one or two word — I don’t even understand the error message and I keep getting different ones. I just took a screen shot of this one at random but I’ve had a whole bunch.
Sorry to hear this, Joan. I’m not sure what might be happening there. I suggest a fresh install of the app on your device.
Before you remove Dorico from your iPad and reinstall it, make sure you have backed up any files that you created in Dorico for iPad that you can see if you run the Files app, then choose On My iPad, and then choose Dorico. Any files that appear there are located inside the area that will be cleaned when you delete the app, and they will be deleted forever. So back them up!
Ideally, move them to the Dorico folder inside iCloud Drive in your Files app. That will cause them to be synced with iCloud.
Once you’re sure you’ve backed up those projects, delete Dorico from your iPad, and then reinstall it from the App Store. Hopefully at that point everything will start to behave more sensibly.
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Thank you so much - I did this and so far so good! Seems to be behaving more normally. Thankfully I DID already have everything just saved in the cloud but I appreciate the instructions on how to check that. I use the computer for a lot of things but REALLY appreciate the iPad version when I can’t sit at my desk anymore! Or when I’m at a rehearsal and need to make changes.
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