Waldbaer asked me privately to explain how I get this working in Dorico; I thought I’d post my reply here, as well, in case anyone else is curious.
(Note that I’m focusing only on the Dorico side of things, here. Use of Dorico’s pitch bend feature first requires set up in one’s VST; I have EastWest Symphonic Orchestra and Spitfire sample libraries, and I’ve gotten pitch bend working for both of them. Unless you’re using EWSO or Kontakt, I can’t tell you how to set up pitch bend in your VST.)
In Dorico itself, you have to plot points on the MIDI graph for the relevant instrument in the Play tab.
For example, suppose I have a trombone part that’s notated like this:
In the Play tab, it normally looks like this:
… and sounds like this:
I can fix this with a few modifications.
First, in the Write tab, I suppress playback of the glissando and the second (destination) note:
Next, in the Play tab, I do two things:
- I make sure that the duration of the first note covers both notes, by dragging the right edge of that note’s bar.
- I plot points on the “MIDI Pitch Bend” channel, indicating how I want the pitch to change over time. (Also, I remember to plot another point afterward, to reset the pitch bend to zero, so that successive notes play at the correct pitch.)
After my changes, the graphs look like this in the Play tab:
… and the instrument sounds like this:
Hope that helps!