Percussion instrument "Caxixi" can't be added?

Dorico
1

I believe that Dorico knows about Caxixi (african.unpitched.caxixi), but I can’t seem to find it in a menu to add. Neither as individual player, nor in a kit. Neither in Dorico 5 or 6.

Maybe I am looking in the wrong place, or missing something?

I don’t need it urgently (maybe no one does). I am making a map for a percussion plugin and it has a sample, so I tried to include it. Just got confused.

Thanks.

[Dorico is a product including such massive functionality - I’m not upset about one tiny thing.]

2

Dorico knows about caxixi… (just search in the add instrument dialogue)
Whether it plays back is a different matter.

3

Sorry, I’m using Elements 5 & 6 (I should have been more clear). I don’t think I have “Add instrument” available on a menu.

4

Take a look at this

5

The problem is that the instrument I want is not in the instrument picker.

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  1. In Setup mode, in the Players panel, select the player to which you want to add instruments.

  2. Open the instrument picker in any of the following ways:

    • Press Shift-I.

    • Click the plus symbol image in the player card.

  3. Select the instrument you want in the instrument picker.

dorico-inst-add-menu-01
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6

Except that it is…

cax
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7

It doesn’t seem to be in my Elements 6.

The Steinberg comparison chart shows [at bottom of “Notation”]:

                    Dorico Pro 6             Dorico Elements 6
Unpitched 
orchestral/band     Customizable             Limited
percussion

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8

If I open Dorico in Elements mode it finds Caxixi.
Just enter caxixi in the search box.

9

Quite bizarre. Apparently typing in the search box “unhides” an item that is not in the menu. I wonder if there are any other similar cases. I don’t think I have the patience to test.

I added a player, added an entry in the percussion map (same trick is required), and playback seems to work.

So maybe it is still unexpected behavior, with a workaround.