Play (but not display) concert pitch on input

Dorico
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I have a specific need - I have occasional jobs where I’m hired to re-enter a part from a score to digitize it (usually to be transposed for a different instrument) I usually enter in the key of the original instrument, then transpose. When I enter the notes, I would have the chart in transposed pitch. The problem for me is that I have perfect pitch, and Dorico plays the concert pitch. This is super disorienting. Let’s say it’s for Horn in F. I input an A, and it plays an D through the speakers. If the next note is a G on the chart, I’m likely to play a C on the keyboard (because it’s down a step from the note I heard) so it quickly can go way astray.

So far I’ve just been turning the sound off, but is there an option to change this? I know this is a problem for very few people, but still hoping to fix it.

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Yes, see here:

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I’m afraid neither input method will help the OP, as the sound will always be the real pitch, and not seem to match the written original. When copying a transposing original, it’s impractical either to have to transpose the written notes mentally if you’re using concert pitch entry (i.e. you play the original notes a fifth lower on your keyboard), or hearing music that sounds different from the transposed pitches you’re looking at. I don’t have perfect pitch myself, but I can imagine it would bother the copyist.
A workaround is to enter the written notes in a non-transposing instrument while ignoring the original sounding key, then paste everyting into the Horn part where it’ll be a fifth too high, and then transpose down.

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