- You have Dorico 6. You create an original key signature, adding a few sharps, say F#,G#, A#–it’s not a normal key signature. Dorico calls this a “tonality system.”
- It doesn’t play back. You try to find out about why. You discover you (maybe) need to change mysterious parameters Dorico calls “pitch delta” and “base accidental,” because it’s not an automatic playback adjustment.
- You aren’t able to locate these mysterious settings in the first place, the manual describes them vaguely, does not indicate where they are tucked away to address.
- You need to know what to change.
- You are using the piano sound that came with program.
- You do not understand forum responses that either ask “why are you making this key signature?” or that assume detailed prior knowledge of where to find dialogs and libraries. In fact, you typically have trouble finding dialogs and libraries unless it is explained like it would be in third grade as to where they are.
- Notation software is a means to an end to you, not a process, you just need the final outcome, you learn by achieving the result.
Error: No description of where to find settings in manual.
Error: No description of what to change and what to expect from the change.
Error: Statement by Dorico that roughly communicates: “Dorico plays it back, though, if you make your own signature, it can do it.” Not without tweaking, apparently.
Error: Copious mentions of sound engines and virtual instrument libraries. No mention of adjustments needed.
