Some problems with Dorico

[christian_turcotte]

One big problem with Dorico is having different kind of staff. For example, when producing a master rhythm or lead sheet, we often want to write the drum
Part on staff at 50% size without staff line between the treble and the bass clef.Easy to do with Finale, impossible with Dorico. Also, it is impossible to have different kind of music font on the same project. It is also hard to ajust the chord symbol. For example, on a C7(#5) , the #5 is way to small, hard to read and impossible to adjust

I am open to switch to Dorico, but it as to be as flexible as Finale.
Thanks

[benwiggy]

@christian_turcotte

Also, it is impossible to have different kind of music font on the same project.

Each of the items in “Font Styles” can be set to a different music font, if you really want.

You can configure Noteheads to be different fonts in the Notehead Set Editor.
Most other Music symbols can be set to glyphs from other fonts in the Music Symbols Editor.
Accidentals can be configures in the Tonality Editor.

You can then save all these things as your defaults, if you really want.

As said elsewhere, if you think a particular assortment of random glyphs from different fonts is best, you might want to consider creating a font with all those glyphs in one place.

[claude_g_lapalme]

@christian_turcotte

For example, when producing a master rhythm or lead sheet, we often want to write the drum
Part on staff at 50% size without staff line between the treble and the bass clef.

Could you post a pic of this, I’m not sure what you want, and be if I see it I would find an easy solution (or not!)

[christian_turcotte]

texte en gras

[claude_g_lapalme]

Hmm… la photo (s’il y en a une) ne semble ne pas être attachée

[christian_turcotte]

[Janus]

You might want to look at rhythmic cues?

[claude_g_lapalme]

Ok. Got it. Actually, there is a solution, but it involves getting a line less staff which is not native to Dorico, but once you have should be the only time you need to create it. Then you can enter/copy the drum on a drum-and change the instrument to the lineless staff; then right-click it and reduce the staff size. I feel that @FredGUnn would be of help here, as he has a collection of no-line staffs. Let’s see what he says.

[claude_g_lapalme]

Back at the studio now. Basically, you would get this (which was super-easy), but without the remaining line. It has to do with with editing a library file. Hopefully someone will chime in soon with one of those, and then you’ll be set.

[Christian_R]

Hi @christian_turcotte , here the link for the Zero Line staff:

Zero line staff

ZeroLines.zip (2.2 KB) If you download and unzip this file, it will produce a folder called ZeroLines. In the Finder, use Go > Go To Folder to go to this location: /Library/Application Support/Steinberg/ Inside there, create a folder called Dorico 5, then inside that folder create another called DefaultLibraryAdditions (note, no spaces in this folder name). Finally, drag the ZeroLines folder into the DefaultLibraryAdditions folder. Now restart Dorico: you should find a zero-line instrument i…

…mmmh, this doesn’t work for drum kits (?)

[claude_g_lapalme]

@Christian_R

mmmh, this doesn’t work for drum kits (?)

Hence me invoking Todd. He may have more than one kind of zero line staff

[christian_turcotte]

This is awesome ! Many thanks Claude. I do not need to hear the drum sounds. So, it is exactly what I needed.

[Lillie_Harris]

Janus’s suggestion of rhythmic cues could well be a very good option here - although that would require the source material to exist on another staff in the project, but that player wouldn’t need to appear in the score or part.

Rhythmic cues

[FredGUnn]

@claude_g_lapalme

Hence me invoking Todd.

Sorry, just getting caught up on this. Sounds like Christian got it working!