Brand new at composing & arranging, and also at using DAW software. I picked up both Cubase and Dorico and I’ve been moving between them as I work experimental pieces for the purposes of learning music theory and the software itself. I’m using existing MIDIs to practice/experiment with instrument libraries and the like.
I would like to take the treble clef and the bass clef lines of a single player and split them into two different players. I’ve been cheesing it by creating two projects using the same MIDI, then deleting the bass clef of one & saving, and for the other I delete the treble clef and then save as a different MusicXML, then importing them both into Cubase as separate instruments.
Clearly, I have no idea what I’m doing so I’m cheesing it and making things much harder than I should be, I’m sure. I’d like to know if there was a simpler way to do this in Dorico. Thanks!
I think the simplest way to do this is add your two players in Setup, copy the music into them, and delete the Piano. Select the first bar in one hand and do Select to End of Flow, then you can copy it all with Alt-click at the beginning of the first bar in the other instrument.
I found the Edit → Select to End of Flow. Thank you for that nugget! That’s quite handy. The Alt-Click was a little confusing. It didn’t seem to copy, so I used the Edit → Copy instead, then selected the first note in the 2nd player and Edit → Paste (CTRL+V) and that worked out well.
What does Alt-Click do specifically? I tried googling it but I saw no clear answer.
Alt-click copies whatever is selected to where you click, without even using the copy/paste clipboard. It can be notes, markings, key signatures, anything, all at once and can even be a multi-staff selection. The destination will be the closest beat position to your mouse click (as defined by the rhythmic grid setting).
Regular old Copy & Paste is fine too. There are also commands for Copy / Move to Staff Above / Below. Some of them have default keyboard shortcuts, and you can add your own custom shortcuts. I’m trying not to overload you with too many options at once! (and failing)
No, this is great stuff. I’ve taken on the challenge of learning music theory/composition while also learning the professional software used to create it at the same time. All of this will click as I work on a track and encounter things I want to do and then research how to do them as I go. Software like this has many ways of solving the same problem and it’s cool to know them because I can use the ones that fit my preferences best. You’ve been a great help, thank you so much.
