# Stem direction on unison notes different when condensing **URL:** \ **Category:** Dorico\ **Created:** [September 23, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/stem-direction-on-unison-notes-different-when-condensing/869811 "2023-09-23T22:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![dspreadbury](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dspreadbury/32/328687_2.png) [@dspreadbury](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dspreadbury)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/stem-direction-on-unison-notes-different-when-condensing/869811/2 "2023-09-23T23:00:09Z")
You don’t provide enough context for me to be able to tell what’s really going on, but I guess the remainder of the system has music that requires the material to be split into two stems. If you’d like more help, please provide the information we need to help you effectively. A reminder of how to do that: > [@Four simple guidelines to help us help you](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/four-simple-guidelines-to-help-us-help-you/123752): > > We are proud to say that the Dorico forum is friendly, supportive and constructive, and it’s our aim to keep it that way. Members of the Dorico development and support teams closely monitor the forum, and this is the place you can have a direct conversation with the people responsible for designing and building the application. The forum is also frequented by many expert users of the software, who generously give of their time to offer assistance to their fellow users. In order to keep the discu… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/stem-direction-on-unison-notes-different-when-condensing/869811)._