After working on a large arrangement with a large amount of transcription in Dorico, I am very pleased with the performance of Dorico as an arranger, but as a transcriber, unfortunately, it took me hours to complete the simplest of tasks.
- The first step, as you know, is to convert audio files into a readable video file.
- Setting pinpoint markers is doable but still very cumbersome, and it all has to be done by ear. With 27 markers in my arrangement, this easily takes half an hour.
- Even more time-consuming is the synchronization of the tempo by adjustment in the play mode and the “find tempo” works with hardly any recording (https://youtu.be/ZzehGY6AsYM?t=596) Until an audio file runs more or less synchronized I work about 2 hours. The tools offered by Dorico are not really helpful. At the moment everything is feasible, but on a very rudimentary level. Since in this topic at the end there was only talk about usable transcription tools, I would like to show here again, how the same task can be done with Soundslice in 10 minutes at the most. This software is so elegantly programmed, that it almost brings tears to my eyes. How it works can be seen very well in this YouTube video. Of course, many will now say that I can do this task right away with Soundslice, but my wish is that in the long run, I could only work with one program namely Dorico. I have read that Dorico will offer transcription tools in the future. But it is also about the mindset. So hopefully the Dorico programmers do have such nice solutions like Soundslice in mind, because the current functionality is rather embarrassing in comparison and needs at least 10 times more time.