When I press shift-p, select flute, click add an empty “voice” is added to the list of players.
I can successfully add other instruments.
If I try to change “voice” to another instrument, it will allow me to change to other instruments, but not flute.
I’ve tried opening a different project and it works fine. I also tried restarting Dorico but that didn’t help.
I’m attaching the project. Thanks!
Almighty God - key A - test project.dorico (1.1 MB)
If one adds a voice to a flute player, it is also a flute unless one changes the sound in Play mode (IRV).
Only if one adds a new instrument to a player does one anticipate being asked to choose a new instrument, and in that case one can certainly choose another flute.
In this project the instrument that shows as Flute in the instrument picker has had its staff labels changed to shows as Voice.
You can see this by clicking the three dots next to Voice and choosing Edit Instrument Definition.
Derrek, thanks, but I think you are misunderstanding what I’m saying. Let me be more explicit.
I have an existing score with 4 instruments:
Voice, (labeled"Lead Sheet"), Violin, Viola and Violoncello.
When I go into setup mode and click on the “Add Single Player” button, the following happens:
1 - “Empty-handed Player” is added to the players list.
2 - the dialog opens with the list of instrument player types
3 - when I select “flute” and click “Add”, the dialog closes
4 - “Empty-handed Player” becomes “Voice”
If I go through the above sequence but select any other instrument type (I’ve only tried a few) a new player is added with the selected instrument.
If I go through the above sequence and then select the newly created “Voice”, click on its sub-menu and “delete instrument”, it becomes “Empty-handed Player” again.
If I select this player, click “+” to add an instrument, and select “flute” it again becomes “Voice”
If I instead select the “Voice” player and select “change instrument” it won’t let me add flute.
It’s as if “Flute” has been blocked, tho it appears just like the other instruments in the list.
If I close this project and open another everything works as expected.
For a workaround, I can edit the label and name it “Flute” but it will playback with a voice instead of flute.
Thanks. I don’t know how it got that way, it’s an older score. That fixed it!
@asherber explained exactly why that happens. The picker name is flute, but the instrument name was changed to Voice.
… disregard, you figured it out.
