Following on from a different post. I created a percussion kit which consist of 6 Gongs:
I then created a percussion map for all 6 Gongs single hits and their respective Rolls:
I then, under Daniel’s recommendation, set the Layout for percussion to 5 lines and set Dorico to accept Percussion Map instead of Staff position.
I then double clicked on the staff and I was able to write all the different gongs directly from my MIDI keyboard (C4=Gong 1, D4=Gong 2,etc.)
So then I exported the Percussion Map and the Percussion Kit. Opened an orchestral score I’m building as a template, imported the percussion Kit, imported the Percussion Map, assigned the instrument to the correct channel, assigned the Map to the channel, changed Layout options to 5 lines:
But when I try to input anything it just inputs the same pitch/Gong i.e. whether I press C4 on the keyboard or A4 Dorico just notates the Gong above the staff (Gong 6). What’s more irritating is that even if I use the arrows to select a different Gong Dorico continues to input the same one. Furthermore, even if I correct them after input i.e. using ALT+up/down arrows, Dorico continues to play the same pitch (Gong 1 which is incorrect anyway since the Gong above the staff should be Gong 6 according to the Percussion Map). Weirdly, if I use the Roll articulation it will jump to the correct group but not the different gongs e.g. C4 is Gong 1 single hit and C5 is Gong 1 Roll, if input any of the Gongs, then adjust them manually and alternate between single hit and roll, Dorico will play C4 (Gong 1) and C5 (Gong 1 Roll) for all of them.
Things I’ve tried/checked:
- Replicating the procedure on an empty project, I get the same issue
- Going back to the original file, everything works as expected
- Double checking that all the settings are the same, problem continues
- Re exporting the Kit and the Map
- Rechecked that both the Map and the Kit looks the same on the original project and the imported version, everything looks fine
- Toggle and apply use Map instead of stave position back and forth
I could attach the files if needed but let me know if you need anything besides the Dorico file e.g. Percussion Maps, Percussion Kit, etc.
Regards,
Hopefully this is something that is getting improved in the new version, seems inconsistent to have to work differently on percussion instruments from everything else.