Hi everybody,
After trying Dorico Pro for free for two months, I purchased the Element license. In doing so, I lost the PIZZ. function for my string instruments, and all my “playing technics”. Is this normal?
For information, I tried to adjust the sound libraries
then
If I select “auto”, then, no more instrument shown in the HALION pannel
If I select HALION
my instruments come back
but my pizzicato don’t work.
Do you have an idea?
Hi @Clamtriestoplay – the problem here is that the Elements license doesn’t include HSO, but does include Iconica Sketch, so the latter is preferred for use for strings in Dorico Elements.
Iconica Sketch only has pizzicato sounds for sections, not solo – meaning that for single players in Dorico, which automatically get assigned “solo”-type sounds if available, that’s true that they won’t produce pizzicato sounds.
You can work around this in Elements by either:
Hi Lillie_Harris
I don’t know what is the best to do that.
In the setup pannel (“configuration” in french), first I tried to find section sting in the general instrument, there is none.
Second, I tried to use the multi instruments to find a section string.
No more sting section to select, the pizzicato doesn’t work anymore.
Then I’ve selected strings in the HALION pannel
Great sound but always no more pizzicato or else playing technics.
That’s right: in Setup mode, add a section player but don’t give it a new instrument – leave it “empty-handed”, then you can drag your existing violin instrument from the old “single” player to the new “section” player.
Once you’ve done that, reapply the playback template: open the Apply Playback Template dialog, then double-click “Auto”. That should prompt Dorico to re-load and re-assign sounds, and give the section player an ensemble violin sound.
Thanks Derrek and Lillie_Harris for your answers
Well. , it nearly works.
First, I did what you tell me, Lillie_Harris: put an empty multiple player range, then drag in the violin of a single player, then put AUTO in play templates. It works, with pizzicato. But all my instruments disapeared in the HALION window but one: my new range.
So I took instruments from the librairie to complete my little orchestra.
With that, all my ranges are playing, allowing pizzicato, and I even deleted the multiple player range I create just for the operation.
I don’t really understand what I’ve done. Furthermore, sometimes, the soft seems not able to recognize if it must play in arco or pizzicato.
