The combination of a keypad/midikeyboard is for me the absolutely fastest way of notation. Can you change note values and then “type” pitches with a midi-keyboard? ie, can you use a midi-keybard independant from duration?.My dream to get an app to fullfill advanced engraving needs. I also hope the chaps at Editors Keys will create a set of keyboard stickers for Dorico for its release - that would help with the learning curve.įirst of all congratulations to finally getting close to a release of this exciting application! Feels good to have a so engraving dedicated person in the front of this. I found myself adding an additional instrument to use as a blank placeholder for those times. This is probably what the ‘Ideas’ function in Sib was all about. CMD+V+2 would paste from clipboard position 2.īut maybe one can’t use letter keys on the keyboard in combination with numbers and presumably CMD+Shift+number will already be in use for some other function…įor a function like changing long passages between players (especially when there are 3 or 4 players notes to swap round), this would be much more intuitive than the way Sib does it at the moment. CMD+C+1 would copy something into clipboard position 1, CMD+C+2 into position 2. I always thought it would be great to have a clipboard which could handle more than one thing i.e. Anything which allows input without scrabbling for a mouse is always a bonus!Ĭan you explain a little more about how the copy and paste functionality will work? This sounds very well thought out - I’m so happy the repeat function is there. I hope you will find the note input method logical, easy to learn, and most of all both powerful and efficient. One of these days I will perhaps make a little video that demonstrates all of these things. Repitching notes is done using Alt+up/down arrow (the arrow keys on their own don’t edit the music, they only ever navigate, like in a word processor). You can also hit R to repeat the note to the left of the caret during input, and then repitch it. Hit S to start a slur, and Shift-S to stop it. Hit to start inputting a tuplet: a pop-over appears in which you type the ratio. You don’t really need to input rests, so you can instead just hit Space to leave a gap and Dorico will fill the gap in with the appropriate rests. Rhythm dots are made with the full stop/period key. Start a new voice by typing Shift+V (you can have as many voices as you like on the same stave), and then hit V to cycle between all of the voices you’re already using on the stave. You build chords by first hitting Q (for “quord”) and then type the letter names of the notes you want to add to the chord, from the bottom up (you can add modifiers to add notes explicitly above or below when you type the note name if need be), then either hit Q if you’re finished with chords or hit Space to input a chord at the next position. Articulations use the four symbolic keys to the left of the Return key, with Shift for the second set of four articulations. Note names are entered using the letters A to G. The numbers along the top row of the keyboard choose durations (6 = crotchet/quarter, 7 = minim/half note, 5 = quaver/eighth note, etc.), while 0 is natural, - is flat, and + (actually = on a UK keyboard at least) is sharp. Thanks for your effort in answering peoples questions, Daniel - it must be tedious and tiring but it gives us trust that you are doing things right with Dorico.ĭorico is designed to make note input comfortable if you only have the basic set of keys on a laptop/notebook keyboard – there’s no requirement for an external numeric keypad, or indeed a MIDI keyboard. I can write folk tunes out in seconds with this technique, as they often use dozens of the same note length in a row. PRODUCT A also has a repeat function which is brilliant when used in combination with the arrow keys allowing fast passages of notes to be entered by repeating the note then using down or up arrows to position the next one. Since clipboard can only hold one copied phrase, PRODUCT A (!) allows selection of a passage and alt-click will directly copy and paste (without affecting clipboard contents) so that one can swap parts say between soprano & alto for a few bars. There are occasions when one needs to swap a passage of notes from one instrument to another. It would be great to here how one inputs a series of notes - presumably this will be the first step of a steep (but enjoyable) learning curve for users switching from PRODUCT A? What is the basic process of inputting notes with keyboard and mouse? the power users of PRODUCT A use the numeric keypad and mouse extremely quickly - will DORICO have note length values assigned to keyboard keys? numbers?
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