I turn off the collision avoidance in parts as a result, because normally I would rather fix the collision myself by moving things than have it automatically add space that I then have to remove. Specifically when there is a rehearsal marker that collides with a dynamic on the system above it, it adds a lot of vertical space which doesn't go away when you move them back into position. Regarding the vertical spacing issues, I assume you primarily mean in parts, and I have had the same problems. They did add a filter option into the Galley view where you can define filters to hide some instruments from that view so that you're not having to look at all instruments simultaneously, which can help a bit with this. (Needless to say though, at this point of my stumbling beginner's journey my orchestral stuff is going through a proper orchestrator whenever I do it to ensure everything is correct and readable, but with single player sessions I'm a bit more confident with Dorico session by session.)Ĭlick to expand.Regarding this, I assume you mean in the Galley view, as in the Page view you would only see the three active instruments with changes. For this, Dorico gives me a great headstart for having at least some sort of a ballpark how things should look and feel like. The play out of the sheet and if you've not written something properly, they won't play it properly and it's your fault and your fault only. I've been used to write simplistic notes for rock and jazz musicians since forever, but I've only recently had to start learning how to do it for orchestral sessions and classical musicians- and it's been quite a crash course to realize how much there are things to be taken care of because those people don't rely on "listening to demos" for phrasings et al. But from my point of view, I think it's also a great "gateway" for us noobs to actually start learning things and how they are supposed to look like in the first place. This is from a post I wrote a year ago that is still true:Ĭlick to expand.\o/ Guilty as charged. I'm not saying you shouldn't use Dorico or that it won't be used by orchestrators I'm just listing the drawbacks it (still) has for me. Just because Silvestri uses Dorico doesn't mean his orchestrators do – in fact those from his team I've worked with all use Sibelius. It is just with the latest version that you are able to make your own instruments. And the way it still handles large time sigs is not very good looking. Daniels response was that 'you would never need both'. To the focus of the team I was testing Dorico for a project I did in 2019 with a "Hollywood composer" and we wanted both the large time signatures and to cut away idle sections on some pages. That's a lot of unnecessary vertical space when you have multiple doubles throughout the woodwinds, percussion(!) and using their divisi function in the strings. So if I have 3 flutes (2nd doubling alto and picc and 3rd doubling picc) I'm not working from 3 staves but from 6! because all the auxiliaries are shown all the way. I'm not working on a score page any more. It is not the same as working on a '3 flutes' staff and the vertical aspect of the project grows too large to comprehend. I get their perspective of writing for the players and it makes part extraction a breeze but it means that as an orchestrator it removes me from the score. My biggest gripe with actually orchestrating in it is that when you are writing for 3 flutes you need 3 staves. However I still find that it's difficult to rely on the placement/positioning of text and unfortunately I think their vertical spacing is lightyears behind Sibelius. When you are focusing on the composition it's nice to have the software do the tedious work for you. Granted it is very smart in handling tempo and time signatures so I look forward to an easier way to re-bar cues.ĭorico has been built to take many decisions for you – in most cases this is what draws inexperienced notators and engravers to it. Probably Dorico will take a foothold the way Sibelius has but it still has many shortcomings to work quickly. My experience is that every team I've been a part of has assumed Sibelius. I've been thinking a lot about how to reply to this thread.
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