Hi Andy Thank you for the very nice tool.

Some issues I encountered:

1. SY Strings Pro - The template loads the XF Sus presets but the expression maps have CC2 activated. So the template should either load the Velocity presets which I think is the preference or the expression maps should be changed.
2. In most expression maps velocity and CC2 or CC1 are used however in the loaded SY player these CC are not activated. So you have to manually do this for all instruments. I am not sure if this activation might not be saved with the template as I mostly use my Synchron and Synchronized libraries through VEPro. There there is no issue all are preloaded with the CC activated.
3. I have always understood that when you load a preset in the SY player for an instrument CC7 is set to balance the instrument in the full orchestra. For example SY Brass - Horn 1 is CC7 set to 67 while Trumpet 1 has CC7=90. Dorico has issues with this as it will reset CC7 to 100 when it starts playing. So in my template I have modified all my instruments to have CC3 instead of CC7 as master volume. In the Dorico wizard all loaded instruments are now set to CC7=100. Does this mean they are not balanced anymore?

Hello Mavros!

Thanks for your feedback.

1. The Dorico expression maps for Synchron Strings Pro have CC1 assigned as secondary dynamic. So it's correct that the VelXF sus presets get loaded.
2. It's true that in some expression maps secondary dynamic is CC1 and in some it's CC2. However, the auto-assigned presets always should be in line with that setting. No manual setting should be necessary. If you think that you have found an instrument where this is wrong, please let me know the library and the instrument.
3. You are right that our Master Volume levels are balanced and that the Dorico mixer removes that balance by sending CC7=100 to all instruments. Anyway, I would always newly balance the levels of all channels for every project. Our levels can only be a starting point and are not carved in stone.

Best regards,
Andi

Hello Mavros!

As mducharme has already pointed out, the expression map in your screenshot must have been modified. The Synchron Strings Pro expression maps that come with our Dorico Wizard have CC1 assigned as secondary dynamic. Please note that expression maps gets saved with your project. So if you load a project, the expression maps inside will stay as they have been before a fresh installation.

I'm not sure which instrument you are showing in your second screenshot, but it's true that Synchron Woodwinds, SYNCHRON-ized Woodwinds and Synchron Brass work with CC2 as secondary dynamic and Synchron Percussion works with CC1 as secondary dynamic. That's no mistake. The auto-assigned presets are in line with this setting of the expression maps.

Best regards,
Andi

Thanks that solved the issue and corrected a misconception I had relating the EM management by playback templates in Dorico.

I indeed did not start with a new project. I took an existing full functioning project using the SY libraries in VEPro with my own EMs, switched to the Silence template and then to your wizard generated template but that apparently does not replace already existing EMs. If I start with a new project with the Silence template and then switch to the new wizard generated on it work correctly.

Also a misconception regarding the second screenshot. I always put the Vel.-XF button on On for instruments with CC2 as secondary control but that is not necessary to generate the CC2 lane in Dorico.

Many thanks. One keeps learning.

Does the playback template for the new solo strings include added playing/playback techniques for the extended articulations in the library?

Hello Bill!

Only the Dorico default playing techniques and playback techniques plus some custom crescendos are used in the expression maps for Synchron Solo Strings.

Best,
Andi

Thanks Andi. I don't suppose there's a handy list of which P/P map to which articulations?

Cheers,

Bill

Hi Bill!

There is no list that is more handy than the expression maps themselves. You can always check them in Dorico under Library/Expression Maps, but I guess you already knew that. 😊 I don't have any other list.

Best,
Andi

Hi Andi,

I am missing the expression map for DA Virtuoso in the Wizard. I believe I have ticked the selection correctly. Maybe they slipped through?

Thanks
RaPaSa

Hello RaPaSa!

There is no dedicated Dorico Endpoint Configuration for Synchron Duality Strings Virtuoso. That's why it doesn't show up in the Dorico Wizard. A few of the Virtuoso articulations have been added to the Expression Maps, but most of them could only be added with custom playing techniques and custom playback techniques.

Best regards,
Andi

Now that the new lyrical legatos are out for the woodwinds, are there new maps for those?

If so I have to repeat the "Save Template" process to get these new maps into Dorico, or do they get updated simply by launching the Vienna Assistant?

Is there some way of seeing if anything is new or changed without having to go through this process? Although I didn't like the old installer that much, it was date stamped so at least I could tell if there were changes (even though I didn't know what they were). Now I don't know how to tell if anything has been changed that I have to address.

Hello mducharme!

The new lyrical legatos will be integrated in the Dorico expression maps soon. To update your settings, you can always re-save your playback template. Currently there is no changelog for that. We will find a solution.

Best regards,
Andi

I have created a playback template with only SY World Woodwinds chosen in the wizard. When I use it in Dorico keeps loading the SY Prime World Woodwinds instead of the full version and there also some instruments like the Koncovka flute missing. Does anyone know why? The endpoint configuration shown is also the one related to Prime. Is there no full version EM set for the SY library?

Hi Mavros!

There are no preconfigured Dorico settings for Synchron World Winds so far.

Best regards,
Andi

Thanks Andi, better remove it from the wizard in this case

Hello Mavros!

Synchron World Winds is not included in Dorico Wizard and has never been. Maybe you have mixed it up with the "Synchron Prime World Winds" entry for the Synchron Prime Edition.

Best regards,
Andi

Why is Prime no longer an option in the Dorico Wizard

What happened to the Prime Edition option in Dorico Wizard

all of my other libs are showing up minus the BBO entries