How do I trigger glissandi and portamenti using the official VSL expression maps in Dorico?

[LGeist110]

I almost feel embarrassed to ask this question, but I can't figure it out on my own: How do I trigger glissandi and portamenti with the official expression maps provided by VSL?

As an example, I used the SYNCHRON-ised Vienna Whistler to test the Synchron Player and the included expression maps in Dorico. In the expression map settings I can see that keyswitches are set up for glissandi and portamenti, although both are labelled ‘portamento’ within the library, but it doesn't matter, because the keyswitches would trigger the correct articulations if I knew how to control them.

In the attached example composition, I use a glissando, but this triggers the fast legato, which sounds good, but is not what I want. Even without a slur, no glissando sample is played. Speed doesn't matter either; I've tested that too, both with short note values and with actual fast and slow tempos (there's nothing about a speed trigger in the expression map settings anyway).
So, how do I trigger slow glissandi, called ‘slow portamento’ in Synchron Player, and fast glissandi, called ‘fast portamento’ in Synchron Player?

[MMKA]

I did some tests and I found this.

In Dorico there are "Playing Techniques" and "Playback techniques". You find them both under the popup list of "Library".
Playing techniques can be entered in the score by shift + P. In the popup screen you can just enter Playing techniques, and no Playback Techniques.

Most Playback techniques have to be triggered by a Playing Technique. The only way to trigger Glissando up and Glissando down is by a Playing Technique. And here we have the problem. There is a Playback technique for "Glissando up" and there is one for "Glissando down" (under the head "ornaments") but no Playing Techniques for "Glissando up" and and there is no "Glissando down".

So we have to make them.

This are the steps to make:

• Open your Dorico file
• Open under "Library" "Playing techniques"
• Click on the + in the bottom left corner of the new screen to make a new Playing Technique
• At the top of the window you see: "Name:" Delete the words "New Playing Technique" and fill in here : Glissando up
• Click on Edit... just below the middle of the screen behind "Playback Technique:"
• In the top left corner you see under "Category:" Techniques. Click on the little arrow, right form the word "Techniques" and choose "Ornaments".
• In the list you see now "Glissando up". Click on "Glissando up", it becomes blue (in my case anyway)
• Now click on OK
• Now you see in the first screen just below the middle of the screen behind "Playback Technique": "Glissando up", and that is what we want. A very important step now is to click on the star in the bottom left corner under the column, while "Glissando up" in the left column is selected (blue). By doing this the Playing Technique will be available in all Dorico files you are going to open. The star becomes completely white, and not just the contours of the star. Now you can click on Ok in the bottom right corner.
• Open now the write section of you Dorico file, select a note, enter "Shift + P" and fill in "Glissando up". Before you have tapped all letters this option appears. Select that option by clicking on the words Glissando up, that has appeared.
• When you just want that one note to be a glissando, select then the words "Glissando up" and tap shift+alt+arrow to the right. Now you see 2 little red circles, and now the glissando patch is just that on that one note. When you want 2 notes, tap then several time on the right arrow, keeping shift+alt down until the red circle passes the second note, and so on for the third note.
• Now the glissando patch should be triggered.

And of course you can repeat the steps for all other patches.

I hope this helps.

[LGeist110]

Thanks for the reply!

The reason I asked was that wanted to avoid having to create a playing technique. I guess, I‘ll have to.