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Hello Anders!
As mentioned in my previous post, Dorico uses the same playback technique for artificial harmonics and natural harmonics. Unfortunately this means that it's not possible to have them both sound in the correct octave. At least I wouldn't know how.
Best regards,
Andi
Have you tried using the octave shift property for the clef change? It was just an idea that came to mind.
It is normally meant for the ottava clefs to allow you to control whether they adjust the octave or not, but I think the setting is available for all clefs.
@mducharme said:
Have you tried using the octave shift property for the clef change? It was just an idea that came to mind.
It is normally meant for the ottava clefs to allow you to control whether they adjust the octave or not, but I think the setting is available for all clefs.
Hi and thanks, but it didn't help me since there's no alto clef with transposition upwards, only an octave below. I managed though to make the artificial harmonics to sound right with an octave line, but then I can't hide the line itself - if I do the notes jumps up an octave. So I guess the only solution to this is to write all harmonics as natural ones and trust the musicians to play those which are not natural as artificial.
@Cadenza said:
Hi and thanks, but it didn't help me since there's no alto clef with transposition upwards, only an octave below.
I suspect you may not quite understand what I mean. I don't mean the octave clefs. Every manually added clef has an "octave shift" property in the properties panel when you select it.
The default is 0 (at pitch) but you can set octave shift anywhere between -3 and +3 octaves.
@mducharme said:
@Cadenza said:
Hi and thanks, but it didn't help me since there's no alto clef with transposition upwards, only an octave below.
I suspect you may not quite understand what I mean. I don't mean the octave clefs. Every manually added clef has an "octave shift" property in the properties panel when you select it.
The default is 0 (at pitch) but you can set octave shift anywhere between -3 and +3 octaves.
Aha, thanks! I'll try that.
I have recently been copying a number of movie scores and none of the SY Strings Pro harmonics worked as written. All only sounded when raised at least an octave.
When I was correcting the EM for the new String Pro/Strings I integration, I noticed that in the VSL EMs for Dorico there is a -24 transposition, the top right entry in the map, for harmonics. Setting these to 0 (there are four harmonics lines I think) make all of them work correctly as written.
Hello Mavros!
I have re-checked the harmonics settings in the Dorico expression maps for Synchron Strings Pro. They seem to be correct. Please note that we have only recorded fourth harmonics. The sound of these is two octaves higher than the base note. So if you have written lower harmonics, they will remain quiet.
Best regards,
Andi
Thanks Andy for the clarification. Is there any documentation on what harmonics are exactly registered in SY Strings Pro?
Apparently there is an alternative notation method used in the score I was copying. It shows the pressed rather than the sounding note and in a legend asks for fourth harmonics only (so perfect for SY Strings Pro). On top of this it uses the "natural harmonics" circle also for artificial harmonics. So to reflect what the score is asking for, I have to use an alternative EM without the -24 transposition.
