Hi friends! My name is Julie Richardson, and I am a musical theater composer and songwriter! On this channel, you can follow along with the as I share tips and tricks that I'm learning along the way!
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If you hold alt I think, and click on objects it selects them easier …or maybe it was ctrl…and command in Mac…much easier to select items when it is hard to click when texts are on top of each other
i'm currently notating a book of 15songs and they are very short at only 2 or 3 pages each, would i be best doing a separate file per son or one file and doing them all in different flows?
The Dorico forum and the Facebook group are both really helpful (and the Dorico team is active in both). If you're having problems, ask in either of those places and you'll get lots of help.
Great video!! I'm a long time Finale user and trying to crash learn Dorico. This all makes sense. I love theatre, also. played a lot of shows in our local theatre scene... love Stephen Sondheim. Thanks!!
In setup mode you add players and ensembles. When you add either, Dorico automatically adds a part layout for them over on the right, ready to print out for that player/ensemble, and you can adjust each part layout independently (but each is a view on the main score, so if you edit the music, all layouts will automatically track the changes).
Annoys the hell out of me when I watch a composers video and they are using a DAW and all I am viewing is midi tracks. Dorico Pro is the best solution being the best notation software with the features of a DAW included.
This data-focused approach to art looks fascinating and deserves more attention among the community. I'm so grateful I got to sample some of your earlier work at events led by the wonderful @musicaltheatrewriterguy. Now I'm excited to hear more directly from 'To the Lighthouse' and help in any way I can- with the music, lyrics, or book- I'm all ears! Great job managing your time across family, work, and art. Keep on keepin' on😃
Thanks for the vid. As a side issue, if you use both a notation program and a Daw simultaneously, what would you use for an interface to toggle between the two? Do you have a favourite one you use?
It's insane that this doesn't have more likes, it's such a fantastic video. Thank you for compiling this information, along with a fantastic developing example, to share here!
it's insane that this doesn't have more likes. such a great and informative video that has so much information that is not so easily, or concisely found on the internet, with fantastic examples. thank you, genuinely!
I've been composing and arranging for many years now, even learned the piano for 4 years, but this simple and structured listing of things that effect your voicing, really helped me step up my game! Thank you very much. Your way of presenting and speaking also helps a lot in keeping focus. <3
Hello. I work with a Cubase Pro 11. It took me a long time, but now I've got the score edit down pretty well. I invite you to watch any of the videos on my channel. What do you think? I'd love to hear your comments. All the best. JM.
did you need to reinput all your dynamic markings? how do you remember where to put them? also in cubase did you just play the notes on your keyboard and then quantize them before you exported them?
Is there a way to write something in Muscore and then put it into Cubase 5 so I can choose better sounding instruments, mix it better, and use better effects. I want the final product to come from Cubase . Now this final product will function as a demo tape did back in the day. Why don't I just write in Cubase? The notes I write in Cubase score are never accurately represented. It's sooooo frustrating! Great channel and great content. Thank you for this helpful video. I just downloaded the only notation program that I could get - Muscore. All thanks to this helpful video.
Dorico seems the best of both world since it's primarily notiation software but had an excellent midi editor. Most people go from DAW to Notation, but tend to go the other way around if I need more than your typical orchestral Instruments.
Great job explaining!! When adding tokens to Page Templates, you can right click before typing anything and Dorico will have a drop down menu that you can pick any token that you have put in your information dialogue.
Reaper has had notion software built into it for years. I can write an entire soundscore, record it, and export the entire chart as a PDF. You can add lyrics and chord symbols, mark your A-B sections, etc. I took a Pro Tools class in college while studying recording engineering and bought a copy of Reaper for something to work on so I wouldn't have to go to the lab. I never opened Pro Tools again after the class. You can also edit video with Reaper. Just $60 U.S. for 5 years and all updates included.
Hello! I am using Dorico 5 Pro. I just took a look at the version comparisons (www.steinberg.net/dorico/compare-editions/), and I see that custom page layouts are limited to Dorico Pro. Sorry about that, I should have specified I was using Pro in the video!
I play by ear with only a book one piano training. I want to write for orchestra What is the best DAW or notation software that easily scores whatever I play and that score can be ready for an orchestra?.
