Fields #

Name #

Give your composite sound a name.

Condition #

The condition determines which branch of the composite sound to use for a particular note. In the example above, the first branch is used if the note length (as computed by Dorico) is less than short. The second branch is used otherwise. That means that short notes will use your staccato patch, and longer notes use the sustain patch.

The syntax for conditions is described in Condition Syntax.

Length #

Enter a percentage if you want to adjust the note length.

Remember that Dorico already modifies notated note lengths if certain playing techniques are active.

Transpose #

Enter a number (positive or negative) to transpose up or down by octaves.

VST Sound #

Select the VST sound to use for this branch. In the example above, short notes are played with the staccato sound and longer notes played with the sustain sound. Both of those are defined in the VST sounds tab.