![]() ![]() The horns use the Studio Horns virtual instrument that ships with Logic. I exported it as MIDI, and recreated the rhythm section parts in Logic Pro on iPad. Here is a link to a realization of a score I did in this tool, the version before 5.1. I will probably also continue to complain, in the hopes that pressure from users will push the devs to do better. ![]() But I do feel that the limitations that exist are artificial, and likely the result of pressure to ship by a certain date. I like Dorico on iPad, and I will continue to use it. This should have been caught by QC.īottom line. The output levels are radically different. The big-band template that comes with Dorico for iPad will use the brass and rhythm section samples from Iconica, and the GM saxophone samples. More problematic is the level matching thing between the built in GM sounds and the new library. Even just re-recording the existing trumpet or trombone samples with a filter would do as a stand-in. I understand that many orchestral libraries don’t have these sounds (well, at least the mutes), but it’s still something that people making a tool aimed at serious composers should do. I feel I must make this point - not having a flugelhorn sound, or muted trumpets, is an oversight. FWIW, the download from the app store was fine, it was the download of the Iconica Sketch library from within Dorico that was slow. For that I’ll just record myself playing sax…Īnd I admit my server comment was snarky…. I imagine I could get very realistic results by using lots of controller data, but this is for compositional purposes, not making a realistic performance. By “better” I mean easier to get a decent result using a keyboard and minimal editing. The Studio Horns virtual instrument in Logic is also better. Frankly the built in sax in Dorico for iPad is better, at least to my ears. Regarding SWAM, I have tried them and disliked the sound. Plus it’s easier to lounge in my La-z-boy… I do use a regular computer also, but I think differently using my fingers and maybe a pencil instead of a mouse. Regarding the iPad, I like using the iPad environment. Replying to 3 posts, since the forum chided me for making small replies… I am willing to purchase and install a 3rd party library that has good quality sounds for a jazz big band, especially if things like muted brass and flugelhorns are included. ![]() And no flugelhorn sound at all in either library. Why bother to do an update if you don’t do a good job? I have returned to using the built in sounds on my compositions because of the reverb and balance issues. Is there a way to adjust these globally?Īll of this leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. Usually this is done to mask crappy samples, but it sounds like these are good quality. Issue 4 - (this may be me) - reverb levels. Because of issue 2, I have to use the built in sounds for saxophones, and they are significantly louder than the Iconica brass section sounds. And flugelhorn, a common instrument, is represented by a piano sound. Took 1/2 hour for the Iconica sounds… Up your server game Steinberg/Yamaha! I have a fast (gigabit) internet connection in my house, and large downloads usually complete in seconds, a few minutes at most. I am primarily interested in writing for big band, though I have been known to write for strings too. ![]() TL DR - I am not impressed.īackground - I use Dorico for iPad only, I don’t have the Mac version. I then downloaded the Iconica Sketch sounds. Just downloaded Dorico 5.1 for iPad, I have an active subscription. ![]()
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