CONTENTS

Guide for Sibelius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Guide for Finale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Guide for Dorico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Last updated September 12, 2019. Copyright © by Wallander Instruments AB and original authors.
NotePerformer™ is a trademark of Wallander Instruments AB. Windows® is a trademark of
Microsoft Corporation. Mac®, Apple® and Mac OS® are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc.
Sibelius® is a trademark of Avid Technology, Inc. Intel Core™ is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
Finale®, Dolet® and MusicXML™ are trademarks of MakeMusic, Inc. DORICO® is a trademark of
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

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MAC INSTALLATION
●● If you’ve purchased NotePerformer, please download the
full version installer using your personal download
links.

●● Run the installer and proceed through all steps. The

full version overwrites the trial version.

●● Open Sibelius, and switch to your new Playback

Configuration named “NotePerformer”.

●● NotePerformer may be uninstalled by running:

/Library/Application Support/NotePerformer/
Uninstall NotePerformer.command

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PC INSTALLATION
●● If you’ve purchased NotePerformer, please download
the full version installer using your personal
download links.

●● If you’ve manually overridden Sibelius’s VST plug-

in path, or if Sibelius was installed to another drive
than C:, you must take extra caution. Our installer
targets only the default plug-in paths:

C:\Program Files\Avid\VSTPlugins

C:\Program Files (x86)\Avid\VSTPlugins

C:\Program Files\Sibelius Software\VSTPlugins

C:\Program Files (x86)\Sibelius Software\VSTPlugins

●● Sibelius must remain configured to use one of

these paths for plug-ins. The folder must also exist
on your hard drive, prior to installing NotePerformer.

●● Run the installer and proceed through all steps.

The full version overwrites the trial version.

●● Open Sibelius, and switch to your new Playback

Configuration named “NotePerformer”.

●● NotePerformer may be uninstalled from

“Add/Remove Programs”.

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●● To get NotePerformer playback in Sibelius, switch to the

NotePerformer configuration.

●● This configuration should appear automatically if

you’ve installed NotePerformer.

●● NotePerformer’s instruments respond to reverb, pan

and volume from the Sibelius mixer.

●● Mixer settings are saved with your score.

●● By default, reverb is 39%, while pan and volume

may vary.
●● This variation in default volume was meant to counteract
imbalances in Sibelius 6’s built-in sounds
but now often produces unwanted volume differences
between instruments.

●● Make a habit of always checking the volume levels, as

you want your instruments to all have the same
volume.

●● Double-clicking a volume slider resets it to the

baseline value of 95.

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●● If NotePerformer playback isn’t working, step one is to open the

Audio Engine Options dialog and review your settings.

●● When troubleshooting, please always use the Primary Sound Driver (DS) on
PC, and the Built-in Output (CoreAudio) on Mac.

●● When troubleshooting, please use a buffer size of at least 1024, and a

sample rate of 44100 Hz.

●● Make sure “Use virtual instruments and effects” is selected.

●● Please note that General MIDI playback in Sibelius works irrespectively of

these settings, and cannot be used to determine the status of the audio engine
in Sibelius.

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●● You can also use our included plug-in

to reset all instruments to a
volume of 95.

●● Run this script when starting a new

score, or when adding staves.

●● This script also resets pan to the

staff’s default.

●● If you want Sibelius to strictly follow

the dynamics in your score you must
lower the espressivo setting to
meccanico from the performance
dialog.

●● The “espressivo” feature makes Sibelius

humanize the dynamics, for better or
worse. Use only with care.

●● If you experience problems with

higher notes being louder than
lower pitched notes during a
melody, you are using Espressivo.

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change our global

●● You can also
reverb level from the performance
dialog.

●● This is done by changing from

Ambient hall to another room type.
●● The “Use reverb” checkbox must
always be selected.

●● You can turn off the reverb by

using the “Dry” room type.

●● You can have early reflections

only by using “Small room”.

●● The room type setting works in

combination with the reverb
sliders in the mixer (which have a
baseline value of 39%).

●● You can turn off playback for any

item in Sibelius.

●● This is done by deselecting “Play on

pass” from the Inspector dialog.

●● You can use this feature to correct

improper playback in Sibelius, such as
nested slurs.

combine this feature

●● You can also
with hidden items (such as hidden slurs
or accents) to improve playback for scarce or
unconventional notation.

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●● Occasionally when opening an older

orchestral score created with Sibelius
Sounds, the first plug-in instance
is -6 dB lower than it should be.
●● The result is that the first 16 staves are
considerably lower in volume.
This is a problem if your score uses
more than 16 staves.

●● Double-click this slider in the

mixer to reset the volume for the first
plug-in instance.

●● You cancustomize
playback of
individual trills
in Sibelius, from the
Inspector.

●● Speed meansnumber of
notes per second and
is useful for fine-tuning
playback of a trill.

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●● This problem is resolved

from Sibelius 2019.4.
●● Unpitched percussion trills in
Sibelius occasionally play the
wrong sound for every
other note.
●● This happens when Sibelius
incorrectly performs it as an
interval trill within the
percussion map rather than a
tremolo.

●● Problem is solved by setting

the “fixed” trill type with an
interval of zero half steps.

●● Trill lines are automatically

performed legato—when
using NotePerformer—but
trill symbols aren’t
because they are missing
the appropriate Sound ID
change.

●● Problem is solved by
manually adding the
+trill Sound ID
change to the symbols in
the Dictionary.

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●● Scores using an old House Style may be missing Sound ID

changes for articulations such as tenuto and marcato.

●● Without a Sound ID change, the articulation will not playback

correctly.

●● Problem is solved by manually adding Sound ID changes

named after the articulation.

●● Or alternatively, by importing an up-to-date House Style.

only “MIDI” type

●● If you see
playback devices in Sibelius,
you may not have an audio
interface configured.

General MIDI
●● In this state only
playback works.
●● Problem is solved by opening
the Audio Engine Options dialog
and selecting an audio
interface.

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●● Sounds in NotePerformer that lack a staff definition in Sibelius may

be accessed by overriding the sound from the mixer.

●● If you manually override a sound from the mixer then Sibelius also
overrides the device—whether you like it or not—by assigning
it to the first NotePerformer instance (N. 1-16).

●● This is a common source of error with larger scores using sound

overrides. You should immediately change the device
to “auto” after a manual sound override, or you may start
experiencing problems with the wrong sounds being assigned.

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●● Dynamics should include voice 1 when

possible.

●● Dynamics or hairpins in the wrong voice

is a common source of error with
Sibelius playback of dynamics.

●● If sounds are not assigned

correctly (or always playback
as a trumpet sound) you may
have inadvertently deselected
Send program changes in
Sibelius’s playback preferences.

●● NotePerformer relies on bank

and program MIDI messages, so
you must not deactivate these
features.

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●● If you want to mix sounds from different plug-ins you add these
additional plug-ins to the NotePerformer playback configuration.

●● This is done from the Playback Devices dialog. You select the plug-in you want
to add under available devices and click activate.

●● Save the configuration using a different name. The NotePerformer

configuration reverts to its original state on a regular basis.

●● With a mixed configuration—like this one—you must manually specify the

playback device for each staff, from the mixer.

●● The advanced user can instead use Playback Devices ▸ Preferred Sounds to specify

how sounds should be distributed over different devices.

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●● Our Plug‑Ins for Sibelius unlock additional features.

●● The Orchestral Tuning Plug‑In adds support for tunings other

than 440 Hz.

●● The Pipe Organ Stops Plug‑In provides easy access to custom

registration.
●● The Tenuto Always Plug‑In forces all notes to be performed for their
full written length, overriding natural interpretation.

●● The Vibrato Amount/Speed Plug‑Ins provide in‑depth control

over vibrato.

●● The a2, a3, ... Plug‑In creates sections for woodwinds or brass,
and reduces the sizes of string sections.

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●● We include a range of
percussion sounds with no
natural mapping in Sibelius,
such as the Suspended Cymbal and
Opera Gongs.

●● These must be manually mapped

to a percussion staff of your choice, if
you wish to use them.

●● 1. Add a percussion staff with

the right appearance.

●● 2. Select a full bar on that staff, and

click the small arrow next to
Instruments on the ribbon to open
the Edit Instruments dialog.

●● 3. If you selected a bar on that staff,

your instrument is automatically
highlighted. Please click Edit
Instrument...

●● 4. This opens another dialog, where

you may edit the properties of that
instrument. Please click Edit Staff
Type...

●● 5. From the Edit Staff Type dialog

you may manually assign
percussion sounds to any notehead
or pitch of your choice.

●● 6. Close all dialogs and save your

changes when prompted. Your
customised percussion staff is now
ready to be used.

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●● Videos may be out of sync

in Sibelius due to NotePerformer’s
one‑second latency.

●● This is easily corrected for by

opening the Timecode and Duration
dialog, and starting the video
one second into the score.

●● Alternatively, you can start

the video from a negative offset.
By setting the video to start from
minus one‑seconds into the video.

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PLAIN NOTE DYNAMICS CRESCENDO DIMINUENDO

œ œ
ff p
œ œ
f f
œ œ
p

STACCATO STACCATISSIMO MEZZO-STACCATO TREMOLO

ææ æ æ æ
œ. œ
'
œ-. œ œæ œ œ

ACCENT MARCATO TENUTO LEGATO

^
œ> œ œ- œ œ
PIZZICATO TRILL GLISSANDO ARPEGGIO

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ œœ
œ
pizz. arco

œ œ œ œœ
∏∏∏∏∏

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»
COL LEGNO SNAP PIZZ. (ALT. 1) SNAP PIZZ. (ALT. 2) HARMONICS (WRITTEN PITCH)

col legno ord. snap pizz. arco o

œ œ œ œ œ œ
ARTIFICIAL HARMONICS MUTE (ALT. 1) MUTE (ALT. 2) STOPPED HORN

+
Oœ mute

œ
open

œ
con sordino

œ senza sordino
œ
œ

BUCKET MUTE CUP MUTE PLUNGER MUTE HARMON MUTE

bucket mute cup mute plunger mute harmon mute

œ open
œ open
œ open
œ open

œ œ œ œ

LET RING (ALT. 1) LET RING (ALT. 2) NO VIBRATO VIBRATO

let ring non-L.V. L.V. non-L.V. non vib. ord. vib. ord.
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

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MOLTO VIBRATO SLAP BASS INTERPRETATION VARIES INTERPRETATION VARIES

œ. œ. œ- œ-
molto vib. ord. slap ord.

œ œ œ œ

FLUTTER-TONGUE (ALT. 1) FLUTTER-TONGUE (ALT. 2) PLOP DOIT

ææ ûœ œù
flz. ord.

œ œ œ

SCOOP FALL a2, zu 3, ... VIBRATO DEPTH (OVERRIDE)

ùœ œû
USE OUR PLUG-IN USE OUR PLUG-IN
FOR SIBELIUS FOR SIBELIUS

Home > Plug-Ins > ... Home > Plug-Ins > ...

VIBRATO SPEED (OVERRIDE) A4 TUNING (HERTZ) ORGAN REGISTRATION BOWED PITCHED PERCUSSION

USE OUR PLUG-IN USE OUR PLUG-IN USE OUR PLUG-IN USE THE MIXER IN
FOR SIBELIUS FOR SIBELIUS FOR SIBELIUS SIBELIUS
Home > Plug-Ins > ... Home > Plug-Ins > ... Home > Plug-Ins > ... And manually override
with the (bowed) sound.

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GUITAR EFFECTS DÉTACHÉ

USE OUR PLUG-IN détaché ord.

FOR SIBELIUS

Home > Plug-Ins > ... œ œ

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KNOWN ISSUES IN SIBELIUS

●● Prior to Sibelius 2019.4, you

cannot do Live Recording
with NotePerformer as your playback
device, due to latency compensation
issues.

temporarily
●● The workaround is to
switch to General MIDI
playback when you wish to do live
recording.

●● You cannot use Rewire with

NotePerformer in Sibelius, due to latency
compensation/timing issues.

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MAC INSTALLATION
●● If you’ve purchased NotePerformer, please download the
full version installer using your personal download
links.

●● Run the installer and proceed through all steps. The

full version overwrites the trial version.

●● Open a score in Finale, and go to:

MIDI/Audio ▸ Sound Map Priority

and move NotePerformer to the top. This makes
NotePerformer your default choice of sounds in
Finale, when running “Reassign Playback Sounds”.

●● Set playback to be through Audio Units plug-ins:

MIDI/Audio > Play Finale Through Audio Units

●● For existing scores which are already assigned to

other sounds, please run:

MIDI/Audio > Reassign Playback Sounds

●● NotePerformer may be uninstalled by running:

/Library/Application Support/NotePerformer/
Uninstall NotePerformer.command

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PC INSTALLATION
●● If you’ve purchased NotePerformer, please download the
full version installer using your personal download
links.

●● Run the installer and proceed through all steps. The

full version overwrites the trial version.

●● Open a score in Finale, and go to:

MIDI/Audio ▸ Sound Map Priority

and move NotePerformer to the top. This makes
NotePerformer your default choice of sounds in
Finale, when running “Reassign Playback Sounds”.

●● Set playback to be through VST plug-ins:

MIDI/Audio > Play Finale Through VST

●● For existing scores which are already assigned to

other sounds, please run:

MIDI/Audio > Reassign Playback Sounds

●● NotePerformer may be uninstalled from

“Add/Remove Programs”.

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●● Open MIDI/Audio > Sound Map Priority and move

NotePerformer to the top.

●● This makes makes NotePerformer your default choice of

sounds in Finale, when creating a score or when running
“Reassign Playback Sounds”.

●● If our sound map is missing, please run the NotePerformer

installer again.

●● This is usually necessary when you install a new version of

Finale.

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●● You must use Default Prefs

as your Human Playback
Configuration.

●● This is the default setting

in Finale.

●● We extend your
Default Prefs configuration
with NotePerformer’s custom
Human Playback Preferences.

●● Location in Finale for this setting

is:

MIDI/Audio > Human Playback >
Human Playback Preferences...

●● Make sure Attach to “...” is NOT

selected.

●● To get the correct sound for a

staff you simply select the
appropriate instrument
from the Score Manager.

●● After making changes from the

Score Manager, you must also
run:

MIDI/Audio > Reassign Playback

Sounds

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●● Using our supplied FinaleScripts we add support for a few

techniques such as a2, a3 and non vib which are
not described by Human Playback. These can be assigned
manually to an expression whenever you wish to use
them.

●● For each technique, there’s also one that cancels

that technique (for example, “a2” is cancelled by an
expression to which you’ve assigned the
“UNISONS – solo/default” FinaleScript).

●● To assign playback for an expression, select the

handle and run the appropriate FinaleScript.
●● We also include a FinaleScript for assigning tenuto to its
articulation, if you wish to use tenuto, because tenuto
isn’t otherwise detectable in Finale. We’ve
assigned tenuto to the lowest possible note velocity,
which is 1.

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●● Opening the NotePerformer interface from Finale reveals our own high-
resolution mixer.

●● In Finale, our mixer is opened from the dialog:

MIDI/Audio > VST (Mac: Audio Units) Banks & Effects...

By clicking the small “pencil” icon next to each respective NotePerformer

bank.

●● The mixer is initially empty, but is populated with instruments when you
initiate playback.

●● If you remove staves from the score, you can click Reset in the upper-left
corner to clear lingering instruments from the mixer.

●● Solo/mute, volume and reverb work globally across all NotePerformer

instances.

●● Channels are automatically grouped and color coded according to instrument

family.

●● Double-clicking restores the default value for a parameter.

●● Instruments have different pan defaults, reflecting orchestral seating.

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●● NotePerformer supports custom

organ registration by inserting a
MIDI CC message into the score.

use our
●● Please
online calculator to determine
the MIDI CC message. You can find it
here:

noteperformer.com/stops

you may attach a

●● In Finale,
MIDI message to your own
expression.
●● Go to Expression Designer >
Playback.

●● Enter Controller “103”, and

Set to Value according to our
calculator.

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●● Clicking an instrument’s name in the mixer allows you to override the

sound for that MIDI channel.

●● This provides access to sounds that are not mapped by your

notation software.

●● Or simply for using a different choice of sound for a staff.

●● Or for accessing additional drum kits such as rock, brushes or

electronic drums.

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●● For reference, you may add

custom MIDI CC events
to any expression in Finale.

editing the
●● This is done by
Playback settings for
that expression.

●● The Send Patches to MIDI Device

on Playback option must always
remain selected.
●● It’s a per-score setting, found under
Document > Playback/Record Options...

●● If you deactivate it... the

NotePerformer mixer is never
populated, and you only hear trumpet
sounds.

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●● We sometimes encounter Finale documents where note lengths are played

back incorrectly.

●● It may happen even when note lengths look fine from the MIDI Tool.

●● The issue was caused by running the Apply Human Playback plug-in.

●● You can repair a problematic score by the following steps, in order:

●● 1. Select the entire score.

●● 2. Go to the MIDI Tool.

●● 3. Run MIDI Tool > Apply Human Playback...

●● 4. Choose the Clear MIDI Data option, click “Apply” and then Close the dialog.

●● 5. Run MIDI Tool > Clear.

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●● We do a few tweaks to your Default Prefs global playback preferences, which

may be good to know about if you want to change these settings yourself.

●● The default value for Hairpin Pair Emphasis is changed from 50% to 30%
(for a custom setting, use any value but 50%).

●● The default value for Auto Expression Emphasis is changed from

40% to 0% (for a custom setting, use any value but 40%).

●● We make sure that Optimize Attacks for Garritan Libraries hasn’t been deselected.

●● Start/Stop Time is set to “No HP Effect” to preserve the written length of notes.

●● Tremolo Minimum Speed is increased from 12 to 30 to improve our

unmeasured string tremolos and percussion rolls.

●● Humanize Rolls and Trills is deselected because it introduces unevenness.

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●● With older Finale scores the volume of the first bank is sometimes set
to zero, for unknown reasons.

●● In which case instruments from the first bank will not produce any sound.
●● You can fix this problem from the Banks & Effects dialog:

MIDI/Audio > VST (Mac: Audio Units) Banks & Effects...

by setting the volume of all banks to 100.

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●● In Finale, out-of-range percussion notes that were entered from a MIDI keyboard
are assigned by their MIDI note value rather than by their sound.

may produce the wrong percussion

●● Older documents having this problem
sounds, when you switch to NotePerformer.

●● You can fix this problem by running Utilities > Transpose Percussion
Notes... with the faulty notes selected. Use Change Selected Note to assign
those notes to their appropriate instrument sound in Finale, rather than a MIDI
note number.

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PLAIN NOTE DYNAMICS CRESCENDO DIMINUENDO

œ œ
ff p
œ
f
œ
f
œ œ
p

STACCATO STACCATISSIMO MEZZO-STACCATO TREMOLO

ææ æ æ æ
œ. œ
' œ œæ œ œ
NO MAPPING
available in Finale

ACCENT MARCATO TENUTO LEGATO

^
œ> œ œ œ
NO MAPPING
available in Finale

MIDI trigger:
NOTE ON Velocity = 1

PIZZICATO TRILL GLISSANDO (LIMITED SUPPORT) ARPEGGIO

Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ œœ
œ~~~~~~ œ
pizz. arco

œ œ œœ
∏∏∏∏∏

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COL LEGNO SNAP PIZZICATO FLUTTER-TONGUE HARMONICS (WRITTEN PITCH)

col legno arco NO MAPPING

ææ o
œ œ
available in Finale

œ œ MIDI trigger:
CC18=14 ······ CC18=0

ARTIFICIAL HARMONICS MUTE (ALT. 1) MUTE (ALT. 2) STOPPED HORN

+
Oœ mute

œ
open

œ
con sordino

œ senza sordino
œ
œ

BUCKET MUTE CUP MUTE PLUNGER MUTE HARMON MUTE

bucket mute cup mute NO MAPPING harmon mute

œ œ œ
open available in Finale open
open
œ œ MIDI trigger:
CC16=54 ······ CC16=0
œ

LET RING NO VIBRATO VIBRATO MOLTO VIBRATO

NO MAPPING NO MAPPING NO MAPPING NO MAPPING

available in Finale available in Finale available in Finale available in Finale

MIDI trigger: MIDI trigger: MIDI trigger: MIDI trigger:

CC64=127 ······ CC64=0 CC20=6 ······ CC20=0 CC20=5 ······ CC20=0 CC20=18 ······ CC20=0

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SLAP BASS SCOOP FALL PLOP

œ~~~~
NO MAPPING NO MAPPING NO MAPPING
available in Finale available in Finale available in Finale

MIDI trigger: MIDI trigger: MIDI trigger:

CC18=13 ······ CC18=0 CC15=81 ······ CC15=0 CC15=83 ······ CC15=0

DOIT a2, zu 3, ... VIBRATO DEPTH (OVERRIDE) VIBRATO SPEED (OVERRIDE)

œ ~~~~~
Range: X=2...8 Range: X=1...64...127 Range: X=1...64...127
(number of players) (scale by 0% ... 100% ... 200%) (scale by 0% ... 100% ... 200%)

CC104=X ···· CC104=0 CC105=X ···· CC105=0 CC106=X ···· CC106=0

A4 TUNING (HERTZ) ORGAN REGISTRATION BOWED PITCHED PERCUSSION DÉTACHÉ

OVERRIDE FROM NO SUITABLE

Range: X=1...64...127 USE OUR SCRIPT
(377 Hz ... 440 Hz ... 503 Hz) OUR MIXER, OR mapping in Finale
noteperformer.com/stops
MIDI trigger: MIDI trigger:
CC109=X ···· CC109=0
CC18=30 ······ CC18=0 CC24=31 ······ CC24=0

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ORCHESTRAL PERCUSSION
0 Low conga (open) 36 Sticks 76 Anvil
1 Low conga (mute) 37 Snare (crosstick/rim click) 77 Finger cymbals
2 Low conga (muffled) 38 Snare (snares on) 78 Sleigh bells
3 Low conga (slap) 39 Snare (side stick, snares on) 79 Castanets
4 Low conga (slap, mute) 40 Snare (rimshot, snares on) 80 Triangle (muted)
5 Low conga (slap, muffled) 41 Snare (snares off) 81 Triangle (open)
6 Low conga (finger, open) 42 Snare (side stick, snares off) 83 Cowbell (high, open)
7 Low conga (finger, muffled) 43 Snare (rimshot, snares off) 84 Cowbell (high, muted)
8 Low conga (harmonics) 44 Hi-hat (closed) 85 Cowbell (medium, open)
9 Low conga (bass tone) 45 Hi-hat (pedal) 86 Cowbell (medium, muted)
10 High conga (open) 46 Hi-hat (open) 87 Maracas (right)
11 High conga (mute) 47 Wind gong (20 inch) 88 Maracas (left)
12 High conga (muffled) 48 Tam-tam (medium, 18 inch) 89 Cabasa
13 High conga (slap) 49 Cymbal (clash) 91 Ratchet
14 High conga (slap, mute) 49 Cymbal (clash, medium) 92 Vibraslap
15 High conga (slap, muffled) 50 Cymbal (clash, high) 93 Whistle
16 High conga (finger, open) 51 China cymbal (18) 94 Agogo (medium)
17 High conga (finger, muffled) 52 Crash cymbal (suspended) 95 Agogo (high)
18 High conga (harmonics) 54 Tambourine 96 Timbale (medium-low)
19 High conga (bass tone) 55 Cymbal (splash) 97 Timbale (medium-high)
20 Low bongo (open) 56 Tam-tam/Large gong 98 Egg shaker
21 Low bongo (muffled) 57 Opera gong (down) 99 Whip
22 Low bongo (slap) 58 Opera gong (up) 100 Ride (bell)
23 Low bongo (slap, muffled) 60 Tom-tom (very low) 101 Ride (high)
24 Low bongo (finger, open) 61 Tom-tom (low) 102 Ride (medium)
25 Low bongo (bass tone) 62 Tom-tom (medium-low) 103 Wood block (low)
26 High bongo (open) 63 Tom-tom (medium) 104 Wood block (medium-low)
27 High bongo (muffled) 64 Tom-tom (medium-high) 105 Wood block (medium)
28 High bongo (slap) 65 Tom-tom (high) 106 Wood block (medium-high)
29 High bongo (slap, muffled) 66 Tom-tom (very high) 107 Wood block (high)
30 High bongo (finger, open) 72 Güiro (short) 108 Bar chimes
31 High bongo (basstone) 74 Güiro (long) 109 Bell tree
35 Bass drum (concert) 75 Claves 110 Rain stick

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DRUM SET (STICKS, ROCK) DRUM SET (BRUSHES) DRUM SET (ELECTRONIC)
31 Sticks 31 Sticks 31 Sticks
36 Kick drum 36 Kick drum 33 Hand clap
37 Side stick 37 Side stick 35 Kick drum (2)
38 Snare 38 Snare 36 Kick drum
41 Tom-tom (very-low) 41 Tom-tom (very-low) 37 Side stick
42 Hi-hat (closed) 42 Hi-hat (closed) 38 Snare
43 Tom-tom (low) 43 Tom-tom (low) 40 Snare (2)
44 Hi-hat (pedal) 44 Hi-hat (pedal) 41 Tom-tom (very-low)
45 Tom-tom (medium-low) 45 Tom-tom (medium-low) 42 Hi-hat (closed)
46 Hi-hat (open) 46 Hi-hat (open) 43 Tom-tom (low)
47 Tom-tom (medium) 47 Tom-tom (medium) 44 Hi-hat (pedal)
48 Tom-tom (medium-high) 48 Tom-tom (medium-high) 45 Tom-tom (medium-low)
49 Crash Cymbal 49 Crash Cymbal 46 Hi-hat (open)
50 Tom-tom (high) 50 Tom-tom (high) 47 Tom-tom (medium)
51 Ride cymbal 51 Ride cymbal 48 Tom-tom (medium-high)
52 China cymbal 52 China cymbal 49 Crash Cymbal
53 Ride (bell) 53 Ride (bell) 50 Tom-tom (high)
54 Tambourine 54 Tambourine 51 Ride cymbal
55 Splash cymbal 55 Splash cymbal 52 China cymbal
56 Cowbell (medium, open) 56 Cowbell (medium, open) 53 Ride (bell)
76 Wood block (high) 76 Wood block (high) 54 Tambourine
77 Wood block (low) 77 Wood block (low) 55 Splash cymbal
80 Triangle (muted) 80 Triangle (muted) 56 Cowbell (medium, open)
81 Triangle (open) 81 Triangle (open) 76 Wood block (high)
100 Rimshot 100 Rimshot 77 Wood block (low)
101 Cross stick (rim click) 101 Cross stick (rim click) 80 Triangle (muted)
102 Swirl 81 Triangle (open)
100 Rimshot
101 Cross stick (rim click)

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way
●● The playback line in Finale is
ahead of what you hear.
●● The playback line is off-beat by
one second because Finale doesn’t
currently latency compensate.

●● Please add this MakeMusic <3.

●● Since Finale 26, the issue

below has been resolved.
●● When entering notes with your
mouse or keyboard, there is a one
second delay before you hear the
sound of the note.

●● It happens because Finale doesn’t

currently report the transport
playback state to plug-ins.
●● The result is that NotePerformer’s
read-ahead algorithms always
remain active, even when
playback is paused, causing a delay
in sound output.

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●● If your Windows User Account was named

such that it includes non-English characters
Human Playback Preferences becomes
inoperable in Finale.
●● So, if you login to Windows by the name of (for
example) François, Jörg or 伟 you can use only
the built-in sounds in Finale.
●● The only workaround that we know of currently
is to create an alternative Windows user account
using only A-Z characters to run Finale
from.

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GUIDE FOR
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MAC INSTALLATION
●● If you’ve purchased NotePerformer, please download the
full version installer using your personal download
links.

●● Run the installer and proceed through all steps. The

full version overwrites the trial version.

●● NotePerformer may be uninstalled by running:

/Library/Application Support/NotePerformer/
Uninstall NotePerformer.command

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PC INSTALLATION
●● If you’ve purchased NotePerformer, please download
the full version installer using your personal
download links.

●● Run the installer and proceed through all steps.

The full version overwrites the trial version.

●● NotePerformer may be uninstalled from

“Add/Remove Programs”.

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●● We recommend making NotePerformer your

default playback template from Dorico’s Preferences.

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●● With existing scores you

switch to the NotePerformer
Playback Template from:

Play > Playback Template...

●● Instruments and Expression Maps are

automatically assigned from
our Playback Template.

●● Playback Templates is a Dorico 2
feature.

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●● Opening the NotePerformer interface from Dorico reveals our own

high-resolution mixer.

●● If you remove staves from the score, you can click Reset in the
upper-left corner to clear lingering instruments from the mixer.

●● Solo/mute, volume and reverb work globally across all

NotePerformer instances.

●● Channels are automatically grouped and color coded

according to instrument family.

●● Double-clicking restores the default value for a parameter.

●● Instruments have different pan defaults, reflecting orchestral

seating.

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●● You should use the factory settings for note lengths

when running NotePerformer in Dorico.

●● Default notes: 85%

●● Staccato notes: 50%

●● Staccatissimo notes: 25%

●● Tenuto notes: 95%

●● Marcato notes: 85%

●● Legato notes: 105%

●● Changing these settings may result in playback issues,
such as gaps between legato notes or articulations not
being identified correctly.

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●● Clicking an instrument’s name in the mixer allows you to override the

sound for that MIDI channel.

●● This provides access to sounds that are not mapped by your

notation software.

●● Or simply for using a different choice of sound for a staff.

●● Or for accessing additional drum kits such as rock, brushes or

electronic drums.

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●● You may want to increase the unmeasured

tremolo speed in Dorico, from the Playback Options
dialog.

●● We recommend a setting of 1/8, which is slightly

faster than the default setting of 1/5.

●● A slower tremolo speed may produce a measured tremolo

rather than an unmeasured tremolo, with NotePerformer.

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●● NotePerformer supports custom organ

registration by inserting a MIDI CC
message into the score.

●● Please use our online calculator to

determine the MIDI CC message. You can
find it here:

noteperformer.com/stops

●● In Dorico,you manually enter

MIDI controller values in Play
mode by expanding the Automation lane
for a track.

●● Please select the appropriate controller,

e.g. “CC103”, and draw the value
into the lane using the pencil tool.

●● For more information on how to use

MIDI controllers in Dorico, please consult
the Dorico Operation Manual.

●● For reference, you may add

custom MIDI CC events in
Dorico, from Play mode.

●● This is done via the automation

lane for each staff.

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●● In the case that playback and sound assignment isn’t working

at all, Dorico’s sound driver may have stalled.
●● Please review your Audio Device Setup, in Dorico’s Preferences.

●● Try temporarily switching to another ASIO driver, and back, to reset the
sound driver in Dorico.
●● Or alternatively, you may switch to a different Sample Rate, and back.

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●● This fix only applies to Dorico 2, as Dorico 3 automatically uses the most
recent expression map.

●● For multi-articulation support, you need at least version 12 of our

expression map.
●● Please note that any scores saved with a prior version of NotePerformer will still have
the older expression map, because Dorico only updates a score’s expression maps when
you explicitly ask it to do so.

●● To update an existing score to a more recent NotePerformer

expression map, please follow this procedure:

1. Open the Play > Expression Maps... dialog.

2. Locate the “NotePerformer” expression map and select it.

3. Click “Reset to Library Defaults”.

4. Make sure the expression map’s version now says “12” (or higher).

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●● This fix only applies to Dorico 2, as Dorico 3 automatically uses the most
recent percussion map.

●● Between NotePerformer 3.2 and NotePerformer 3.3, our drum set percussion
maps were changed to align with General MIDI.

●● If you’re hearing the wrong sounds for the drum set, please follow this
procedure:

1. Open the Play > Percussion Maps... dialog.

2. Locate the “NP Drum Set” expression map and select it.

3. Click “Reset to Library Defaults”.

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●● Trills in Dorico may not be performed legato by default.

●● The problem is resolved by going to Playback Options > Trills and selecting
“Generated trills only” for the “Playback approach for trills” setting.

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 ARTICULATIONS IN DORICO

PLAIN NOTE DYNAMICS CRESCENDO DIMINUENDO

œ œ
ff p
œ œ
f f
œ œ
p

STACCATO STACCATISSIMO MEZZO-STACCATO TREMOLO

ææ æ æ æ
œ. œ
'
œ-. œ œæ œ œ

ACCENT MARCATO TENUTO LEGATO

^
œ> œ œ- œ œ
PIZZICATO TRILL GLISSANDO ARPEGGIO

pizz. arco Ÿ~~~~~~~~~ œœ

œ œ
NO MAPPING
œœ
∏∏∏∏∏

œ available in Dorico

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COL LEGNO SNAP PIZZICATO FLUTTER-TONGUE HARMONICS (WRITTEN PITCH)

col legno arco » flz. ord. o

œ œ œ œ œ œ
ARTIFICIAL HARMONICS MUTE (ALT. 1) MUTE (ALT. 2) BUCKET MUTE

mute open con sordino bucket mute

NO MAPPING
œ œ œ senza sordino
œ open
œ œ
available in Dorico

CUP MUTE PLUNGER MUTE HARMON MUTE LET RING

cup mute plunger mute harmon mute NO MAPPING

œ œ œ
open open open available in Dorico

œ œ œ MIDI trigger:
CC64=127 ······ CC64=0

NO VIBRATO VIBRATO MOLTO VIBRATO SLAP BASS

non vib. ord. vib. ord. NO MAPPING NO MAPPING

available in Dorico available in Dorico
œ œ œ œ MIDI trigger: MIDI trigger:
CC20=18 ······ CC20=0 CC18=13 ······ CC18=0

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FALL PLOP DOIT SCOOP

NO MAPPING NO MAPPING NO MAPPING NO MAPPING

available in Dorico available in Dorico available in Dorico available in Dorico

MIDI trigger: MIDI trigger: MIDI trigger: MIDI trigger:

CC15=80 ······ CC15=0 CC15=83 ······ CC15=0 CC15=82 ······ CC15=0 CC15=81 ······ CC15=0

VIBRATO DEPTH (OVERRIDE) VIBRATO SPEED (OVERRIDE) A4 TUNING (HERTZ) ORGAN REGISTRATION

Range: X=1...64...127 Range: X=1...64...127 Range: X=1...64...127 USE OUR SCRIPT

(scale by 0% ... 100% ... 200%) (scale by 0% ... 100% ... 200%) (377 Hz ... 440 Hz ... 503 Hz)
noteperformer.com/stops
CC105=X ···· CC105=0 CC106=X ···· CC106=0 CC109=X ···· CC109=0

BOWED PITCHED PERCUSSION GUITAR EFFECTS DÉTACHÉ a2, zu 3, ...

OVERRIDE FROM
USE OUR SCRIPT détaché ord. Range: X=2...8
OUR MIXER, OR
œ œ
(number of players)
noteperformer.com/stops
MIDI trigger:
CC104=X ···· CC104=0
CC18=30 ······ CC18=0

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●● Multiple articulations at the same

time is only possible with
NotePerformer 3.2 or higher.
●● Additionally, if you open a
document saved with an older
version of NotePerformer, you must
make sure that your document’s
NotePerformer expression
map is at least version 12.
Please see our previous article on
how to update your document’s
expression maps in Dorico.

●● Unison notes are performed solo,

even when using different voices.

●● This is the expected behavior in

Dorico.

●● We hope to see a workaround to this

in a future version of Dorico.

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●● Dorico may collapse grand staves

to a single staff in playback.

●● If a single Layout > Solo Player

is assigned to multiple staves in
Dorico, these staves share a
common MIDI channel.
●● What this means is, all
spill
articulations unavoidably
over to the other staves in
playback—including dynamics.

●● Identically pitched notes are also

collapsed into a single solo note.
●● If you want to maintain
staff separation in
playback, the rule is to use
different Solo Players in Dorico.

●● Dynamics within a bar may be

inconsistent.
●● It happens because Dorico defaults to using
beat stress, on a scale equivalent to
two dynamic levels (e.g. mf becomes ff for
stressed notes).

●● And also because Dorico humanizes

dynamics by 50%.
●● You can manually alter these Dorico settings
from Play ▸ Playback Options...

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●● Accents and marcato may be very

loud.
●● We currently don’t have control
over accent and marcato playback,
but this is simply a dynamic change
governed by Dorico from Play ▸
Playback Options....

●● There may be gaps of silence

between subsequent slashed notes.

●● This is a known bug/behavior. Instead

of shortening the individual
notes in the tremolo by 85%
(default note shortening) Dorico
performs a tremolo only for 85% of
the note’s written length.

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