User manual

NOTE
For your MIDI device to be available for selection, you must plug it into your computer before
starting Dorico Elements. If you plug it in after starting Dorico Elements, you must restart the
program.
On Windows, you can select any MIDI device that is plugged into your computer.
On macOS, you can select any MIDI device that is plugged into your computer, and any other
device set up in Audio MIDI Setup. For example, this allows you to use MIDI from one application
in another application.
You can add new slots for MIDI instruments and delete MIDI instruments by clicking the
respective button in the action bar.
● Add
Adds a new slot for a MIDI instrument in the MIDI Instruments section of the VST and
MIDI Instruments panel.
● Delete
Deletes the selected MIDI instrument from the MIDI Instruments section of the VST and
MIDI Instruments panel.
RELATED LINKS
Loading VST and MIDI instruments manually on page 286
Whitelisting VST instruments on page 287
Loading VST and MIDI instruments manually
Dorico Elements automatically loads enough VST slots for all the samples required for your
project. However, you can also load VST and MIDI instruments manually, either into new slots or
into existing slots to replace existing VST and MIDI instruments.
PREREQUISITE
You have any VST instruments you want to use saved on your computer.
In order for MIDI instruments to be available to load, you must plug them into your computer
before starting Dorico Elements. If you plug them in after starting Dorico Elements, you must
restart the program.
PROCEDURE
1. In either the VST Instruments or MIDI Instruments section of the VST and MIDI
Instruments panel, click Add.
2. In the slot in which you want to load a VST or MIDI instrument, select an instrument from
the menu.
Play mode
Project window in Play mode
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