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When you add instruments to players in a project, Dorico Elements automatically loads

plug-ins for them according to the current playback template and sets up expression maps

and percussion maps as required. Dorico Elements also automatically loads enough plug-in

instances, as many plug-ins can only load a limited number of sounds in each instance.

You can override playback templates and make your own manual changes to the sounds used

by instruments in your project, such as by changing the expression maps assigned to endpoints.

You can then save such changes as custom endpoint

congurations, which you can include in

your own custom playback templates.

You can also export custom playback templates, for example, to share them with other users.

Playback templates are saved as

.dorico_pt les.

NOTE

●

Playback templates are available in all projects you open or create on your computer,

meaning any changes you make to playback templates affect all projects that use those

playback templates.

●

Dorico Elements automatically loads sounds for any new instruments you add to the project,

using the sounds included in the current playback template. Therefore, we recommend that

you always include a factory default playback template at the bottom of custom playback

templates as a fallback to ensure that all instruments are assigned sounds.

● Any changes you make within plug-ins are saved when you save the project but are not

communicated to Dorico Elements, which can lead to unexpected low notes sounding in

playback because

Dorico Elements is still using the expression and percussion maps for the

original sounds. If you make changes in plug-ins, you must manually assign the correct

expression and percussion maps to the appropriate endpoints.