User manual

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If you have started a new project, click Add Section Player in the project start area.
In the Players panel action bar, click Add Solo Player .
In the Players panel action bar, click Add Section Player .
The instrument picker opens.
TIP
You can also open the instrument picker by selecting an existing player in the Players panel
and pressing
Shift-I .
2.
Select the instrument you want in the instrument picker.
3.
Press Return to add the selected instrument.
RESULT
The solo/section player is added and is automatically named after the selected instrument. By
default, the player appears below any existing players in the
Players panel. It is assigned to its
own new part layout, all full score layouts, and all ows that originated in the project.
Dorico Elements automatically loads sounds for the instrument according to the current playback
template.
NOTE
Players are not automatically added to ows that you imported into the project.
If you want to add multiple instruments to your project at the same time, you can add
ensembles or use a project template.
AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK
If you added a solo player and you want them to hold multiple instruments, you can add
other instruments to the solo player.
You can change the default order of players in all layouts and set custom player orders in
each layout independently.
RELATED LINKS
Players panel on page 81
Instrument picker on page 83
Players, layouts, and ows on page 93
Player, layout, and instrument names on page 129
Instrument numbering on page 101
Layouts on page 124
Renaming players on page 130
Project start area on page 28
Adding instruments to players on page 105
Adding ensembles on page 99
Starting new projects from project templates on page 55
Playback templates on page 473
File import and export on page 59
Setup mode
Players
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12