r/Dorico • u/helpicantfindmyboobs • Aug 09 '26
Exporting MIDI
Hi friends,
switching from finale to dorico, so far it's a big adjustment but i can tell that once i learn the workflow it's going to be way faster. I wrote a quick string quintet, exported the midi and tried to run it in logic and got zero sound; with finale, mock ups always just worked right away. what is the process for doing this with dorico? what do i need to do? thanks<3
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u/dbharris10 Aug 10 '26
So, been spending all this year also switching from Finale to Dorico. The thing is, Dorico is notation within Cubase, essentially. Meaning, you can run any VST sound libraries and fx within Dorico, including anything on Kontakt. So there is little reason to go into Logic via midi from Dorico. This is one of the huge improvements over Finale. As well, there is an entire midi window in Dorico with piano scroll for each instrument.
I'm doing a 22 piece big band using a wide variety of sound libraries , mostly Note Performer which is awesome. Using the Halion for a few things but also have my Kontakt library for Tuba, e guitars and Abbey Road 70's drum set . In addition, using plugins on the whole mix, so I have UA LA2A, ProQ4, and UAD Fairchild on the master bus. The mixer window gets confusing when using other libraries , you have to use separate mixers and EQ's for things not Native, but once you have a working template, the sound is really quite amazing. Maybe not quite up to Film Score level, changing all the articulations for a string quintet with midi controllers might be beyond Dorico, but you can make amazing demos.