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Setup mode
Setup mode allows you to set up the fundamental elements of the project: instruments and the players that hold them, flows, layouts, and videos. You can also determine how they interact with each other; for example, by changing the players assigned to layouts.
Instruments
In Dorico Pro, an instrument is an individual musical instrument, such as a piano, a flute, or a violin. Human voices, such as soprano or tenor, are also considered instruments.
Edit Percussion Kit dialog
The Edit Percussion Kit dialog allows you to make changes to percussion kits, including which instruments are included in them and how instruments are arranged in the different available kit presentations.
Defining percussion kits as drum sets
You can define individual percussion kits as drum sets. Drum sets follow your per-flow notation options for voicing in drum sets with five-line staff presentations.

Defining percussion kits as drum sets

You can define individual percussion kits as drum sets. Drum sets follow your per-flow notation options for voicing in drum sets with five-line staff presentations.

Procedure

In Setup mode, in the Players panel, expand the card of the player holding the kit you want to define as a drum set.
In the kit instrument label, click the instrument menu and choose Edit Percussion Kit to open the Edit Percussion Kit dialog.
Activate Drum set in the top right of the dialog.
Click Apply, then Close.

Result

The selected percussion kit is defined as a drum set. The arrangement of voices for instruments in the kit when using the five-line staff presentation type follows your per-flow setting on the Percussion page in Notation Options.

Note

If you no longer want a percussion kit to be defined as a drum set, you can deactivate Drum set in the Edit Percussion Kit dialog for that kit.