MAKING NOTES
Dorico 5.1.70 update released
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Dorico 5.1.70, a free update for existing users of Dorico Pro 5, Dorico Elements 5, Dorico SE 5, and Dorico for iPad. This update brings more than 40 bug fixes, and a handful of useful improvements. Read on for...
Introducing the new Dorico-powered Score Editor in Cubase 14
Today sees the introduction of Cubase 14, the latest generation of Steinberg’s flagship music production software. This release is packed with creative new features, including Modulators, the new Pattern Editor and Drum Machine, many new effects, and workflow...
Dorico 5.1.60 update now available
We're pleased to announce the availability of a new maintenance update for Dorico Pro 5, Dorico Elements 5, Dorico SE, and Dorico for iPad, bringing them to version 5.1.60. This update introduces official support for macOS 15 Sequoia, restoring support for Quick Look...
SHOWCASE
Composing Slackline: A Jazz Composer’s Journey with Dorico
In our latest Dorico Showcase article, we spoke to Magnus Bakken, a Norwegian saxophonist, arranger and composer known for his innovative approach to jazz and fusion. A graduate of Berklee College of Music and the Norwegian Academy of Music, Magnus has released...
Scoring Adventures: The Role of Dorico in Robin Hoffmann’s “Treasure Trackers” Soundtrack
Robin Hoffmann is an acclaimed composer with over 20 years of experience, specializing in projects with live orchestras. His work includes internationally recognized film scores, such as the Golden Globe 2024 nominee Suzume and Star Wars Visions, as well as...
Composing with Dorico: D.D. Jackson on Crafting his Poetry Project
In this Dorico Showcase, we are thrilled to feature Juno and multi-Emmy-winning pianist, composer, and producer D.D. Jackson. In addition to his impressive musical career, D.D. Jackson currently teaches at NYU, the Honors College and also Jay-Z's Roc Nation school at...
TUTORIALS
Translating Finale projects to Dorico using MusicXML
Since the news that Finale has been discontinued, the main questions we've received from Finale users looking to migrate to Dorico concern what to do with their existing Finale projects, and how to move them over to Dorico. In this tutorial, we'll talk about when it...
Learn Note Input in Dorico: New series of tutorial videos released
I love Dorico, but then I have a rather special relationship with it. Not only am I in the extremely fortunate position to help present it to the world—by helping to shape the features and designing the user interface—I also have the great honour of showing it off to...
Tip: Fix page layout and edit Flow Headings in Dorico Elements 4
Overwriting text tokens to add titles and other information can lead to layout issues. In Dorico Elements...
OPINION
Female composers in the Dorico manual: centenary edition
The Dorico 4 manuals now contain music by over 100 different female composers.
In this post, Dorico’s documentation author Lillie looks at ten of these and invites you to listen to some excellent recordings.
Women composers and the Dorico Operation Manual
As of this moment in time, there are excerpts of music by sixteen different women composers spread throughout the Dorico 2 Operation Manual. There are a few by some ‘typical’ names from the canon too of course, like Debussy, Mozart, and Brahms, but I wanted to make a...
Classical Music in the Age of #MeToo
In recent years, the issue of sexual harassment has sent shockwaves reaching from the film industry to national governments – and the world of classical music has not been immune from revelations. Earlier this year, the Washington Post published the results of its...
NEWS
Dorico 5.1.70 update released
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Dorico 5.1.70, a free update for existing users of Dorico Pro 5, Dorico Elements 5, Dorico SE 5, and Dorico for iPad. This update brings more than 40 bug fixes, and a handful of useful improvements. Read on for...
Introducing the new Dorico-powered Score Editor in Cubase 14
Today sees the introduction of Cubase 14, the latest generation of Steinberg’s flagship music production software. This release is packed with creative new features, including Modulators, the new Pattern Editor and Drum Machine, many new effects, and workflow...
Dorico 5.1.60 update now available
We're pleased to announce the availability of a new maintenance update for Dorico Pro 5, Dorico Elements 5, Dorico SE, and Dorico for iPad, bringing them to version 5.1.60. This update introduces official support for macOS 15 Sequoia, restoring support for Quick Look...
Productivity improvements in Dorico 2.2
Flow headings in Dorico 2.2