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...

After sunset: your path from Finale to Dorico

Steinberg and MakeMusic have today announced a strategic partnership to provide a pathway for users of Finale to make the transition to Dorico Pro, following MakeMusic's decision to sunset Finale. To read the official announcement from MakeMusic, click here. How we...

Dorico 5.1.51 update now available

Updated 7 August 2024: We have today released a hotfix that brings Dorico to version 5.1.51, fixing a handful of bugs reported in last week's release. Check out the updated Version History PDF for more details. We are pleased to announce the availability of another...

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...

MAKING NOTES

Dorico 5.1.51 update now available

Dorico 5.1.51 update now available

Updated 7 August 2024: We have today released a hotfix that brings Dorico to version 5.1.51, fixing a handful of bugs reported in last week's release. Check out the updated Version History PDF for more details. We are pleased to announce the availability of another...

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Dorico 5.1.40 update released, introducing contextual help

Dorico 5.1.40 update released, introducing contextual help

We're pleased to announce the release of the latest update for Dorico 5, version 5.1.40, which is free for all Dorico Pro 5, Dorico Elements 5, Dorico SE 5 and Dorico for iPad users. This update includes more than 20 bug fixes, a number of useful improvements to...

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Dorico 5.1.30 update now available

Dorico 5.1.30 update now available

We're pleased to announce the release of the latest maintenance update for Dorico 5 for macOS, Windows, and iPad. Dorico 5.1.30 is available now as a free update for existing Dorico 5 users, and includes some 45 bug fixes and a number of useful improvements. As...

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SHOWCASE

TUTORIALS

Translating Finale projects to Dorico using MusicXML

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...

read more
Learn Note Input in Dorico: New series of tutorial videos released

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...

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OPINION

Women composers and the Dorico Operation Manual

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...

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Classical Music in the Age of #MeToo

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...

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NEWS

After sunset: your path from Finale to Dorico

After sunset: your path from Finale to Dorico

Steinberg and MakeMusic have today announced a strategic partnership to provide a pathway for users of Finale to make the transition to Dorico Pro, following MakeMusic's decision to sunset Finale. To read the official announcement from MakeMusic, click here. How we...

read more
Dorico 5.1.51 update now available

Dorico 5.1.51 update now available

Updated 7 August 2024: We have today released a hotfix that brings Dorico to version 5.1.51, fixing a handful of bugs reported in last week's release. Check out the updated Version History PDF for more details. We are pleased to announce the availability of another...

read more
Using Dorico for iPad in education

Using Dorico for iPad in education

Since the release of Dorico for iPad three years ago, we have been delighted to welcome tens of thousands of new Dorico users, downloading the app for free from the App Store. The app is consistently the top-rated music notation and composition app in the App Store,...

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