I bought Dorico Pro 5 this week and there are some things I honestly thought I would be happier with and would like to mention them here as I am not sure where to give feedback:

1. I don't like that I cannot click on a note and use the spacebar to play the music from that note. I don't like having to press 'P' as it is a smaller key and wish I could change this using preferences - key commands etc.

2. I really don't like the midi interface. Why can't you just make it identical to cubase 13 which is perfect? That would also make them feel more connected. Clicking and holding on the mouse on the ruler in cubase and pulling down in cubase zooms out but zooms in when you do this in Dorico. Same vice versa. This is really annoying, just fix it! I thought the idea was to make them more interconnected. Dorico's midi interface is not intuitive and annoying and slow to get around, unlike Cubase's.

3. I really don't like on the score how you can't see notes while you are recording them. It feels like I am having an outer body experience not seeing them and just listening to a click. It's not interactive enough and I can't tell where I am when recording.

4. Why can't you record while looking at the midi interface in Dorico!? I don't want to have to be looking at a score that I can't even see notes appearing on! I can record in Cubase while looking at the midi being inputted so again - fix it!

Perhaps I am wrong on some of these things as I've only been using Dorico for a day so far and I'm wishing they can fix things to make it better as I like the idea of it being closer to a Daw. I have so much more to learn on there and undoubtedly will find other issues when I go to engrave etc. But here's hoping! If anyone has any feedback I would be greatful. Also not sure if there is a better place to leave these comments where the Dorico staff will see them.