We’ve today released Dorico 6.0.10, the first maintenance release for Dorico 6. It includes more than 50 fixes for issues reported in Dorico 6.0, and also introduces a few modest improvements of its own. Read on for more details!
Improvements and fixes
Here are a few selected highlights of new options and changes in Dorico 6.0.10:
- You can quickly change the displayed units of measurement for the new Engrave mode rulers by double-clicking the label showing the current unit where the rulers meet.
- The graph showing the effect of the dynamic power curve on the Dynamics page of Playback Options now updates in real time, and makes it much easier to visualise how dynamics respond to changes in those values.
- It’s now much easier to create barres in chord diagrams, as restrictions on fingerings have been relaxed.
- There are new engraving options for the gap between arpeggio signs and accidentals to their right, the precise placement of the end of octave lines relative to rhythm dots, the appearance of the continuation sign for a pedal line continuing on a new system, and the placement of alternative fingerings.
- In Notation Options, you can now specify that the first bar of the flow should start with a double barline, which is a convention carried over from some hand-copied music.
- You can hold Shift and double-click a note to select all following notes of that pitch in the current flow (this will be familiar to many Cubase users).
We’ve also worked hard to fix as many problems that have cropped up in the first few weeks following Dorico 6’s release in this update, and there are more than 50 fixes included. There are still some further issues left for us to solve, and further updates will follow as soon as possible. In the meantime, we hope you will find the stability and quality of the software improved significantly with the release of Dorico 6.0.10.
If you’ve been unsure about buying the update from Dorico 5 to Dorico 6 because you prefer to wait for any teething problems to be resolved, now’s the time to jump in.
Updated Version History
As always, you can find comprehensive details of the changes in Dorico 6.0.10 in the updated Dorico 6 Version History PDF.
Installing the update
Dorico 6.0.10 is a free update for existing Dorico Pro 6, Dorico Elements 6 and Dorico SE 6 users. If you are currently running Dorico Pro 5 or Dorico Elements 6 or earlier, you can buy an update to Dorico Pro 6 or Dorico Elements 6 from the Steinberg online shop.
Assuming you already have Dorico 6 installed, you can update to Dorico 6.0.10 free of charge. First, quit Dorico and any other Steinberg application that you are running on your computer. We recommend that you run Steinberg Download Assistant, which will automatically update Steinberg Activation Manager to the latest version, along with any other elements of the Steinberg run-time environment (including Steinberg Library Manager, MediaBay, and on Windows the Steinberg Built-in ASIO Driver) that may be outdated on your computer.
Once Steinberg Download Manager has finished updating any required components, go to My Product Downloads in the left-hand list, where you will find Dorico Pro 6, Dorico Elements 6, or Dorico SE 6, depending on which product you have installed. Select this, and on the right-hand side you will see Dorico 6.0.10 Application Installer. Click the Install button immediately to the right. This will download and run the Dorico 6.0.10 installer.
If for any reason you cannot use Steinberg Download Assistant, you can find all the installers you require here.
If you already have Dorico for iPad installed, it will probably update automatically, but if you need to update it manually, you can do so following these steps provided by Apple.
What’s next
We are continuing to work on fixes and improvements for Dorico 6, and you can expect another update in the next few weeks. A new update to Cubase 14 bringing further improvements to the new Dorico-powered Score Editor is also coming soon.