What is Dorico (Steinberg)

Dorico redefines the gold standard in scoring software. Built from the ground up
with todays multi-core 64-bit CPUs in mind, Dorico will take advantage of all of
your systems horsepower while the intuitive workflows help you focus on each
aspect of score preparation. The beauty and balance of Dorico's output is
unrivaled, with hundreds of options to control every aspect of your music's
appearance. And with Steinberg's award-winning audio engine at its heart, Dorico
allows you to use your VST instruments and effects to produce great-sounding
playback too.

Workflow
Dorico is designed to provide comfortable and efficient workflows, whether you're
working on the move with your laptop or in your studio with multiple displays.

Streamlined workflow

Dorico has a simple, uncluttered interface that is intended to disappear and allow
you to focus on the music. Designed to be comfortable and efficient on a laptop
computer with a single display, but expanding effortlessly into the studio with
multiple large displays, Doricos single-window design puts all of the applications
power within easy reach.
Powerful project management

Dorico handles multi-movement works such as sonatas, symphonies,

songbooks, musicals and operas so easily and simply, youll wonder how you
ever managed without it until now. Each project file can contain as many
independent pieces of music as necessary, called flows.

Doricos five modes

Doricos workflows are divided into five distinct modes Setup, Write, Engrave,
Play and Print that are all one mouse tap away from the toolbar, and can be
freely changed at any time. Collapsible panels to the left, right and bottom of the
window provide instant access to each modes features, and can be hidden with a
single click or key command to show as much music as possible on your display.

Efficient window management

Open as many windows onto the same project as you like: keep one in Write mode
to allow continued input and editing, and another in Play mode to allow easy
tweaking of playback, or switch back and forth within the same window with a
single click. Switch between tabs for the conductors score and instrumental parts,
or split the window horizontally or vertically to allow you to work on both at the
same time. Dorico provides the environment to allow you to do your best work, and
then gets out of your way.

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Notation and layout
Produce beautifully balanced pages that look as good as the finest traditional
music engraving faster and with less effort than ever before.

Effortless score and part preparation

Naturally, Dorico allows you to originate both the conductors score and parts for
individual players from the flows of music in your project as individual layouts.
Changes made to the music in one layout are automatically reflected in any others
in which that music appears, while allowing complete independence in terms of
page and system appearance between every layout.
Flexible input and editing

Inputting music in Dorico is fast and easy. Use your keyboard or mouse to input
notes, and learn easy to remember key commands, or define your own, allowing
you to fly through note input faster than ever before. Dorico has the flexibility to
notate every note according to the changing musical context using its sophisticated
understanding of the rules of meter, ensuring that the rhythm is always clearly
communicated, even as notes are lengthened, shortened, inserted or removed.

Graphical excellence

Developed in consultation with experienced engravers working with some of the

worlds most demanding music publishers, the automatic engraving engine at the
heart of Dorico produces the most elegant, beautiful results of any scoring
application. Attention has been lavished on every detail of the appearance of the
music, from the meticulous design of every symbol in the Bravura font, to the
precise placement rules for every notated element.

Powerful page layout

Dorico makes it easy to produce a consistent and attractive layout for every
project, thanks to its unique page layout features. Switch to Engrave mode, and its
power is instantly revealed to you: frames for music, text and graphics can be laid
out in any arrangement for any kind of project.

Beautiful spacing

Doricos unique approach to rhythmic spacing allows music to be spaced more

tightly than other scoring programs, without sacrificing clarity and legibility. Items
are automatically tucked or kerned against each other to avoid the rhythmic
distortion that disturbs the flow of the music. Dorico produces spacing of beautiful
consistency and balance every time.

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Playback and audio
Incorporating Steinberg's world-class audio engine and flexible virtual instruments,
Dorico opens the door to producing high-quality playback and audio files.
 Great-sounding content

To make your projects sound incredible, Dorico includes the complete HALion
Symphonic Orchestra library and more than 1,300 production-ready sounds from
HALion Sonic SE 2. HSO includes more than 100 patches and combinations,
including strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments with dozens of
different playing techniques, covering all common articulations and bowings in
unrivaled expressiveness and full dynamic range.

World-class audio engine

Dorico includes the same world-class audio engine that powers Cubase and
Nuendo, delivering a crystal-clear 32-bit floating-point resolution and 192 kHz
sample rate, with a pristine sound quality that is the hallmark of the Cubase music
production experience. Dorico supports all VST 3-compatible virtual instruments
and effects, and includes the HALion sample engine and channel strip modules,
including a top-end compressor and brickwall limiter that can be inserted on each
channel.
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Print and export
Effortlessly handle final production with Dorico's dedicated Print mode, or export to
other software as MusicXML, MIDI or audio.

Printing and exporting graphics

Doricos dedicated Print mode makes it fast and easy to print your project to your
printer, or to export graphics in a variety of formats that you can either send to
somebody else to print for you, or take into page layout software for further pre-
press work.

Import and export

Projects often start or finish outside your scoring software. Dorico can import
MusicXML and MIDI files from Cubase, other scoring programs and other DAWs. It
can also export MusicXML files, allowing you to take projects started in Dorico into
other applications.

Features in depth
Dorico has many unique and innovative features not found in any other software,
and presents a whole new way of working with music notation, but because it is
brand new, it does not yet have every feature necessary for every kind of score.
Dorico will receive a number of updates in the coming months that will be free to
existing users, adding new functionality. Some of the functionality that is planned to
be added in these updates includes*:

1. Chord symbols
2. Repeat ending (1st, 2nd time or volta) lines
3. Fingerings
4. Jazz articulations
5. Rhythm slashes
6. More flexible unpitched percussion notation
7. Improvements to playback and support for third-party virtual instruments
Complete feature list (PDF)

* Please note that the list of features that will be added in free updates to Dorico is subject to change.