![]() Its behind-the-scenes ‘adjustments’ are informed by the experience and wisdom of a range of accomplished expert musicians they know how notation really works. ![]() In the vast majority of cases, compromise is avoided altogether in Dorico: from the start it’s been a fully-fledged, advanced, versatile and comprehensive, industry-strength piece of software. These can all, of course, be overridden if desired and/or tweaked manually. And without having to worry about which compromises they may have to settle for.Īs musical ideas change, Dorico adjusts and takes care of the practicalities with musically watertight algorithms of its own. The Dorico ideal has always been to let composers and arrangers focus on the music without having to stop to plan or decide ahead which settings and parameters they may need. The end result has scarcely a hint that manuscript paper has been exchanged for keyboard and mouse. Then instantly translates what they write into a robust and flexible digital format for further editing, sharing and engraving. Instead of asking musicians to adapt their ideas to the working of computers… however advanced they may be, Dorico “thinks†as musicians think. Indeed, it’s marketed as “AI for musicâ€. There is a full pricing table at the end of this review.ĭorico Pro 2 represents the most intelligent, easy to use, efficient – and so the most musically effective – scoring system now available. There is no subscription model for Dorico. This is comparable with (actually 7% less than) the full cost of Sibelius and Finale. ![]() The full version of Dorico Pro 2 costs $559.99. Or cross-grade from Sibelius or Finale at a 47% (73% for education) discount. You can upgrade to the renamed Dorico Pro 2 for a modest $99.99, which is the same cost as Dorico Elements. This review (based on almost daily use of Dorico since its release in 2016 and now a thorough exploration of the upgrade) first assesses the direction taken by the product looks at Dorico Pro 2’s evolution examines the strengths of what’s new in this release (pdf), which – significantly – include beta integration with Wallander Software’s outstanding NotePerformer 3 and visits the new entry level product, Dorico Elements 2. Yet – given Dorico Pro 2’s comprehensive functionality, flexibility, elegance, and stability – that “future†is really already here. The claim that Dorico represents the future of music notation is not exaggerated. It so demonstrably continues the substantial success of the already excellent Dorico 1 that no current or prospective user should hesitate to buy this upgrade. A major new version of Steinberg’s advanced music notation software Dorico was released last month.ĭorico Pro 2 is a superb product in every way.
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