Highlights
Automatic engraving
Developed in consultation with experienced engravers working with some of the world’s most…
Automatic layout of parts
Naturally, Dorico allows you to originate both the conductor’s score and parts for individual…
Condensed scores
Dorico can create an intelligently-formatted conductor’s score – where music for multiple players…
DTP page layout
Dorico makes it easy to produce a consistent and attractive layout for every project, thanks to…
Drum notation
Creating clean and precise parts for your drummer has never been easier. As you input drum…
Easy note input
Inputting music in Dorico is fast and easy. Use your keyboard or mouse to input notes, and learn…
Flexible chord symbols
Dorico is the only music notation software that supports six different chord symbol conventions…
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General
Efficient window management
Open as many windows onto the same project as you like: keep one in Write mode to allow continued…
Five modes
Dorico Pro’s workflows are divided into five distinct modes — Setup, Write, Engrave, Play and…
Four modes
Dorico Elements' and Dorico LE's workflows are divided into four distinct modes — Setup, Write…
Great-sounding content
To make your projects sound incredible, Dorico Elements includes more than 1,300 production-ready…
Great-sounding content
To make your projects sound incredible, Dorico Pro includes the complete HALion Symphonic…
High-performance architecture
Built from the ground up with today’s multi-core 64-bit CPUs in mind, Dorico is fully…
Import and export
Projects often start or finish outside your scoring software. Dorico can import MusicXML and MIDI…
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Notations
Bar numbers
Bar numbers can optionally display above the top staff, below the bottom staff, and above any…
Bar repeats
Quickly add one-, two- or four-bar repeat signs over a region of music. Dorico will not only play…
Beaming
Dorico produces beautiful beam slopes by default, following publishing conventions to…
Bracketed noteheads
Quickly and easily enclose any note or chord in round or square brackets, ideal for editorial…
Brackets and braces
Dorico automatically joins instruments in each family with brackets and braces as appropriate…
Cautionary accidentals
Dorico automatically displays cautionary accidentals to ensure that your players never hit a wrong…
Chord symbols (advanced)
Dorico Pro provides presets for six different conventions for chord symbols, along with dozens of…
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Playback
Chord track
Chord symbols appear in their own dedicated track in Play mode, allowing you to assign a sound of…
Dynamics lane
Dorico automatically interprets dynamics in the score, and the dedicated dynamics lane in Play…
Import video
Dorico uses the same powerful new video engine found in Cubase and Nuendo to allow you to attach a…
Interpretation of notations
Dorico automatically interprets articulations, dynamics, trills, glissandos, arpeggios, pedal…
MIDI controller editor
Dedicated tools in Play mode allow you to edit MIDI controller data graphically, drawing data to…
Mixer
Dorico includes a true audio mixer with per-channel insert/send effects and routing control, plus…
Playback templates
Once you have set up your virtual instruments just the way you like them, loaded the sounds you…
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Engraving
Automatic engraving
Developed in consultation with experienced engravers working with some of the world’s most…
Automatic rhythmic spacing
Dorico’s unique approach to rhythmic spacing allows music to be spaced more tightly than other…
Automatic vertical spacing
Dorico considers the vertical placement of every item above and below or protruding from every…
DTP page layout
Dorico makes it easy to produce a consistent and attractive layout for every project, thanks to…
Edit rhythmic spacing
In addition to being able to specify the default values for Dorico’s note spacing, you can also…
Edit vertical spacing
Engrave mode provides tools for making precise adjustments to the spacing of staves and systems. A…
Engrave mode
Dorico is the only music notation software with a dedicated Engrave mode focused on making…
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Input & editing
Arranger tools
Dorico Pro includes a suite of tools to handle common arranging tasks: Explode, which takes…
Custom key commands
Dorico allows you to customize the keyboard shortcuts for practically every feature, with an…
Easy note input
Inputting music in Dorico is fast and easy. Use your keyboard or mouse to input notes, and learn…
Filters (basic)
Filters allow you to select or deselect specific items in the music, so you can edit, copy or…
Filters
Dorico Pro provides an expanded set of filters, with filters for notes of specific pitches, all…
Flexible meter
Dorico has the most flexible approach to meter of any music notation software, with native support…
Insert mode
Engage Insert mode to automatically shuffle music left and right as you insert or delete notes…
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Import & export
Export audio
Dorico allows you to export audio in WAV or MP3 format. Export each flow to a separate audio…
Export graphics
Dorico can export graphics in PDF, PNG, SVG or TIFF format, so whatever the destination…
MIDI
Whether the job starts in the sequencer and ends in scoring software or vice versa, you can move…
MusicXML
Bring existing projects from other music software into Dorico using MusicXML. When importing…
Printing
Batch printing or export
Specify the number of copies of each layout to be printed in the Layouts panel in Print mode, and…
Booklet printing
Dorico makes it easy to print an imposed booklet with a single click. If you have a printer with…
Duplex support
If you have a printer with duplex support, Dorico can automatically print your music double-sided…
Press-quality PDF
Dorico exports true monochrome PDFs, avoiding problems with unwanted rich black color separations…
Print preview
In Print mode, the print preview shows you exactly what you will see when your music is printed on…
AirPrint support (iPad)
Print directly from your iPad to any AirPrint-enabled printer, or export high-quality PDF files…
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