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Dorico 3.5.12 update supports M1 Macs via Rosetta

February 23, 2021February 26, 2021

Steinberg has released Dorico 3.5.12. Although the odometer has barely budged, this update is significant for its official support for the latest Macs with an M1 processor under the Rosetta 2 translation environment. 3.5.12 includes a few fixes for all users, as well.

Opinion

Dorico and The Rite of Spring

January 26, 2021February 6, 2021

A journey through engraving the entirety of The Rite of Spring from scratch into Dorico, to learn more about both Stravinsky’s masterful composition and how to use the music notation software. Includes Dorico files.

People

Daniel Spreadbury on music fonts: past, present, and future

December 19, 2020December 24, 2020

Daniel Spreadbury returns to Scoring Notes to talk about the common set of font specifications known as the Standard Music Font Layout, or SMuFL. We get into the history of music fonts and how we got to where we are today with this essential component of music notation software technology.

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Black Friday 2020 deals for music notation software and related tech

November 23, 2020December 10, 2020

All the 2020 Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers in music notation software and related tech products that we know about, all in one place!

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Music notation software, macOS Big Sur, and Apple Silicon M1 Macs [updated]

November 11, 2020February 24, 2021

A summary of desktop notation software compatibility with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) and M1-powered Macs: How Sibelius, Finale, Dorico, MuseScore, and Notion are faring on Apple’s latest operating system and hardware.

Tips

Hollywood-style parts and blank staves in Dorico

October 14, 2020October 17, 2020

Dorico supports creating empty staves either at the end of a part layout — sometimes referred to as “Hollywood-style” parts — or simply in order to create custom manuscript paper.

Tips

Pitch before duration note input in Dorico

September 15, 2020September 17, 2020

Beginning in the 3.5 update, Dorico officially added support for note input using pitch-before-duration, fulfilling a request of many users coming from other notation software accustomed to this entry method.

Reviews

Dorico 3.5.10: Little things mean so much

July 29, 2020August 3, 2020

Dorico 3.5.10, the first minor revision to Dorico 3.5, brings finesse and refinement to a wide range of the notation app’s functions in the form of feature enhancements and bug fixes.

News

Videos available from Mozarteum music engraving conference

July 27, 2020July 29, 2020

The Mozarteum University has provided videos from everything filmed from their music engraving conference. The playlist is available on YouTube and contains 26 videos totaling approximately 17 hours of material.

Tips

Manual staff visibility in Dorico

July 23, 2020July 27, 2020

Dorico has a tool called Manual Staff Visibility which allows the user to easily hide or show staves throughout a score, to mitigate instances where a page will show too much white space as a result. Learn how to use it in your score.

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