Dorico - Your first score in 5 MINUTES!

[@JPDC624]

9:26 "Essentially what you have going on here looks remarkably like--um... uh... a... DAW... um, editing thingy" 🤣🤣 The man is brilliant yet sometimes the familiar odd word escapes him... I'm so glad it isn't just me! Guy, know what we love about you most? ZERO arrogance. ❤ 😉

[@KMPSA]

Been using Dorico since the first version. It’s also used extensively by film composer Alan Silvestri. Best notation software.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Yup more and more are moving over with each update

[@russellaustin8453]

​@@darrinsiberia Mega Bucks !

[@AdamLindgrenComposer]

I think one of the best things about Dorico is that it doesn't force you to put in a time signature, key signature or tempo to start writing. You can just... write. As a modern classical composer, this is CRUCIAL to not unduly influencing my works to be in 4/4 (Sibelius) crotchet=120bpm (finale). You'd be surprised how many of my first compositions were in 4/4 simply because thats what came with the template in Sibelius...

[@hartleygabolinscy3152]

Guy, I thought you might be tucked up cuddling two or three hot-water bottles. Thank goodness all is well... damn it’s quiet without your antics of joyful moments. Cheers from nz 👍👍👍

[@malmelon6942]

i just love how EXCITED this guy is about composition omg haha

[@donaldeaston9564]

Guy, watched your video last night. I bought Dorico several years ago, and never really mastered it. I’ve just watched this introduction video, and you explain it really well. Thank you. I’ve just had a go playing a tune to score. I’m just learning Piano, been playing guitar for 55 years, and bass for 20 years.

[@magicmulder]

Just watching you for five minutes took away my concern of a steep learning curve. Gonna try out Dorico soon.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Go for it

[@peterlepahin]

It's been a whole month now without your funny videos... where are you, Guy? We miss you and hope everything is OK.

[@dbmusicproductions9181]

Yes to everything you're saying here. I appreciate somebody just straight out saying that Avid dropped the ball when they dropped the development team. And we all benefited when DS and the crew started from scratch to create Dorico. I know a lot of us miss your friendly videos. I hope the score work you're doing is going well. See you back here soon!

[@chuckwagnermusic]

I started the trial version of Pro last week. Your video has really helped me get started in learning it. Your channel is an absolute wealth of knowledge. Fun, clear and so well presented!

[@lyskmusic]

Being a big fan of yours and seeing you using Dorico I couldn't help myself posting my very first comment :) I've been using Dorico for two months now and I couldn't never go back to the other notation software. Your presentation was excellent.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thank you. Once I figured out the basics like you there was no way back

[@DMBCroOZza]

Oh lord, Another piece of software that makes me excited about how easy it to make music nowadays. But i'm only a year into that topic and its still so much to learn. Not to mention the money i need to work for, in order to be able to buy all the stuff i need, before buying this software. Well, i'm just turning 31 in a week, so hopefully theres still enough time to get there. But thanks for showing Dorico and expanding my wishlist of useful things ;-) Cheers!

[@FondueBrothers]

You can download a cut down version for free

[@onscuba1]

Download Musescore. Its free.

[@JPDC624]

Exactly what we needed! What to click, how to input, what keyboard shortcuts we need (that's HUGE). This is brilliant, thank you. Definitely going back over this video with a notebook. I just needed a push in the right direction. 👍🏼❤

[@billwentz5014]

Always so wonderful to watch you think aloud! I've been stuck with Finale since the early 90s. It look like it time for a change. Thanks!

[@fiddlerfinch]

You sold me - especially since I need to switch from Finale now. You make this so fun and I appreciate everything about this video.

[@dbzfreak2]

This actually influenced me to switch from Finale to Dorico. I've been looking for something like this for years now and I'm surprised I haven't heard of this before now

[@petergreen1869]

I made the move too. Started with Finale in the early nineties and moved over to Sibelius in 2005 when Finale started to annoy and then ditched Sibelius in October 2019 to move over to Dorico. A truly exceptional piece of notation software which perfectly complements my DAW of choice, Logic Pro X. It is also worth subscribing to the Dorico youtube channel as they have monthly tutorial videos.

[@gltg1]

As one of your 232K subscribers, and you being one of my absolute favorite KZbin subscriptions - please come back soon!

[@cannonjones6713]

Dorico is so much better than Sibelius. But I actually prefer MuseScore to both. MuseScore is just the most intuitive score writer I've ever used (and I've tried most of them). Not to mention in the next update it's getting VST support and is becoming its own DAW, still with it's incredible notation programming built in. All for free! Anyway, thanks for the rundown, Guy! Your videos and music are amazing! :)

[@Zibo100]

Thank you for the video was the best that I have ever watched so far.From now and then I am one of your fans☺

[@johnbroadway7709]

As usual a great video - I have tried all these Click This - Find That - Learn - Learn - Learn software and found that you can’t beat pen and paper - or these days StaffPad. The major fault of this type of application is you have to learn it - I find that gets in the way of creating music.

[@Suavissimo]

Guy, thank you for this charmingly helpful video. It's as much fun watching and listening to you as it is learning so much about the software. :?)

[@nigelworwood8530]

Thanks for taking the time out to entertain and informs us all. Best of luck with the project.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thanks!

[@steverose3860]

Have been using it for years now and watched it grow like a toddler becoming a teen. The team really have produced a masterpiece due partly to their untiring interaction with users through forums such as the Dorico users group on Facebook, which is such a valuable source of info when learning it. When I first learned how to swap the annoying ff default beep to a click it was as if my child had just won the sack race on his first school sports day - I was bursting with joy. It puzzles me however, why the default metronome click is still this awful sound from the days of table tennis video machines in pubs in the 80s. A well deserved plug for a great piece of software from Guy.

[@GrahamCaseyMus]

You must have been reading my mind Guy! I too have had Dorico installed but have persevered with Sibelius. This video popped up while I was watching another Dorico tutorial. Time to make the shift 😬

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Go for it Graham!

[@Greenthorne1967]

I purchased Dorico two years ago and never learned to use it. Thank you for this!

[@johngrant5749]

Bought Dorico half price at Christmas but haven't used it properly yet, but now you convinced me to buy the Streamdeck i'm eager to get at it. Also the Steamdeck has conrol for Cubase and Nuendo for free, another bonus. Just about to buy the Dorico set from NYC. Many thanks for your enthusiastic KZbin tutorials.

[@heatherbuechelartistry]

being a disabled artist sadly not in my budget I'm just stuck with musescore, however I sure do appreciate these videos I love to learn new things thank you for taking the time to share.

[@ocbc2030]

LOVE watching your tutorials, Guy! You are inspiring.

[@ocbc2030]

I, too used to use Sibelius too & am just starting Dorico!

[@Call.Me.Afshin]

A new world opened up for me Thanks🙏

[@VIUSmusic]

Switched to Dorico back in 2019, in my first year of university. I learned by forcing myself to use the trial version to complete a short assignment, and then became impressed enough to buy Dorico Pro. I've never looked back since :)

[@JP-Trommy-Boy]

Brilliant! You've helped to lessen the fear of learning anew! Thanks.

[@aleckunkel3705]

Rumor has it Musescore is coming out with a vst-compatible version sometime within the next couple months, and screenshots of the interface are just gorgeous

[@RobertRodriguezMusic]

Long time no see! I’ve been wanting to try dorico!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Writing a large orchestral project so a bit busy until early July

[@tonyphillips7372]

Hi Guy ....a great video as always and I'm a subscriber to your Channel .....I'm semi-retired (69 ) and though I play drums and acoustic/electric guitar with a lil bit of tinkling on a synth keyboard and know how to record, edit and mix on DAWS ( Cubase being my favourite DAW of choice ) , I have always wanted to be able to read/write and understand music notation, but the way it has always been presented / taught to me , made me run a mile. I have never used SIBELIUS and perhaps never will , so what the DORICO software has opened up to me - and as you said , we've been looking the wrong way ......why can't we make our score writing software more like a DAW - is to present in a very easy to understand graphical user interface window ( GUI ), a workflow , that is easy to grasp and has given me a greater understanding how music notation works , allowing me to write simple musical scores and read them - without the steep learning curve !!!!!!!!!! 😃

[@rabbitinyourrucksack]

I am on day 2 on my Dorico... Brilliant ..Thanks

[@ZacBarnesMusic]

The me for all your hard work. I love watching this channel and as a new composer I’m learning so much. (Liked and subscribed)

[@OrchestraEclipse]

Wanted to do some original music on my channel someday. This may be a good start, thanks for sharing

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

You're welcome

[@AMBIOSIS]

WOW ! At last a decent well thought out programme for writing scores. great one Guy. Best of luck with your scoring commission. 🎶🎹🎧

[@TheMoonmoonmoon]

Very useful video... thanks! Like many I'm thinking of switch over from Sibelius but doing so when there's an important job on is scary. Overlap for a few months is a good idea. BTW in Sibelius you can play an instrument on the piano controller without inputting on the screen - just press escape first.

[@TheExcelllence]

I'm not a composer by any means and I've been intimidated by sheet music as I didn't learn it growing up, but seeing how Dorico works in those 5 minutes clicked for how I make music and it looks like fun. I'm going to try this out this summer. :)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Well done go for it -let me recommend this as well! thinkspaceeducation.com/courses/lmt/

[@DerekPower]

You actually hit upon the reason why I took the plunge and acquired Dorico. Just like Cubase has a relationship with Wavelab and now Spectralayers, I was anticipating that there will be similar integration with Cubase. Wouldn’t it be nice if you can export your Cubase session into a Dorico file, thus you have a quick and easy transcription of your work as an engraved score, which you can then tweak? This is a future thing but I want to be there when it happens.

[@GuyVignati]

Very useful video!! I’ve used Dorico for some time in the past but always slow and in a wrong way, especially for notes input. This video really helped me to understand how to get in the process, which is very different from basically exploring functions and features.

[@shaunbrown3895]

I absolutely love Dorico. I moved over from Sibelius about 18 months ago, and it's fabulous. My favourite thing about it is that the scores look good without having to spend time faffing around. I used to spend hours in Sibelius just getting choral scores to look decent. Dorico gets it 99.5% right with no editing at all! Pet peeve: why did they choose the number shortcuts for note names? 18 months on, and I still go the wrong way every time!

[@simonclover9904]

Totally agree about note names. Just bought Stream Pad which shows you the actual notes. So much better!!

[@johannesvandongen6009]

It's a while since we could enjoy news from Guy. Inspired by the outdoors and incars efforts, I take the freedom to suggest some locations that could inspire to new and unexplored fields. 1: Diving from a cliff on a hang glider. 2: While being abducted by aliens. 3: around midnight at a haunted grave yard. With a laptop and keyboard always at hand, these options are certainly worth a try. I can hardly wait. (Specially the part at my third suggestion, when opening with "Hello everybody")

[@jimfischer4703]

Which stream deck should I look at? Great tutorial thx!

[@aaron.piedra]

Great video! Thank you 😊

[@kiarminkarimi3027]

foe some reason this video gave me dream speedrun vibe

[@ochre6887]

would love to see your progress with this software over the course of the month, and more dorico videos too.

[@jpeaston477]

I love your personality, Guy. It makes learning this stuff even more fun!

[@davidgarfinkel2787]

Thanks so much, Guy. Even on my second, swearing-like-a-sailor try with Dorico, everything's going much smoother and faster than before.

[@malcolmbritton33]

I've been using Dorico for about a year now, and I love it! I'm also a Cubase user, so it would be brilliantif I could write music in Dorico that would then just seamessly open in Cubase without having to MIDI export et al - how good would that be Steinberg!!!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Yup that would be

[@Vitericus1]

You CAN do that with Presonus Studio One and Notion. BUT Notion isn't as good as Dorico in terms of ease of use and especially the sound quality.

[@DerekPower]

Likewise, I would love if you can export the Cubase session into a Dorico file and create an instant transcription/engraved score.

[@PendelSteven]

Did you know that from version 5 on Studio One has an automatic notation output now? Using Presonus Notation technology, your song can just be printed out in PDF and handed over to the individual musicians. Not sure if you can combine partitures yet... But it's the fist iteration. Knowing Presonus they'll iterate on what the people want. Thanks for making this video anyhow. At this moment perhaps Cubase + Dorico is best for composers, but if you just need a violinist to play a part for your pop song, Studio One is the vst of choice at the moment imho.

[@svenisaksson3970]

Hi Guy. That rhymes ;) . What's the "new" button controller to you left? You forgot to mention that Steinberg has a free (not demo) SE version of Dorico on their site. It's limited to two staffs, but that's enough to check it out. Without being stressed by any time limitations.

[@PendelSteven]

0:59 I remember having this discussion as a young lad in the Netherlands. Especially the parents of my generation still knew it as a keyboard. We now call a computerkeyboard a toetsenbord and a musical keyboard a keyboard. That's the handy bit of having import words that literally mean the same: you can use the import word for the alternate meaning. But since I'm communicating in English now: computerkeyboard and musical keyboard. Or musickeyboard. That's the difference.

[@martijnvanbeek4387]

Is there live after Dorico? Hope you're all well Guy and spending your time on nice projects and the academy!

[@martijnvanbeek4387]

Ahum...life also!

[@BenedictHickson]

Great video on Dorico, Guy. I know Dorico is great for notation, and it's great to see the shortcuts with Elgato Streamdeck XL! What interests me is the transition from notation, that I'm used to composing with, to DAW to create the realistic sounding music. I know that Dorico has got automation capabilities but not as clear (and good?) as using Cubase. Let's say you do create the score (like in this case for the orchestra) with Dorico. What would your next step be for creating a Mockup? Would you work with the automation layers on top of your notation or would you import it through MIDI into Cubase or would you replay the whole lot into Cubase?

[@robertwisden7202]

cosigned. please do this score to daw with dorico. cheers

[@TerencejonesmusicCoUkcomposer]

I've owned Dorico since the first version (I was using Sibelius for about 20 years before that) but I didn't seriously start looking at it until Version 2 (when they introduced video import and the hit point calculator). I found that for me the best way to learn it at the time was to simply dive in and use it on an actual film project... and I did actually pick it up pretty quickly that way. :)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Well done

[@mattstaples]

Sounds like an exciting project you've got Guy. Hope you have some time to dive in to Dorico a bit further once you've met your deadline and share your feedback on the project work. Good luck!

[@pappyfiddle]

It's fun to watch Mr. Michelmore talk. Not only the jokes but the funny accent... One "quaver" tho: it's still dots on a staff, a system created in the Dark Ages by, and I should add celibate, monks.

[@tonybrattoli]

Thank you so much for this video! I recently got Dorico 4 because I think Finale is just not fitting for my needs. The Stream Deck package is immensely helpful and I write music the same way that you do. I love the DAW-like features and am most likely going to use Dorico forever.

[@alleyway3215]

I would love an update to your increased experience using Dorico. I've been using Dorico and prefer it over Sibelius and Finale.

[@abagatelle]

Well done Guy - Dorico is the future.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

See video for details!

[@SteamvilleQuintet]

Good to see you again!!!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

:)

[@tomhick5372]

Hi Guy - pleasure to see one of your videos again! Thanks to your videos, I've now begun writing music in Cubase - and I don't really like notation software, but I do recognize the importance of it. I'm interested to know, for someone on a limited budget, do you still recommend Dorico, or would something like Sibelius Free or Musescore be better?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

When you need a real score writer this is the one - but to mess about with Musescore is great

[@FondueBrothers]

You can dowload a free version of Dorico from their website. It's limited to one solo instrument plus piano comp

[@grzesiektg]

I actually love the old Sibelius 3, that is very basic, but delivered all that I needed to prepare hundreds pages of orchestral scores

[@ericbraswell4713]

2 observations: First, I have 4.2 SE and there are some minor but niggling interface differences.. nothing immense mind you, but significant enough to make me think I was going crazy because otherwise the two versions look alike. Second, I couldn't stop thinking about all the bugs and creepy crawlers you're letting in with that cracked door 😂

[@grofinet]

Dorico = dope!

[@michaelhollman9470]

I switched to Dorico last fall after using Finale for 30+ years. I also have the Spitfire BBC orchestra setup as the default "voices". I can't say enough good things about Dorico - I love the program. Sure, there are some items on my "wish list" (including Rehearsal marks at Top AND Bottom of the scores) but I can always fix that in Adobe Acrobat. Try the free demo - you'll love it.

[@RLeaguer_Saint]

Interested in doing this too. I have BBCSO that I use in Logic. I can use that too in Dorico, without needing some sort of different version, is that correct?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

@@RLeaguer_Saint Yes BBC SO works in Dorico but so far I havent found anyb expression maps for it

[@Vitericus1]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation I think Steinberg has a pre-made expression map for BBCSO on their website somewhere that you can download, then click, drag and drop into Dorico. I remember downloading it.

[@michaelhollman9470]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation Once you “train” Dorico to use the Spitfire instruments, you may fool around with the Expression Maps - which is found in the Play Menu, Fourth item from the bottom. (I’m looking at the maps as I type this!)

[@simonclover9904]

Hi Guy Like you I have been using Sibelius for too long and I have been trying out Dorico as an alternative. I definitely see Dorico as the way forward - and rather hope that one day total integration between Cubase, Dorico and Pro Tools will become a reality. Real time recording to a metronome just works so much better in Dorico than it ever did in Sibelius. However - I feel I should point out that it is easy enough to play notes in Sibelius without recording them. Just click on the staff for the instrument you want, press escape and play away. It even works during playback of the parts you have already written. - But then again, if you are not going to use Sibelius anymore - who cares?

[@muiscman807]

I almost never use Sebelius. It is not intuitive and I dislike it immensely. However, I did find a workaround to what you were talking about Guy when you said that you can't play the keyboard because it writes it on the screen. I discovered by putting the cursor to the left side of the cleft outside the staff in the part that you want to sound, you can play and it won't notate...

[@dougbakkum8850]

Great video! What is that cool looking second keyboard you are using with your left hand? Looks like a bunch of buttons, etc... for triggering shortcuts and scripts?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Its a visionmixer for all the cameras -Atem Extreme

[@adambradley3284]

Instead of flicking through for a Drama, I now (at aged Funfzig sumthin') look for a new Michelmore to watch on a Saturday night. Guy, I am never disappointed with the content. And the papers want to know who's shirt you wear? Is it a 2 pounder from Marks n Spencer's circa 1979, or a $640 Valentino ? Either way I want one.

[@JuanAMatos-zx4ub]

Hey Guy, welcome to the Dorico world! Hopefully you enjoy it as much as we do. I would recommend to change the Metronome sound to Click, under the playback options in Play. It's much less aggravating than the original, which I have no idea why that's the default haha. All the best!

[@JuanAMatos-zx4ub]

You were already a step ahead haha

[@lesptitsoiseaux]

You've inspired me to get back to it. Thank you Guy for your wonderful videos. If your soul was alcohol, it'd be Champagne! Cheers :)

[@theashen]

Think I’m going to take the plunge, I cancelled my subscription to Sibelius a couple months ago, as you say, it’s not got any better or less frustrating (and expensive), and you’ve made up my mind to move to Dorico

[@chrisamies2141]

This video inspired me to go away and research software. I had Cakewalk previously (I say 'had' rather than 'used' because I found it impenetrable). I've now switched ... to Musescore. Still, Dorico looks excellent also.

[@ChrisWolfMusic-mh8uy]

Guy, you mentioned that some libraries already have appropriate expression settings. Do you know if the SpitFire Discovery Orchestra has those enabled already? I would love to be able to use that with my notation software painlessly.

[@ScottsSynthStuff]

I don't have need of scoring like this...but I do at times need to produce sheet music for vocalists to learn before I record them, and Cubase Pro is more than capable of doing this. I can play the vocal part into a MIDI track in Cubase, and have it render it out to sheet music, with lyrics, with very little effort.

[@staceyfoxartist]

They offer a really nice academic discount for teachers and students :)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

They do which how I bought mine

[@Saxmus6Dflats]

I just love your approach Guy. I am not that happy with Sibelius myself since my experience is, that sib in some areas feels counterintuitive to me. In fact - I loved the very old “musicator” actually and not due to the awful layout 😂 but because it was intuitive and therefore quite fast for me to use as a music teacher. Then Sibelius was a great upgrade - until they changed the menu totally around. 🙄 Yes I know I’m a bit conservative here. Dorico seems to be the game changer for me. Thanks for posting here Guy. Great insight you have. Love it. 👍

[@LindaMissad]

Welcome back, Guy and congrats on the "gig". Having been a "lifetime" Finale user, it's difficult for me to think about changing. Finale is great for the music engraving jobs I've done (mostly hymnal projects) because you have full control over the specs. I didn't like Sibelius for that reason. However, Dorico seems more friendly as a composing score program. Thanks for the info, I may consider this as a "plan B".

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

I woud Linda - for composing its absolutely brilliant. Finale remains teh go to for engraving

[@johnbarron6392]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation keep at it with Dorico, it’ll do all your engraving, no problem

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

Keep in mind that Dorico was made by the old Sibellius team. If Sibellius is the bad thing it is nowadays, it's their fault.

[@johnbarron6392]

@@BrunodeSouzaLino but we can't change it now... #learnfrommistakes

[@LindaMissad]

@@BrunodeSouzaLino I think Guy's point is that Sibelius declined because the original team was fired. If that hadn't happened, they wouldn't be putting their creative advances into Dorico

[@angelvoicemusic]

Now as we are prompted to find an alternative application for FINALE (26 Years in my case, thousands of projects.. now the sunset), I transported them via mxl to Dorico and it sucked. Lost layout (4 bars in one line are extremly useful for several reasons), wrong chord interpretation (an E7add#9 does not exist) Sibelius free did everything better, but there are too much limitations concerning other aspects. And I don't like the annual fee for the full version. So for future sheet music that I will write, Dorico seems to be the better choice. Guy FINALly convinced me. We poor guys get Dorico for 149 Bucks as a death- crossgrade. That's cool.

[@ozo1489]

I always use Sibelius shortcut when practicing Dorico .... lol ​ Switching from DP and Sib to Cubase/Dorico recently Painful for the old workflow but have a lot of fun

[@klausludwig9585]

Very interesting... Are the expression maps for Dorico and Cubase the same so that I can use my Cubase maps with Dorico? Regards Klaus

[@borisb922]

great overview.. any details which TV show you are scoring Michael?

[@nanettetredoux7613]

Mostly just watching your brilliance and thinking that this is what I do in Finale (because I know how to use that) - However, I went to check out the price of Dorico and then backed out quickly!

[@nanettetredoux7613]

I am going to need to learn this now because the makers of Finale have killed the software and are making us an offer we can't refuse on Dorico.

[@noc1211]

Hey Guy, any chance you can tell us what program you’re composing for, either now or later? Be curious to hear it. 👍

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Under an NDA at the moment

[@SteveHowardPhotography]

Really wanted to try Dorico after I watched you. Your videos are very motivating and informational. But Steinberg seems to go out of their way to make it difficult or impossible to try/order their software. First I had to create an account, but they claimed my email address was invalid ( it was not) So I used another service and got the account created. After downloading their license manager and installing all the files, I tried to start Dorico where it told me to log in to validate. At this time it said I have no software license so I can not run Dorico and then unloaded itself. I find it so difficult to believe a company makes it so hard to run a "free" trial or even the Free version. I ended up uninstalling it all and I'll go elsewhere. Doubt I will ever look seriously at CuBase either after this experience.

[@KlavierKannNichtMehr]

I know this experience well. Great software - well in some respects - but impossible to work out just how many licence managers, download manager and validators you need to download just to buy their softeware. And as a beginner in writing notation I just spent 6 - 6! - hours just trying to copy in an ancient hymn. It was written in F, with an anacrusis, followed by a repeat section, then the end followed by the same thing without a repeat. It was just the treble part, and I wanted to work out a bass harmony. The problem with Dorico is that it is bar orientated, and when you try to put in your own rests it messes everything up. This video is a joke: I suggest the author try what I did (will gladly supply the hymn) and see just how long it takes him…

[@SteveHowardPhotography]

@@KlavierKannNichtMehr And their "Update" link is broken too. Called support and all they said was " That's handled by a different company". As a retired developer myself, that is NOT and answer. I figured they just don't care if anyone buys Dorico. They make it difficult enough.

[@simonbagshaw8046]

Any possibility you could look at Scaler as another useful piece of software, would love to hear what someone who has such a grasp of music theory makes of it for us learners?

[@pjdahmen]

great and thank you for the helpful tutorial

[@800pieds]

Never thought of using the notation software as a vst host, but it might be the Solution (capital intended)

[@Vitericus1]

I really prefer using Dorico to DAW. Just like seeing all the notes properly scored and makes it easier to work things out.

[@robzecc]

16:21 you actually can play around on sibelius without writing, just change the note input system to "note first, then rhythm" which is a lot better

[@manuelvicente9614]

What about Musescore 4? A comparison with Dorico will be useful. Thanks.

[@harrymartinunderwater1496]

guy missing your posts - as a fellow former news presenter (NYC), I am wondering where the new videos are. (I know you're not camera-shy) :-)

[@kelef666]

Awesome video! Just subscribed! Loving Dorico Elements so far, but I have a problem and I can't find the answer. I'm hoping someone can help. Playback tuning is off by at least half a tone. I don't know how to fix it! I can't seem to access Playback options - is this only available in the Pro version?? It's driving me nuts! When I open the Write section my VST is set to 440hz but it sounds way lower.... Please someone help!

[@darrinwood7809]

Well I'm sold. I have avoided Sibelius for a while because it is just plain awful. Have been using Noteflight with my students. Just having a play with elements now! Thanks for showing me how simple and user friendly it is!

[@mikeclark2747]

I'm learning logic but I'm hooked on Ableton Live Suite 10 (soon to be 11). I have used Finale for small arrangements, bit now that im.a thinkspace student I want to be able to transfer my Ableton midi tracks to Dorico. Will it make it look pretty or do I have to start just using Dorico like a DAW the way you did in the video and add my Spitfire orchestra and Kontakt libraries to it for playback ?

[@ArtyWvideos]

Thanks for another video, I have been using Dorico for a few months now, to be honest it has been fairly painful transition coming from Sibelius, and that's saying something. I recently decided to bite the bullet and buy the full version of Kontact to get access to new sounds. I was inspired by your video about it. However as yet I haven't been able to hear any of my compositions using the Kontact library sounds. I have loaded the instruments, I set the relevant midi Chanel. The sound plays on the keyboard in Kontact for the Piano and Guitar samples that I have loaded for playback. But absolutely nothing! Very confusing software. Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated.

[@GenuineHeather]

Thank you so much for this. I've used Finale. Ugh. I switched to Notion 6 by Presonus. I really like Notion, especially the iPad app. I love being able to switch seamless between the iPad and desktop versions. But I've been frustrated by the sounds. They're not horrendous, but they're nowhere near good enough to stand alone. Notion has the ability to work with other libraries but it's not intuitive and frankly doesn't work very well. If Dorico works well with the Spitfire BBCSO...that's a game-changer for me. I'm looking into competitive crossgrade options for Dorico now.

[@GenuineHeather]

It turns out if you own Cubase 11 Pro you're eligible for a competitive crossgrade. That's a no-brainer for me. Looking forward to diving in!