Dorico 5.1 Update Explained
Dorico, Steinberg's flagship music notation software, just got a hefty upgrade with version 5.1. In this Dorico video course, Groove3 veteran Doug Zangar will take you on a guided tour through all the important changes and added features that help you work more quickly and effectively, no matter how you use Dorico. From the newly included orchestral library to specific features about dynamics, it's all covered here! These Dorico videos are designed for users who want to know specifically about the new features and functions found in version 5.1.
Videos
• Iconica Sketch (07:01) - Dorico 5.1 includes a new orchestral library, Iconica Sketch. See how to install it and choose a playback template to use it. Take a tour of the interface and listen to an excerpt of the included example project.
• Polyphonic Voice Balancing (05:56) - Dorico now has new polyphonic instrument settings in Playback Options that work very well to bring out inner voice melodies and contrapuntal lines. See how easy this is and how it improves the balance of the voices.
• Holds & Pause (07:17) - This video looks at the new settings to control the hold of the affected note and the ensuing pause before the next note that's created by fermatas, caesuras, and breath marks. Playback options, the piano roll editor, and the Properties panel are also explained.
• Glissandos (04:39) - Explore the new Properties settings for glissandos, including chromatic and white keys. There is also a new setting for delaying the glissando start.
• Monophonic Legato (02:48) - When enabled, a monophonic legato patch that needs to play back a double stop or divisi in a phrase will have the playing techniques switched from legato to natural to facilitate playing multiple notes simultaneously.
• Dynamics (08:10) - This video covers the new playback feature of the successive gradual dynamics setting and new engraving options for hyphenated text, abbreviations, and hairpin end position.
• Chord Playback (04:45) - Dorico now has settings to adjust the gap in the notes of repeated chords. This is demonstrated and the new All Notes Off MIDI message and Audio Engine improvements are discussed.
• Mixer (03:57) - Explore the new default output level menu item and key command for resetting faders. Check out the new alt/option click feature to enter values in volume and pan.
• Instrument Families Editor (04:35) - Take a tour of the Instrument Families Editor window and see how to modify factory templates and create your own.
• Instrument Score Orders (04:35) - Learn how to edit factory score orders or duplicate them to create your own. See how to assign them to your project in Setup Mode.
• Instrument Editor (02:45) - See how you can now assign families to your instruments and open the Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques window. Interactivity between the Instrument Editor, Instrument Families, and Instrument Score Orders windows is shown.
• User Interface Improvements (07:32) - This video covers a number of small improvements to the UI. New Zoom and Show VST Instrument key commands, text improvements, and the status bar info display are covered.
• Player Setup (04:07) - This video shows the improved duplication of players, deletion to empty players, duplication of flows, and instrument transition change features. Also see a quick dip into Play mode for easy access to expression maps and the Expression Maps window.
• Exporting (06:00) - See how to generate project statistics that you can export as a Plain Text file. View the preference setting used to have it automatically open up in your default spread sheet application. Learn how export color TIFF and PNG files with the new white background. Lastly, take a look at the new Print Flows window to choose what flows to print or export.
• Text Editing (04:17) - It?s now possible to copy/paste text to and from word processors. See it in action and look at Dorico?s format settings for the copied text. Markdown formatting in the Project Info fields is also shown.
• Miscellaneous Input & Editing (06:12) - Get a tour of the harp pedals editor, see how to hide playing techniques, check out two new selection choices, see new live editing features, and look at the Edit History window.
• Jump Bar & Tempo (05:32) - The two new key commands to show the jump bar are demonstrated here. With the Jump Bar shown, the new command to navigate to a specific rehearsal mark is also demonstrated. Additionally, hiding tempo marks created in the popover is shown, as well as how to create gradual tempo changes using rit? and accel? wording.
• Percussion (02:34) - See how to create grace notes across multiple instruments in a five-line percussion staff. The new export/import feature for user-defined instruments is also shown.
• Signatures & Accidentals (03:22) - This video covers hiding system break time/key signatures, showing colored cautionary and forced accidentals, and showing Dorico?s ability to display key signatures for staves of less than five lines.
• Divisi (04:01) - A large number of ?under the hood? improvements are mentioned in this video, and new settings are shown.
• Miscellaneous New Settings (05:35) - See new settings for Toggle MIDI Thru, bar number collisions, excluding used chord diagrams from start of flow, placement of cue clefs, using rhythmic slashes for rhythmic cues, and showing large translucent page numbers.
• Engraving Features (05:03) - Check out the slur-nudging improvements, showing of fingering in the Chord Diagrams window, vertical line collision avoidance settings, and octave dashed line vertical settings.
• Key Editor (03:06) - The new default Piano Roll display preference is looked at, double clicking to stop playback is shown, and the Lock Played Durations button function is demonstrated.