

The update also brings native Apple Silicon support to Dorico. Apple Silicon support and new licensing system Other new features include a revamped Play mode, completely rebuilt mixer, new library manager, and many more workflow enhancements and improvements. Steinberg points out that these aren’t plug-ins, but rather deep integrations that work on notes and all other notational elements such as slurs, dynamics, techniques, etc. And while you’re making edits in Insert mode, you can now decide if the music should be pushed forwards into the following bars or if the current bar should be enlarged, which makes it easy to create cadenzas or free rhythm sections, Steinberg says.ĭorico 4 also provides quick access to common rhythmic and melodic transformations like rotation, inversion and reversal. It’s also now possible to limit the scope of Insert mode operations to individual voices, all voices on the current instrument, or all instruments in the flow. Insert mode, one of Dorico’s unique features, has been enhanced with an editable stop position. This works on imported scores and live performances alike. Furthermore, the software now offers Polyphonic MIDI Transcription for automatic separation of melodies, bass lines and inner textures into individual voices. Steinberg says that the new Smart MIDI Import feature intelligently interprets incoming tracks and remembers your choices, which is supposed to make the import of large orchestral arrangements much quicker and less tedious. Polyphonic MIDI Transcriptionĭorico 4 also includes improvements to the MIDI import workflow. You can click or tap notes into the score on the keyboard, input guitar tab notation using the virtual fretboard and string, and unleash your inner percussionist with the drum pads. The new on-screen keyboard, fretboard and drum pads are touch-enabled on Windows devices with touch screens. Dorico 4 also offers three new on-screen instruments for quicker note input.

The new Key Editor isn’t the only new feature in the lower zone. The new Key Editor lets you shape the MIDI playback of your score
