Compose your own music for free with Dorico. Create beautiful music notation for up to eight instruments quickly and easily with the on-screen keyboard, drum pads and fretboard. Play back instantly with the included sounds and shape the performance with powerful MIDI editing tools. When your piece is finished, share it as PDF, audio or MusicXML, or print directly to your AirPrint-enabled printer. Perform using the built-in read mode, and annotate with your Apple Pencil.
Dorico is the award-winning music notation and composition software from Steinberg for macOS, Windows, and iPadOS. It’s easy enough to learn and use that it is used by students in schools, and deep enough that it satisfies the needs of the most demanding professionals in the worlds of concert music, music for film and TV, and music publishing. Dorico for iPad is fully compatible with Dorico for macOS and Windows, so you can work on your projects on the move on your iPad and in your studio on your desktop or laptop computer, or share projects with musicians using Dorico on any platform.
Dorico’s interface is split into four modes. In Setup mode, you can add and change instruments, create and reorder sections of music (called “flows”), and choose how your music will be formatted for your musicians into layouts. In Write mode, you can input and edit music and other notations using simple, well-organized toolboxes and panels. In Engrave mode (included if you buy a paid subscription to Dorico’s advanced features), you can make graphical tweaks to every item in your project. Finally, in Play mode, you have access to powerful sequencer-style MIDI editing tools, including piano roll and velocity editors.
Dorico includes built-in virtual instruments and effects to allow you to play back your compositions, and you can also easily use any compatible Audio Unit plug-in or external MIDI device (with optional subscription or Lifetime Unlock in-app purchase), and tweak playback using the on-screen Mixer.
Input music using an on-screen piano keyboard, or by connecting a MIDI keyboard to your iPad directly via USB or using a compatible USB-to-Lightning adaptor. If you have a Magic Keyboard or other external keyboard, you can make use of extensive keyboard shortcuts to work quickly and efficiently.
Dorico is free to use, allowing you to write for ensembles of up to four players. Register with your free Steinberg ID to increase the player limit to eight, allowing you to write for ensembles like string or wind quartet, or SATB choir. If you want to take your composition and arranging to the next level, you can buy an optional subscription or Lifetime Unlock in-app purchase to access more features and power: write for ensembles of any number of players, and gain access to Engrave mode, allowing you to make graphical tweaks to individual items anywhere in your project.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Best automatic engraving of any software
• Easy note input using on-screen keyboard, MIDI keyboard, or external keyboard
• Intelligently adjusts notation as you write
• Any number of movements or pieces in a single project
• Automatic layout of instrumental parts
• Expressive playback using included sounds and effects
• Supports Audio Unit virtual instruments and effects processors
• Sequencer-style piano roll MIDI editor
• Sophisticated chord symbols, unpitched percussion and drum set notation
• Unbarred music, tuplets across barlines, etc. all handled correctly — no workarounds
• Transfer to and from other apps via MusicXML, MIDI, PDF, etc.
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Dorico FAQ
Is Dorico free?
Yes, Dorico is free to download, however it contains in-app purchases or subscription offerings.
Is Dorico legit?
🤔 The Dorico app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
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How much does Dorico cost?
Dorico has several in-app purchases/subscriptions, the average in-app price is €65.32.
Da poco tempo sono felice possessore e utilizzatore di Dorico su mac, della cui versione Pro ho acquistato la licenza. Lo ritengo un programma rivoluzionario per la scrittura della musica, lontano anni luce dai competitor. Darei 5 stelle se non fosse per il fatto che dopo aver acquistato un software dal valore di 600 euro mi trovo ad avere delle limitazioni nell’utilizzo su iPad. Onestamente pagare un ulteriore abbonamento per utilizzare un software identico a quello acquistato mi sembra assurdo. Confido nella bontà degli sviluppatori e spero presto di poter godere delle fantastiche funzioni di Dorico anche qui. Complimenti per il lavoro fatto! 🔝
L’app di notazione musicale peggiore che abbia mai scaricato
Nulla funziona come dovrebbe e non è, per così dire, pratico. Se cominciassi ad elencare tutti i problemi di quest’app staremmo qua fino alla resurrezione di J. S. Bach. Lo sconsiglio vivamente.
TEAM SYMPHONY TUTTA LA VITA🎶
Very good porting job
They did a very good job indeed, it does feel like the desktop app! What I miss, but it seems it’s in the pipeline, is the possibility to scribble in annotations.
Un programma di notazione professionale su iPad
Nonostante alcuni difetti di gioventù (qualche crash), la sola presenza di un programma di notazione così potente su iPad è una realtà sorprendente. Ci sono tutti gli strumenti necessari per comporre musica dalla scrittura sofisticata, o proseguire l'edit mentre si è via dal proprio tavolo da lavoro. La nuova versione a pagamento rimuove anche il limite maggiore, cioè il numero ridotto di strumenti. La versione gratuita continua ad essere un formidable strumento di prima scrittura, o uno strumento completo di scrittura per musica da camera, dal solista accompagnato al quartetto d'archi.
Inutilizzabile
Sto valutando la versione free, su iPad Pro 12,9, prima di un eventuale acquisto, ma ho aperto tre volte l’applicazione e per tre volte si è bloccata.
Qualsiasi finestra di avviso compaia sullo schermo, blocca irrimediabilmente il programma, che deve essere chiuso e riavviato. Comunque grazie a Steinberg che conosco molto bene, dal momento che uso diversi suoi softwares su iMac, che permette di provare l’app prima dell’acquisto.
Nunzio
It works
It does work, and you can get by with the free version.
But: I’m crossing over from Finale. I bought the desktop version of Dorico 5 using the cross grade price. But in order to use the full version of Dorico for iPad I have to pay again? Or pay a subscription? Seems wrong to me. Why can’t I pay once and have full access across my devices so the 2 apps can function seamlessly?
And there is no support for handwriting.
Come on, guys. This is a very “almost” product.
User Friendly, Intuitive, Powerful Music Notation Softward
Dorico is everything for which I had been looking in music notation software ever since my original program, Encore, went out of business. Unlike Sibelius, which I always found to be user unfriendly, and clumsy, when it came to intuitively inputting data, Dorico’s inputs are so intuitive, and based on common sense, that use of the software is not only easy–it’s inviting. This is powerful music software that doesn’t get in the way of the creative process, but rather enhances it.
Awful
Not intuitive or simple to use at all. Obvious things like “undo” or adding dynamics, articulations, enharmonic spelling, double bars, etc., all in nonsensical places. Dynamics auto-place above notes instead of below, can’t move them. Finished inputting a chart and the program shifted the first 32 bars by an 8th note, no way to undo it, have to re-input all those bars. Terrible.
Dorico for iPad is over engineered
Dorico for iPad is over engineered and in doing so they’ve made life quite complicated. It should assume that what you’ve entered is what you want. But no, and you have to mess around with a ton of settings to try to “fix” it. For example, if you enter syncopated eighths and quarters, instead of defaulting to what you put in it changes them to tied notes. Then you have to mess about with all kind of properties to get what you entered. I would suggest that you don’t use it, but if you’re looking for a finale iPad app, it’s pretty much the only thing available.
I love Dorico…..but
As a former Finale user over 25 years, moving over to Dorico was a shock but as I’ve been getting more into Dorico. I see it was necessary.
One thing I noticed that maybe should be addressed is, if you’re on the iPad and you click up to the Learn Button to open a project page.
The learn options should address only the iPad versions being that there is some differences. Or give you 2 options, the computer version help or the iPad version help. I spent 2 hours trying to find Repeat wings for my iPad to discover after finally going to the forum that you don’t have that access on the iPad version. I understand there’s a lot of similarities but…. There’s a lot of things that are different also.
Please keep up the great work & looking forward to making charts in Dorico.
Gene
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