Essential Information About Dorico Pro (Crossgrade) Software
- Professional notation solution for writing, printing, and playing scores with expressive and precise musical rendering.
- Ultra-smooth workflow: intelligent notation input, variable input mode, and arrangement tools designed to save time.
- Advanced playback and mixing: virtual stage, automatic panning, and VST3 support to integrate instruments and effects.
- Complete sound ecosystem: over 2000 sounds, 32 effects, and Groove Agent SE (acoustic drums + 400 MIDI patterns).
Requirements According to License Type
This version is a Crossgrade: proof of a valid license for Avid Sibelius or MakeMusic Finale is required (screenshot, proof of purchase). Purchase processing is manual during business hours. Make sure you have access to your account/license to provide the proof at the time of order.
What is Dorico Pro For?
Dorico Pro is music notation software aimed at composers, arrangers, orchestrators, educators, and publishers who want to produce scores at a professional standard. It allows creating full scores and individual parts, managing complex ensembles, and benefiting from realistic playback to verify orchestration, harmony, and balance. Whether you write for orchestra, chamber music, choir, contemporary music, or hybrid projects with virtual sounds, Dorico combines engraving, editing, and playback in one environment.
Main Features
Unlimited Writing and Project Management
Design and arrange complete projects with an unlimited number of instruments, movements, and pieces within a single file. Staffing management functions, divisi, and extracts creation facilitate score preparation for musicians while maintaining perfect consistency between full score and parts.
Expressive Playback and Intelligent MIDI Control
Dorico interprets notation in a human way for natural reproduction of articulations and playing techniques. MIDI triggers (trigger regions) allow activating notes or chords over a defined duration, independently of the score, to control pattern-based instruments. The key editor, parallel and synchronized in write mode, speeds up MIDI data input and editing.
Mixing, Virtual Stage, and VST3 Integration
With the Stage View, you place instruments on a virtual stage: Dorico automatically adjusts panning and room perception parameters for a more credible sound. VST3 compatibility opens the door to your favorite virtual instruments and effects, complementing included sounds and processors.
Quick Checking and Advanced Editing Tools
The Scrub function allows listening to the score forwards or backwards at variable speeds to easily spot harmony, notation, or timing issues. Extended MIDI import and polyphonic transcription with automatic voice assignment simplify the transition from a DAW to clean notation.
Technical Specifications
License and Activation
- License type: perpetual
- Copy protection: online activation
- Simultaneous activations: 3
- Product type: box with code inside
- Crossgrade condition: ownership of MakeMusic Finale or Avid Sibelius required
System Compatibility
- Windows: version 10 (64-bit) or higher
- Mac OS (64-bit): version 10.15 or higher
- Minimum processor: AMD multicore, Apple Silicon, Intel Core
- Minimum RAM: 8 GB
- Minimum disk space: 12 GB
- Additional requirements: Internet connection required for installation and activation
Features
- Composition and arrangement with unlimited instruments, movements, and pieces in a single project
- Live Stage View: placement of instruments on a virtual stage with automatic adjustment of panning and room sound
- Intelligent and human interpretation of notation for natural playback (articulations, playing techniques)
- MIDI trigger regions: triggering notes/chords over a selectable time range, independently of the score, to control pattern-based instruments
- Scrub playback function (forward/backward listening at variable speed)
- Instrument editor to customize or create instrument definitions
- Parallel and synchronized key editor in write mode for MIDI input and editing
- Extended and intelligent MIDI import
- Polyphonic MIDI transcription with automatic voice assignment
- Variable input mode with options to extend existing compositions
- Melodic and rhythmic transformations (ties, dynamics, playing techniques, etc.)
- Virtual keyboard, keys, and drum pads for note input
- Library manager to compare projects and transfer settings
- Automatic music notation and parts layout
- Creation of score extracts for conductors
- Page layout (DTP) for individual layout customization within projects
- Chord symbols: 6 conventions, customizable
- Integrated drum notation
- Linked guitar tablature: free number of strings, irregular frets, bends, slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, etc.
- MusicXML and MIDI import/export for data exchange with DAWs and notation software
- VST3 support to integrate virtual instruments and effects
Included Content
- Groove Agent SE including a special version of "The Kit" (detailed acoustic drum kit) and over 400 MIDI patterns
- More than 2000 included sounds
- 32 included effects processors
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