Steinberg Dorico 6 Released
Posted: Apr 30, 2025 12:58 pm
Dorico 6 just dropped, and has a few new handy features, as well as a few I’m not as excited for. Which, I suppose, is about as much as one can hope for from any update.
New in 6:
PROOFREADING
Dorico automatically checks your score as you edit, highlighting issues that could raise questions in rehearsal and recording sessions in the new Proofreading panel
CUTAWAYS
Create cutaway scores that match the finest published works of Lutosławski, Ligeti, Berio and Stravinsky in a single click.
CYCLE PLAYBACK
Loop any section of your score during playback, and hear your edits live in the next cycle.
CHORD SYMBOLS
Show multiple rows of chord symbols, with optional extender lines. Create your own custom chord symbols, and easily override every aspect of their appearance.
FILL VIEW
Fill view makes maximum use of your available display, flexibly flowing as many systems of music as possible into the width and height of the window.
OPENTYPE FEATURES
Access enhanced typographical control with full support for OpenType glyph positioning and glyph substitution features.
SYSTEM-ATTACHED ITEMS
Exercise complete control over where tempos, rehearsal marks, repeats, and large time signatures appear.
FLOW HEADING OVERRIDES
Flow headings provide automatic titles before each new song, movement or piece in your project: now you can control exactly how they appear on every page in every layout.
RULERS AND GRID
Show rulers and a customizable grid in page view for precision control over item placement.
CONDENSING
All instruments held by players can now be condensed, instead of only the first, making it easy to handle players who double.
JUMP BAR
Every one of Dorico’s thousands of options is now at your fingertips via the jump bar, so you can find and change any setting simply by typing one or two keywords.
MARCHING PERCUSSION BASICS
All the essential sounds you need for marching snares, cymbals, toms, and bass drums, in partnership with Tapspace, makers of Virtual Drumline.
LIBRARY MANAGER
Easily import options into all layouts and flows, making it the work of moments to conform a project to your preferred settings.
USER SETTINGS IMPORT AND EXPORT
Easily move all your customizations to Dorico from one computer to another with import and export of all your user settings.
LINES - TAPERED CURVES
Create custom lines using curves, allowing you to create curved arrows, braces, and other similar shapes.
IMPORT AND EXPORT - MUSIC XML
Improved export of guitar tablature, better handling of transposed instruments, lyric font support, and more.
PROPERTIES FILTERING
Use the keyboard to access the Properties panel filter, and show properties for all selected items for power user control.
MARGIN CONTROL
Show staff labels outside the left page margin, allowing consistent control over the precise width of every system, as preferred by some publishers.
STAFF LABELS
Selectively hide or show player group labels on any system, and show group labels even when individual staves show no labels
EASY EDITING
Double-click staff labels and player group labels to directly edit instrument and player group names. Double-click Project Info placeholders to directly edit title, composer, lyricist and copyright information.
VIEW OPTIONS
Use the new View Options dialog to set your own preferred options for every new project, with all relevant settings at your fingertips.
TEMPO
Tempo marks can now have a different relative size in full score and part layouts, and you have greater control over how gradual tempos and metronome marks appear.
REFINED HANDLES
When you zoom in, frame outlines, handles, and other non-printing items are proportionally smaller, obscuring the notation less, and making finer Engrave mode edits easier.
STATUS BAR
The information read-out in the status bar is enriched, with page, timecode, and harmony descriptions.
BARLINES
If one system ends with a double barline, show a double barline at the start of the following system.
VIDEO
Videos using HDR color look better by default on sRGB displays, and playback performance is improved.
USER INTERFACE - DARK MODE
Dorico’s visual appearance can optionally automatically follow the operating system light and dark themes.
https://www.steinberg.net/dorico/
Upgrade from 5 Pro: $99.99
Upgrade to 6 Pro from 4/5/6 Elements: $479.99
Upgrade to 6 Elements from 4/5 Elements: $29.99
Pro 6: $579.99
Elements 6: $99.99
Overview of workflow improvements:
New in 6:
PROOFREADING
Dorico automatically checks your score as you edit, highlighting issues that could raise questions in rehearsal and recording sessions in the new Proofreading panel
CUTAWAYS
Create cutaway scores that match the finest published works of Lutosławski, Ligeti, Berio and Stravinsky in a single click.
CYCLE PLAYBACK
Loop any section of your score during playback, and hear your edits live in the next cycle.
CHORD SYMBOLS
Show multiple rows of chord symbols, with optional extender lines. Create your own custom chord symbols, and easily override every aspect of their appearance.
FILL VIEW
Fill view makes maximum use of your available display, flexibly flowing as many systems of music as possible into the width and height of the window.
OPENTYPE FEATURES
Access enhanced typographical control with full support for OpenType glyph positioning and glyph substitution features.
SYSTEM-ATTACHED ITEMS
Exercise complete control over where tempos, rehearsal marks, repeats, and large time signatures appear.
FLOW HEADING OVERRIDES
Flow headings provide automatic titles before each new song, movement or piece in your project: now you can control exactly how they appear on every page in every layout.
RULERS AND GRID
Show rulers and a customizable grid in page view for precision control over item placement.
CONDENSING
All instruments held by players can now be condensed, instead of only the first, making it easy to handle players who double.
JUMP BAR
Every one of Dorico’s thousands of options is now at your fingertips via the jump bar, so you can find and change any setting simply by typing one or two keywords.
MARCHING PERCUSSION BASICS
All the essential sounds you need for marching snares, cymbals, toms, and bass drums, in partnership with Tapspace, makers of Virtual Drumline.
LIBRARY MANAGER
Easily import options into all layouts and flows, making it the work of moments to conform a project to your preferred settings.
USER SETTINGS IMPORT AND EXPORT
Easily move all your customizations to Dorico from one computer to another with import and export of all your user settings.
LINES - TAPERED CURVES
Create custom lines using curves, allowing you to create curved arrows, braces, and other similar shapes.
IMPORT AND EXPORT - MUSIC XML
Improved export of guitar tablature, better handling of transposed instruments, lyric font support, and more.
PROPERTIES FILTERING
Use the keyboard to access the Properties panel filter, and show properties for all selected items for power user control.
MARGIN CONTROL
Show staff labels outside the left page margin, allowing consistent control over the precise width of every system, as preferred by some publishers.
STAFF LABELS
Selectively hide or show player group labels on any system, and show group labels even when individual staves show no labels
EASY EDITING
Double-click staff labels and player group labels to directly edit instrument and player group names. Double-click Project Info placeholders to directly edit title, composer, lyricist and copyright information.
VIEW OPTIONS
Use the new View Options dialog to set your own preferred options for every new project, with all relevant settings at your fingertips.
TEMPO
Tempo marks can now have a different relative size in full score and part layouts, and you have greater control over how gradual tempos and metronome marks appear.
REFINED HANDLES
When you zoom in, frame outlines, handles, and other non-printing items are proportionally smaller, obscuring the notation less, and making finer Engrave mode edits easier.
STATUS BAR
The information read-out in the status bar is enriched, with page, timecode, and harmony descriptions.
BARLINES
If one system ends with a double barline, show a double barline at the start of the following system.
VIDEO
Videos using HDR color look better by default on sRGB displays, and playback performance is improved.
USER INTERFACE - DARK MODE
Dorico’s visual appearance can optionally automatically follow the operating system light and dark themes.
https://www.steinberg.net/dorico/
Upgrade from 5 Pro: $99.99
Upgrade to 6 Pro from 4/5/6 Elements: $479.99
Upgrade to 6 Elements from 4/5 Elements: $29.99
Pro 6: $579.99
Elements 6: $99.99
Overview of workflow improvements:
