Dorico User Reviews

Dorico - Compose Music
Dorico - Compose Music
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH

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Very buggy

The app crashes randomly and then I have to restart because it doesn’t save it when it crashes.

Too Hard

This program is not as user friendly as Finale.

Come on a lot

Having not used dorico since version 3 I must say it’s come on a lot. Make sure to disable some Apple pen settings like scribble and hover though as you will need the pen - especially in the mixer.
Talking of the mixer it would be nice if double tapping the pan control would set it to centre.
Also the master fader needs a few slots for master fx ,but otherwise a good bit of kit!
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🙁

Most of it works fine but the scrolling sucks and the percussion also is failing so if you want a beat DONT get this app

Terrible

Terrible! Paid for the app and is does not recognize it and allow on the free tier. Spent the last month trying to figure it out. I want my money back!!!

Good but a lot of bugs

hi, this is a really good app for making music and it’s not like other apps where all the instruments or having the ability to save your music is locked behind a subscription but there’s one problem which keeps annoying me to the point where I’m about to explode sometimes when I hear a key on the piano, the key just won’t work anymore so if I try to press it again it just won’t play the sound and it’s not just for the piano it’s for every instrument excluding percussion.
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Great App

This is a great piece of kit. The fact that the Development Team is made up of many developers from the Sibelius app is really cool. But they are not simply recreating that app - they have moved way beyond it. Do take a look at this application - it’s really good.

Doesn’t work

I used to use it all the time, but now I can’t open it, it crashes immediately after I open it, so I have to give it one star

Great, but crashes often

I have had a very good time with Dorico up until about a week ago, I had maybe had 5 crashes in about the year I used it. But now, on the score I am currently working on, but no others, it will crash about every 20 seconds. It could just be my iPad, but it is very frustrating.

Frames

NEED Music Frames on iPad! Otherwise perfect.

Help

Suddenly this app doesn’t work? Just shows
Welcome to Dorico
And I can’t do anything

FRANZ Liszt

Angelina ballerina

OK app with some problems

It’s an OK app, but the reset sounds part, it always fails, plus the notes aren’t arranged the way I wanted them to be

Not Intuitive

Finale was much easier to navigate to create songs

Litterally the only reason I got the full version, not bad though

So, before I get too far, I just have to say this is still a great app for composing, and it’s pretty high quality but here are some cons you have to look out for when using this app:

1. Too get unlimited instruments you have to pay for the full version (which is $100 but it’s not a monthly or weekly payment)

2. But that doesn’t even matter because if you do try to add more than 10 or so instruments it crashes and your progress is lost (I even tried saving the instruments one by one but that didn’t work)

3. App can sometimes be very slow.

4. Scrolling is very hit-or-miss.

But other than that, not a bad app.
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Good but

Can’t really record with virtual keyboard. Need real midi input device.

Unnecessarily complex

There is absolutely nothing intuitive about Dorico. Certainly it is a capable program, but what’s the point if you can’t make a program and interface that is easy to use. It also has some issues regarding scrolling (menus don’t scroll well and you often get stuck in the same spot over and over). Click measure check boxes also will continuously unselect for no reason. This is an unfinished product that utilizes NONE of the features of an IPad. I’m so sad that the music notation software options are so dismal, especially on the iPad.
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I Love Music

I Installed This App To Compose Music! 🎼🎵🎶

On Screen Piano Keyboard

Out of the box, so to speak, the virtual keyboard keys get stuck making it unusable as input. My main reason for trying this app was to use virtual keyboard for input because don’t want to plug in a midi keyboard since i don’t have space for it on the go. I am using a new Ipad pro.

Where are the mordants?

Great app……. But WHY ARE YOU IGNORING MY MORDANTS??????? They are clearly there, and yet the audio playback BLATANTLY IGNORES THEM!!!