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Dorico 3.5

Discussion in 'Notation' started by Paul Poole, May 20, 2020.

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  1. #21 Paul Poole, May 25, 2020
    I used to do this with two composer friends before I moved away. We didn't do operas, but big scores of concert and ballet (e.g., Alpine Symphony, The Rite of Spring, etc.). We were all brass players, so we would usually go for pieces with strong brass writing. After listening to a recording of the work while reading through the score, we would have casual conversation about whatever aspects of the music came to mind, after which we would imbibe fermented spirits.

    Our non-musical friends thought we were weird. One time when four of us all piled into a car to go to a movie (two musicians, two non-musicians), the driver (musician) had a CD going of Bach's Chromatic Fantasy played on a Dresden organ. The two non-musicians kept requesting "normal music."
     
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  2. #22 Aaron Olson, Jun 14, 2020
    Last edited: Jun 15, 2020
    This discussion is really interesting to me. As a hobbyist, what I want is low-friction notation software that reads my mind and does that by default. I found Sibelius and Finale too finicky (too powerful out of the box) so I used Notion for a while. After Dorico 2 was released, I gave it a try and found it to be a better balance of power and hand-holding.

    The effort/result ratio is basically perfect for my current needs, which aren't nearly as specific or demanding as everyone else's in this thread. I mostly use it to record/sketch what I've been playing at the piano. I also once tried producing a jazz chart with it for Pat Metheny's Last Train Home (https://redbanned.com/threads/transcription-practice-last-train-home.628/), which I transcribed over a weekend.

    Combined with NotePerformer, it's pretty much exactly what I'm looking for: it puts notes on the page where I'd want to put them myself and the playback is actually really good—not as good as someone who knows what they're doing with a template of course, but more than good enough for my purposes.
     
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  3. #23 Doug Gibson, Jun 15, 2020

    Yeah, I got to check it out. For electric guitar it is an un-usable mess, and frankly I don't think Dorico is ever going to get to professional standards with
    Guitar and Tab.

    I feel like I going a job sweeping the basement while a major party is going on upstairs. It's like we are talking about 2 different programs.

    My sense is it has become a wonderful tool for orchestral notation, and to beat a dead horse; sucks for guitar and tabs.
     
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