OMG! CJ - that was the absolute BEST DORICO tutorial I have seen so far! You are thorough, articulate and so helpful! Your voice comes through distinctly and with a pleasant timbre! I can't thank you enough for this FINE presentation!
Very useful! Now that I've had a couple months to get familiar with the basics of Dorico, I'm finding videos like yours to be helpful in learning new tricks and getting deeper into the software. I've found that, for my main publisher client, I get better results when I uncheck all the boxes in the XML import settings. I think the reason I get good results is that I've created a template for this publisher. I like to open a new project using the template and then import the XML file. Since I left everything unchecked, the XML settings are overridden, and I get something that matches the publisher's house style more closely. I end up with two flows. The first flow has the staff labels already set the way the publisher wants them, so I just copy/paste the imported music into the first flow, then delete the unnecessary flow. I'm still very new at Dorico, so there's probably a more streamlined way to do this, but it seems to be working well.
Hey, honestly when I am doing work copying between software, I do it like you. I make a project template and just paste into it and redo certain elements. Glad Dorico is going well for you and thank you for watching!
@@cjrhenmusic I couldn't figure out how to shorten the top system space. There was too much space at the top. Also, apparently you can't italicize tempo marks? couldn't figure out that either
Hi - very helpful! Is it possible to import an xml file into a template I create in Dorico so that any modifications to fonts, layout, score/part names can universally applied? I have a lot of lead sheet and band scores in Finale that I’d love to have the same look. Hope that makes sense
Hey yes it is, I personally have found it slightly easier just to open both the template and the XML at the same time and copy paste it, either way it is a quick operation!
Hello Cj, I just dropped these questions on Dorico’s TH-cam channel, but don’t know if they’ll reply, so I’ll copy/paste those questions here to cover both bases-they are in regard to the iPad version. If you have any insight, I would greatly appreciate your help. ----- I recently transitioned from Finale to Dorico Pro 5.1, and I have all of the available downloads downloaded onto my iMac HDD. Wanting to be able to work on notation away from my iMac, I am considering the lifetime purchase of Dorico for iPad. Three questions: 1. As my iPad has 1 TB of internal storage, will I have to download all of the available downloads Dorico offers in order to make the iPad version work seamlessly with my iMac? My Dorico files are saved in iCloud. 2. Is the iPad version a Dorico Pro version, or is there just one version? 3. What about future updates? Will there be a future charge to upgrade the iPad version from Dorico Pro 5.x to, say, Dorico 6.x? Thank you!
Hey, I just did a little digging and think I have some answers for you. First the dorico app has its own playback engine with some more default playback instruments from my experience so what ever comes with the app is what you get unless that has changed recently. Second, the iPad is a very full featured version of Dorico, I found that some advanced operations just are not worth the hassle performing on the app and I prefer to do them on my PC or Mac, but things likes notes, chords, accidentals, dynamics which is mostly what I did on the go worked great! Third, I use OneDrive and it automatically syncs my projects between my devices, and might be able to just have certain projects stored locally on a device while the rest are in the cloud and as you need them download them to your iPad and the changes will automatically update. That is a bit more of an iCloud question so maybe check up on Apples documentation about that but I imagine that is how it should work. Last, the lifetime license says it will give you unlimited access to future versions of Dorico for iPad which means whole number versions such as Dorico 6.x 7.x 8.x when those come. I am always skeptical of app and lifetime pricing because the license really only gives Steinberg the equivalence of 3 years of subscriptions. Surely it will last many years for come but I could see them in 10 years changing something, so either way it is worth your money. Now my honest opinion is that I would prefer using Dorico on a MacBook Air than an iPad (just personal preference) but if you got your iPad Pro sitting around, for that price you should get good use out of the app! Hope this extremely long winded answer helps you!
@@cjrhenmusic - Thank you, Cj! Your research helped me make up my mind to purchase the iPad version. And being that I store my Dorico projects to iCloud, it’ll work just like OneDrive. And not so worried about full orchestral scoring-at this point. I’ve contemplated replacing my 7-year-old iMac with a large-screen MacBook Pro, but yikes!! 💰 They sure don’t give those things away. And being retired military, I’ll have to save up my shekels a bit longer in order to afford one. Thank you again-Danny
Always go to the official forum with questions, because that's where most Dorico users, support staff and developers hang out. They will always help you there. Sometimes even the lead developer will help you!
How do you adjust the spacing between staves to match the original Finale staff spacing? In Finale, I can just drag the staff down to create that space.
That can be accessed in the engraving tab, in the left hand side toolbar, one of the toolbars on the left hand side allows you to change the vertical location of systems
OMG! CJ - that was the absolute BEST DORICO tutorial I have seen so far! You are thorough, articulate and so helpful! Your voice comes through distinctly and with a pleasant timbre! I can't thank you enough for this FINE presentation!
Thank you!
Very useful! Now that I've had a couple months to get familiar with the basics of Dorico, I'm finding videos like yours to be helpful in learning new tricks and getting deeper into the software. I've found that, for my main publisher client, I get better results when I uncheck all the boxes in the XML import settings. I think the reason I get good results is that I've created a template for this publisher. I like to open a new project using the template and then import the XML file. Since I left everything unchecked, the XML settings are overridden, and I get something that matches the publisher's house style more closely. I end up with two flows. The first flow has the staff labels already set the way the publisher wants them, so I just copy/paste the imported music into the first flow, then delete the unnecessary flow. I'm still very new at Dorico, so there's probably a more streamlined way to do this, but it seems to be working well.
Hey, honestly when I am doing work copying between software, I do it like you. I make a project template and just paste into it and redo certain elements. Glad Dorico is going well for you and thank you for watching!
Cj you are doing a great job. Thanks for the videos. Don’t worry about critics. You keep doing you, man!
I appreciate you and will keep striving to make some good content. This was a fun one to make!
Thank YOU!! I really needed to see this video... I'm going to try it out myself!
I hope this video gives you some guidance!
@@cjrhenmusic It was a great help, but I still got really stuck on a few things.
Anything in particular? Maybe I can point you in the right direction!
@@cjrhenmusic I couldn't figure out how to shorten the top system space. There was too much space at the top. Also, apparently you can't italicize tempo marks? couldn't figure out that either
(NO SHOUTING) EXCELLENT VIDEO!
Thank you so much, I am loving making these tutorials. I have more on the way and will start making some composition videos too!
Hi - very helpful! Is it possible to import an xml file into a template I create in Dorico so that any modifications to fonts, layout, score/part names can universally applied?
I have a lot of lead sheet and band scores in Finale that I’d love to have the same look. Hope that makes sense
Hey yes it is, I personally have found it slightly easier just to open both the template and the XML at the same time and copy paste it, either way it is a quick operation!
Hello Cj, I just dropped these questions on Dorico’s TH-cam channel, but don’t know if they’ll reply, so I’ll copy/paste those questions here to cover both bases-they are in regard to the iPad version. If you have any insight, I would greatly appreciate your help.
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I recently transitioned from Finale to Dorico Pro 5.1, and I have all of the available downloads downloaded onto my iMac HDD. Wanting to be able to work on notation away from my iMac, I am considering the lifetime purchase of Dorico for iPad. Three questions:
1. As my iPad has 1 TB of internal storage, will I have to download all of the available downloads Dorico offers in order to make the iPad version work seamlessly with my iMac? My Dorico files are saved in iCloud.
2. Is the iPad version a Dorico Pro version, or is there just one version?
3. What about future updates? Will there be a future charge to upgrade the iPad version from Dorico Pro 5.x to, say, Dorico 6.x?
Thank you!
Hey, I just did a little digging and think I have some answers for you. First the dorico app has its own playback engine with some more default playback instruments from my experience so what ever comes with the app is what you get unless that has changed recently. Second, the iPad is a very full featured version of Dorico, I found that some advanced operations just are not worth the hassle performing on the app and I prefer to do them on my PC or Mac, but things likes notes, chords, accidentals, dynamics which is mostly what I did on the go worked great! Third, I use OneDrive and it automatically syncs my projects between my devices, and might be able to just have certain projects stored locally on a device while the rest are in the cloud and as you need them download them to your iPad and the changes will automatically update. That is a bit more of an iCloud question so maybe check up on Apples documentation about that but I imagine that is how it should work. Last, the lifetime license says it will give you unlimited access to future versions of Dorico for iPad which means whole number versions such as Dorico 6.x 7.x 8.x when those come. I am always skeptical of app and lifetime pricing because the license really only gives Steinberg the equivalence of 3 years of subscriptions. Surely it will last many years for come but I could see them in 10 years changing something, so either way it is worth your money. Now my honest opinion is that I would prefer using Dorico on a MacBook Air than an iPad (just personal preference) but if you got your iPad Pro sitting around, for that price you should get good use out of the app! Hope this extremely long winded answer helps you!
@@cjrhenmusic - Thank you, Cj! Your research helped me make up my mind to purchase the iPad version. And being that I store my Dorico projects to iCloud, it’ll work just like OneDrive. And not so worried about full orchestral scoring-at this point. I’ve contemplated replacing my 7-year-old iMac with a large-screen MacBook Pro, but yikes!! 💰 They sure don’t give those things away. And being retired military, I’ll have to save up my shekels a bit longer in order to afford one. Thank you again-Danny
They sure aren't cheap, I am lucky I prefer windows haha. And that's a very honorable career, thank you!
Always go to the official forum with questions, because that's where most Dorico users, support staff and developers hang out. They will always help you there. Sometimes even the lead developer will help you!
How do you adjust the spacing between staves to match the original Finale staff spacing? In Finale, I can just drag the staff down to create that space.
That can be accessed in the engraving tab, in the left hand side toolbar, one of the toolbars on the left hand side allows you to change the vertical location of systems
It is a little hard to describe in text, so hopefully I cover it soon in a video. Thank you for your support!