Steinberg Dorico Elements 4 is a powerful musical notation program. It offers the ability to write beautiful notation straight to the stave allowing you to easily create sheet music printouts to a professional standard. Playback your music in-program with stunning realism – utilising Steinbergs included sound library – or use Dorico to import MIDI data and convert it directly into written music. Whatever your workflow Dorico 4 presents you with the versatility and musical intelligence to both streamline it and considerably improve the results. Dorico 4 is an approachable piece of software easy to learn thanks to an uncluttered interface and intuitive design. However it offers so much depth and capacity for complexity that even the most demanding professional will be satisfied. Featuring fully integrated support for modern composition techniques such as microtonality open meter complex tuplets and much more – Dorico 4 translates your ideas to a musical reality without restrictions. Dorico 4 utilises Steinbergs new licensing system – a convenient software-based system that removes the need for physical dongles. Whats new in version 4 A new dedicated Key Editor window lets you seamlessly edit the MIDI performance of your music notation. Adjust dynamics velocities and continuous controllers down to the minutiae allowing you to create highly realistic mock-ups of your music. The brand-new Smart MIDI Import feature intelligently deciphers raw MIDI data in order to interpret incoming tracks and massively reduce the amount of manual “tidying up” work one would normally have to do – such as adding performance techniques and separating polyphonic lines. Three new on-screen instruments make note input easier than ever – the piano fretboard and drum pad allow you to simply press the note you want to add. These intuitive instruments are all touch-enabled for Windows devices with touch screens such as the Microsoft Surface. Dorico 4 comes with plenty of quality-of-life improvements such as the ability to save project templates for non-standard ensembles; automatic score ordering (which puts any added instrument or soloist in the conventional place in the score order); instrument filtering (for focusing in on a couple of parts in a large score); and much much more! Great for composers Dorico 4 features the most versatile and flexible note input and editing tools of any scoring software. Seamlessly write edit and create – with support for modern composition techniques such as complex tuplets microtonality and open meter allowing you to directly write whats in your head without having to resort to workarounds. Doricos high performance allows you to create huge scores for vast ensembles with no slowing down at all – so you can create uninhibited. Create beautiful scores Designed to adhere to the traditions of music engraving that were established by master craftsmen Dorico 4 produces beautifully proportioned and balanced sheet music by default. Its comprehensive collision avoidance and unique kerning capabilities ensure that youre producing natural-looking sheet music as you write it. The engine powering these design decisions is open to fine levels of user control so you can adjust countless parameters in order to get whatever result you want. Learn and teach Whether youre creating learning resources for a class or writing up your composition assignment for submission Dorico 4 is the ideal scoring program for teachers and students alike. The streamlined user interface fits perfectly on a single display and intuitive keyboard commands allow fluid traversal of the program with no need for external MIDI devices – perfect for student laptops. Flexible page layout features and user templates allow you to quickly produce assignments and resources for your class and the high-performance audio playback makes Dorico fantastic for demonstrating compositional techniques live. Brand new Steinberg Licensing Steinbergs new identity-based license management system does away with physical eLicensers instead simply requiring you to sign into the software with your Steinberg ID. You can even run Dorico 4 on two computers with a single-user license by signing in on each machine. This flexible new system unshackles you from only being able to work if you have your licenser with you – not to mention it frees up a USB slot! New in Version 4 Key Editor in Write mode (Pro/Elements/SE/iPad) Smart MIDI import (Pro/Elements) Polyphonic MIDI transcription (Pro/Elements/SE/iPad) Insert mode scope (Pro/Elements/SE/iPad) Melodic and rhythmic transformations (Pro/Elements/SE/iPad) On-screen keyboard fretboard and drum pads (Pro/Elements/SE/iPad) Revamped Paly mode and Mixer (Pro/Elements/SE/iPad) Native Apple Silicon support (Pro/Elements/SE) Flexible new Steinberg Licensing (Pro/Elements/SE) Library Manager (Pro) Jump bar (Pro/Elements/SE/iPad) Instrument filters in gallery view (Pro/Elements/iPad) SuperVision (Pro/Elements) Capos for fretted instruments (Pro/Elements/iPad) Parenthesized chord symbols (Pro/Elements/iPad) Automatic score order and soloists (Pro/Elements/SE/iPad) User-defined project templates and ensembles (Pro/Elements/SE/iPad) Bracketing for figured bass (Pro/Elements/SE/iPad) Improved staff labels (Pro) … and many more new features improvements and fixes. General Best automatic notation and engraving of any software Easy note input Clear user interface Excellent results by default — saves time Intelligently adjusts notation as you write Any number of movements or pieces in a single project Stunning playback — nearly 1500 sounds included Sequencer-style piano roll MIDI editor DTP page layout Unbarred music tuplets across barlines microtonality etc. all handled correctly — no workarounds Two beautiful music font families: Bravura for engraved music and Petaluma for a hand-copied appearance Transfer to and from other programs via MusicXML MIDI PDF etc. Supports VST 3 virtual instruments and effects processors (30 included) Specifications System Requirements Mac: macOS 10.14 Mojave / 10.15 Catalina / 11 Big Sur / 12 Monterey 64-bit Intel multi-core processor or Apple Silicon ARM processor Windows: 64-bit Windows 10 / Windows 11 64-bit Intel or AMD multi-core processor (Intel i5 or faster recommended) 4GB RAM (8GB or more recommended) 6GB free storage space (SSD recommended) OS-compatible audio hardware (ASIO-compatible audio hardware recommended for low-latency performance An internet connection is required for download activation account setup and personal/product registration