Comparing scores

Dorico
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I have often used the Compare feature of Sibelius, which allows comparison of two open scores, which are different versions of the same piece, to discover the differences. In Dorico, I can open 2 scores, but there seems to be no way of comparing them, or am I missing something?

If this is not possible now, might it become available in the future?

Thanks!

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There is currently no way to do this in Dorico.

  • You could use the Library Manager to compare the settings in the two files, but this doesn’t compare the content.
  • You could export both files as MusicXML and compare those with a diff program, but there will be lots of noise, and it won’t be as immediately useful as showing you the differences musically.
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With Dorico, as of 5.1.70, you cannot compare two files musical content. But you can use the library manager to compare their different options settings, that’s already something!

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Tag your topic with the ‘feature-request’ tag. I believe that Steinberg takes note of all such and considers the relative merit fairly. It is impressive how may user feature-requests they implement over time.

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Thanks for the help and suggestion. I do think this would be a good feature for the developers to add. Sibelius has a more sophisticated system for saving and comparing old versions, but I never use it. The minimalist feature of comparing scores is sometimes a major time-saver.