Dorico 4.0.30 update released, including the return of the tempo editor (updated)

Updated 24 March 2022

We have today released a Dorico 4.0.31 hotfix that fixes the problem whereby the lists of effects in the Mixer was empty. If you have already downloaded and installed Dorico 4.0.30, please run Steinberg Download Assistant and download and install the new Dorico 4.0.31 Application Installer to update your Dorico 4 installation.

Original announcement

Following hot on the heels of the Dorico 4.0.20 update just three weeks ago, we are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Dorico 4.0.30, a third maintenance release for Dorico 4 since its release in January. This update fixes a serious performance problem that affects users who have a very large number of VST plug-ins installed on their systems, and also reintroduces the tempo editor in the Key Editor, restoring one of the Play mode editors that have been missing from the brand new implementation of Play mode in Dorico 4.

Other improvements in this update include:

  • The MIDI pitch bend editor is now available in the Expression and CC section of the Key Editor
  • The Open Recent page of the Hub now supports a list view in addition to the familiar grid view: simply choose your preferred view type using the buttons on the right-hand side of the window
  • You can now use the up/down arrow keys to move through the grid or list of recent projects, and hit Return or Enter to open the highlighted project
  • When the Hub first appears after starting Dorico, the Learn button will now show a red badge to indicate that new items have been added to the Videos or Dorico blog feeds on the Learn page; when you click the Learn button, the badge will disappear
  • When selecting an item as part of a cue in Engrave mode, the Properties panel now hides any global properties so that you cannot inadvertently change the appearance of the source material by setting properties in another layout
  • A new option Period (full stop) after abbreviated instrument names has been added to the Staff Labels page of Engraving Options, allowing you to specify whether you want to see e.g. ‘Vln’ or ‘Vln.’ for abbreviated instrument names
  • A new property Barline at end of system has been added to the Time Signatures group in the Properties panel, which appears when a start repeat barline is selected; this allows you to specify what kind of barline should appear at the end of the previous system, if the start repeat barline appears at the start of the system
  • A new Chord diagram fingering font font style has been added, now used to draw the fingering numbers at the ends of strings in chord diagrams, allowing you to specify their font, style and size

For a complete list of all of the improvements in this release, please refer to the Dorico 4.0.30 Version History PDF.

Installing the update

Dorico 4.0.30 is a free update for existing Dorico Pro 4, Dorico Elements 4 and Dorico SE 4 users. If you are currently running Dorico Pro 3.5 or Dorico Elements 3.5 or earlier, you can buy an update to Dorico Pro 4 or Dorico Elements 4 from the Steinberg online shop.

Assuming you already have Dorico 4.0, 4.0.10 or 4.0.20 installed, you can update to Dorico 4.0.30 free of charge.

First, quit Dorico and any other Steinberg application that you are running on your computer. Next, because we have also recently updated Steinberg Activation Manager, we recommend that you run Steinberg Download Assistant, which will automatically update Steinberg Activation Manager to the latest version, along with any other elements of the Steinberg run-time environment (including eLicenser Control Center and Steinberg Library Manager) that may be outdated on your computer.

Once Steinberg Download Manager has finished updating any required components, go to My product downloads in the left-hand list, where you will find Dorico Pro 4 , Dorico Elements 4 , or Dorico SE 4 , depending on which product you have installed. Select this, and on the right-hand side you will see Dorico 4.0.30 Application Installer . Click the Install button immediately to the right. This will download and run the Dorico 4.0.30 installer.

(Unlike with previous versions of Dorico, there is no longer a separate updater installer: you can simply run the Dorico 4.0.30 installer to update your existing Dorico 4 installation, rather than using a separate installer.)

On Windows, pay close attention to whether it is recommended to restart your computer at the end of the installation process: if recommended, do restart your computer, as this should avoid font cache problems that you might otherwise encounter, which result in some icons in Dorico’s user interface and some music symbols in the score not appearing correctly until you restart your computer.

More information

For more information, please visit the Dorico blog.

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We have today released a Dorico 4.0.31 hotfix that fixes the problem whereby the lists of effects in the Mixer was empty. If you have already downloaded and installed Dorico 4.0.30, please run Steinberg Download Assistant and download and install the new Dorico 4.0.31 Application Installer to update your Dorico 4 installation.

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