Updated 7 August 2024: We have released a further hotfix for Dorico 5.1.50, bringing it to version 5.1.51. Please see below for more details.
Original text: We are pleased to announce the release of Dorico 5.1.50, a free update for Dorico Pro 5, Dorico Elements 5, Dorico SE 5, and Dorico for iPad. This update includes almost 50 bug fixes and some engraving improvements for bar numbers, dynamics, instrument changes, and more.
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We have this morning released a hotfix for Dorico 5.1.50, bringing the software to version 5.1.51. This minor update fixes a handful of bugs that have been reported since last week’s release of Dorico 5.1.50. The update can be downloaded from Steinberg Download Assistant in the usual way.
The changes are as follows:
Bit depth. It is now possible to export audio in 32-bit and 64-bit float bit depth, in addition to 16-bit, 24-bit and 32-bit integer bit depth.
Lyric extenders. In Japanese lyrics, it is conventional for melismas – where a syllable is sung across multiple notes – to be indicated with a hyphen character shown under each note, rather than the extender line aligned with the text baseline used in most other languages.
Dorico also showed these Japanese hyphens for lyrics written in Chinese and Korean, which is unconventional; lyrics in these languages more conventionally use the same extender line as most other languages.
For new projects, Dorico now correctly creates extender lines for lyrics in Chinese and Korean. Existing projects will be unaffected by this change: if you have projects that use Chinese or Korean lyrics and want to replace Japanese hyphens with extender lines, you should delete the Japanese hyphens individually, then edit the lyric that begins the melisma and hit Space as required to recreate the extender line.
Starting playback. The delay when starting playback has been reduced from around one second to around 50 milliseconds.
Preferences dialog. The Preferences dialog no longer shows the name of the current project in its title bar; unlike the other similar-looking options dialogs, there is only ever a single Preferences dialog that applies to the application as a whole, not an individual project.
| Component | Issue |
|---|---|
| Barlines | It is once again possible to create a start repeat barline on a single staff in a passage with a local time signature. |
| Key Editor | The commands to decrease or increase playback start and end offsets now always immediately update the display in the piano roll in the Key Editor. |
| Multi-bar rests | When opening projects created prior to Dorico 5.1.50, the new Spacing approach for single bar rests option is now correctly disabled in projects that were set not to show a bar count on a single bar rest. |
| Note input | Notes written for solo strings played back by HALion Symphonic Orchestra now once again audition at the correct dynamic. |
| Note input | Hitting Tab to cycle the selection between notes and dynamics at the same position now works correctly once more. |
| Note input | Under some circumstances, lengthening or shortening a selected item could cause the item’s duration to change by twice as much as expected; this could happen if either of its circular handles is selected along with its body. This has now been fixed. |
| Page numbers | When View > Page Numbers is activated, page numbers are correctly shown even when the layout is set to show no page numbers. |
| Pedal lines | Under rare circumstances, dragging a pedal line continuation at the beginning of a system could crash; this has now been fixed. |
| Playback | An a tempo marking following a Tempo I marking will now correctly return to the initial tempo as indicated by Tempo I rather than to whatever explicit tempo marking precedes Tempo I. |
| Playback | Under some circumstances, Dorico would play back gradual tempo markings from the wrong initial tempo; this has now been fixed. |
| Playing techniques | Changing the Text edit control in Library > Preferences and clicking OK without first moving the focus to another control in the dialog now correctly updates all relevant playing techniques immediately. |
| User interface | The Preset selectors in the Background Colors section of the Colors page of Preferences now update correctly when choosing a gradient preset. |
| User interface | Clicking Reset to Factory in Preferences now immediately updates the Write and Engrave mode background gradients, if necessary. |