Dorico 5 update - thoughts

[MiloDC]

@cparmerlee

There was not much in this release in terms of “notation” (i.e. expanding what visual effects can be added). But I don’t feel the product was lacking much of importance in this area. As I see it, 90% of the enhancements were split more-or-less evenly between playback and productivity.

Agreed.

A few years ago, I remarked on how nice it was to see so much more enthusiasm for playback compared to the days of Sibelius, but with Dorico 5, I see that the attitude of the notation crowd hasn’t abated much. There’s still considerable hand-wringing and open malcontentedness at any episodic focus on playback by the developers. It’s 2023 and people are still doing this.

I’m hugely thankful that Daniel and his team have committed to a more visionary approach that doesn’t relegate playback and production to third-class status.