Now that 6 has been around a bit, do you all think its working OK?
My 5 is fine so don’t want to do anything to ‘annoy’ it!
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Yes, it is worth it. And it is very stable. Ultimately, you have to look at the feature list and decide whether or not they will benefit you. For my part, I always find something new that I’m happy to have, and I’m eager to support the development of this program.
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You won’t annoy it.
5 lives happily next to 6, and can both be used 
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Proofreading, Etude Piano, Cutaways, Chord Symbols and Condensing improvements; to quote only five new features. If you need or like just one of them, the upgrade is worthwhile.
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Thanks all. I will now upgrade!
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Will you tell me what improvements have been made to condensing, specifically?
Well, you can now condense players holding more than one instrument, and that is HUGE.
You can also modify the position of rests in condensed staves, which can be useful in some cases.
Read the headlines of the Dorico Version History to have an idea of the gazillion quality of life improvements made. Daniel Spreadbury has declared (and I believe him) this was the most significant upgrade in Dorico’s development.
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Do you know, for instance, whether I will be able to add slurs to a part in a condensed score that have been removed in Engrave mode but that are present in Write mode in Dorico 6? The version history doesn’t mention anything like this.
Welcome David!
You should read here: https://blog.dorico.com/2025/04/dorico-6-released/, particularly about " Condensing for doubling players".
Please have a look to what comes later as well…
Thanks for the reply. Not seeing the fixes I need to condensing for it to be worthwhile at this point. No ability to re-input items that condensing somehow removes, like hairpins and slurs, etc., that are present in write mode but missing in engrave mode (even though they were input in the exact way that they were in all the other parts with those elements present in both modes). I’ve been around the bend trying to remedy these problems and I can’t see where the new version is going to help.
Could you share a file that exhibits the problems you’re having with condensing? It would be the best way to either help you, or make it clear for the devs what you’re asking for. 
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There’s also an extensive run-down of the new features in 6.0 and 6.1 here:
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To me, the proofreading function is worth the upgrade alone and they keep on improving it. It always catches things that I missed working on big orchestral scores. If you’re doing lead sheets or small scores it may not be as much of a killer app.
I’ve had a few more crashes in 6 but it is overall very stable.
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Snap condensed 3.dorico (2.6 MB) Thanks for this…some issues I’m experiencing can be found, for instance, in the Flute 2 part in m. 22 (missing rests), the inability to re-apply condensing after temporarily overriding in order to place a slur in the oboe 2 part in m. 35, the inability to place a natural sign in the oboe part in m. 127 and the missing hairpin in the oboe 1 part in mm. 129-131. These things are present in Write mode. But, condensing seemingly makes it impossible to revise/add these things in Engrave mode. Thanks so much.
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I’ll look into this tomorrow — maybe some powerusers across the Atlantic will already have found solutions then 
(@asherber , @benwiggy , @johnkprice , @jesele , etc.) or nearer, @charles_piano, @pianoleo ?
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I am unable to open this file - It crashes Dorico at 94%.
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I’m sorry. Not sure why. I just opened it and it’s not crashing here.
Thanks. Can some rests still be purposely hidden using remove rests under edit if this option is chosen?
Yes, sure.
(I wanted to just say “Yes”, but Discourse tells me that replies have to be at least 5 characters long! 
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