“Okay, real question. What’s the compatibility between Dorico and some of the instrument libraries out there? I use Spitfire and Musio in Logic and it would be nice to have that same quality of sound design available to me in my engraving software. FTR I spend a lot of time COMPOSING in Finale and not just engraving.”
Expression maps here:
This should give you an idea of the sound libraries used (and by using Expression maps) how they integrate into Dorico.
User guide reference: Steinberg
I hope that I can give you a usable answer, rather than “Everything seems to work.” I’m a spitfire user too and regarding Spitfire Abbey road libs, BBC, etc. - I don’t think that I’ve ever run into an issue running them in Dorico. (I can’t say that about every VSTi, but one reason that I like Spitfire.) Don’t expect them to come with tailored expression maps already built or anything, but people are usually happy to share the ones they’ve built.
The existence of “midi regions” in Dorico means you can be lazy about even creating them sometimes. The piano roll editor… The opportunities in Dorico to tailor the playing in preferences, the histogram-based way of shifting dynamics as a new kind of nuanced option… CC lanes… the option for different instrument/instances per voice in the same staff to support divis, solo parts, etc.
Dorico isn’t a DAW - but it IS broadcast quality and there are other products that tailor nicely with it. There are a few features that Synthesizer V (the vocal one) or Hollywood choirs word builder that have had some limitations inside Dorico - or at least they did in the past. It is NOT fully synced with Cubase or anything yet, but as you’d expect it does have the ability to send MIDI out to external software/hardware.
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It’s good. Personally I use NP and NPPE where I can as they add a whole new dimension of realism, but I’ve used Spitfire libraries directly too, and Kontakt-hosted things.
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