Does anyone in the forum know help, or can I send my file to somebody of the Dorico support? I wrote a score for big orchestra and choir with a duration of about 80 min, but now in the end Dorico became so extremely slow. Each singlle small step (just making a simple frame change, changing a note,…

You can certainly send the project to me, yes. My email address is d dot spreadbury at steinberg dot de.

GAM, has a solution to your problem been found? I have a similar problem here. I am just about to layout the first part of an opera (150 pages, cc 900 bars). It takes 32 seconds to make a single system break in Engrave mode. What can I do to reduce response time? Windows 10 Pro, v. 22H2 Procesor…

At some flow length, number of flows and increase of score complexity Dorico will get sluggish. The only method to extend this moment is to remove all functions not needed while entering notes in a large piece. Here some which will extend the moment it becomes unworkable. First disable condensing i…

Milos, It pains me to tell you this, but I’m 99.5% sure your computer isn’t up to this task any more. 6th Gen i5 is not considered fast under any circumstances in 2026, as it is almost 11 years old. It may have been okay until now and with smaller projects, but not any more. Others might have di…

Yes, Dorico does slow down somewhat with large projects, but 30 seconds for that size seems unusual. I have much larger scores, and I don’t see anywhere near that much.

Can anyone confirm from their own experience that working on large scores (e.g. 2 hours operas) is significantly faster when using a more powerful computer? What response times approx. do you usually achieve when adjusting a condensed score?

There are some old threads on speeds… e.g You can download a Rite of Spring here… [image] Large Dorico project is exceedingly slow Dorico It might be worth opening these Rite of Spring files, here - There have been lots of threads about speed of editing, …

[image] Large Scores Unusable in Dorico 5 Dorico Alright: I downloaded Part 1, opened it, set PT to Silent and saved in my Dorico version, the latest available. Opening the file from the hub: 17 sec Switching from uncondensed full score layout to the condens…

[image] Janus: There are some old threads on speeds… e.g You can download a Rite of Spring here… Large Dorico project is exceedingly slow - #6 by Stephen_Taylor And comparing your own machine’s performance. Appreciate it—tested this, and checked against this thread as well, where users list…

I’m currently looking for a new laptop so naturally I’m going through topics like this one. It does seem to me that the System Requirements page on the Steinberg website is in dire need of an update. Based on the many reports on the forum and on my own experiences, the specs Steinberg list as recomm…

HELP - Dorico extremely slow, becomes impossible to work

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Janus March 4, 2026, 6:23pm 8

There are some old threads on speeds… e.g You can download a Rite of Spring here…

And comparing your own machine’s performance.

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