In general, as you know, we don’t talk about the specifics of what we are working on, but in this instance we need to make an exception, since Iconica Sketch is not only included with Cubase Elements 13 and Cubase Pro 13, but will also be available for sale separately from today, and we don’t want Dorico users to go out and spend $120 on it right now.
I am pleased to be able to tell you that Iconica Sketch will indeed be included at no extra charge with both Dorico Elements 5.1 and Dorico Pro 5.1 when they arrive later this year. Dorico 5.1 will be a free update for all existing Dorico 5 users.
You can actually load the Iconica Sketch sounds in Dorico 5.0.20 because your Dorico Elements 5 and Dorico Pro 5 license already includes a license for the new sounds, but you really need a playback template and expression maps to be able to make good use of the new library. That playback template will be included with the next update as well.