Steinberg Dorico Pro 3.5 is the latest edition of their music notation software that is designed to deliver comprehensive, customizable, user-friendly scoring functions and built-in desktop publishing for composers, professors, musicians, and engravers in universities, studios, and film, TV, and game media production facilities.

Dorico Pro 3.5 introduces enhancements such as pitch-before-duration note input, figured bass, expanded guitar notation, condensed divisi for string players, and much more. Write, engrave, print, and play music notation for unlimited instruments, which can be sourced from the supplied 2000-sound 8GB library or your own VST3 plug-ins. The 30 included effects processors enable versatile tonal modification of your instrument sounds.

Input data via a mouse, keyboard, or MIDI keyboard and refine your arrangement in the sequencer-style piano MIDI editor. Dorico Pro 3.5 is designed to let you freely experiment with musical ideas; you can write in open meter without a time signature and later add or delete bar lines wherever they are needed. A single-window user interface places all the software's functions within easy reach, which is particularly convenient when working on a laptop. Smart score preparation tools allow you to bring together separate movements, works, sketches, or songs, in any combination, into score layouts for conductor or performer. Dorico Pro 3.5 lets you import and export MusicXML and MIDI files from Cubase or other DAWs, and export graphics in a variety of formats for pre-press work.

Attention has been lavished on every detail of the appearance of music. The automatic engraving engine provides extensive capabilities for graphical tweaking and editing and aims to produce aesthetically pleasing pages that meet the demands of the most discerning engravers.

It is built with the same 64-bit floating point audio engine found in Cubase and Nuendo and delivers sound at resolutions up to 192 kHz. It supports VST3-compatible virtual instruments and effects and comes with the HALion Sonic SE player and the complete HALion Symphonic Orchestra library. Dorico Pro 3.5 is compatible with macOS and Windows systems.

Write, Engrave, Play, Print, and Export    Compose for Unlimited Instruments    Input via Mouse, Keyboard, or MIDI    Sequencer-Style Piano Roll MIDI Editor    Hundreds of Customizable Options    Built-In Desktop Publishing    Includes 8GB Library with 2000 Sounds    Includes 30 FX, Supports VST3 Plug-Ins    Compatible with macOS and Windows

• Pitch-before-duration note input method 
• Figured bass for shorthand notation of harmony in music from the Baroque and Classical periods
• VST Expression Maps with conditional switches and improved handling
• Additional guitar notation features including support for tapping, hammer-on and pull-off, vibrato arm (whammy bar) techniques, and single-click creation of chord diagram grids
• Support for condensed divisi for string section players
• Add to the 40 preset horizontal and vertical lines available to your project with a suite of advanced editors that allow you to customize every aspect of the line's appearance
• Single-click creation of empty staves per cue for preparing Hollywood-style parts
• Quickly and easily create parts using different transpositions and clefs, always linked to the original music so changes made in one layout will automatically be reflected in every other
• Customizable user interface with selectable page color for scores and selectable background colors or gradients for Write mode and Engrave mode
• Filter and search options in options dialogs and the Properties panel
• MusicXML export with expanded support for percussion, dynamics, notehead types, time signatures, tempo marks, and more

• Professional composers and arrangers
• Film/TV/game media musicians
• Engravers and publishers
• Professors and instructors
• University/college students
• Easy and fast to learn
• Friendly manual and video tutorials

• Automatic engraving
• Automatic layout of parts
• Condensed scores
• DTP page layout
• Drum notation
• Easy note input
• Flexible chord symbols
• Integrated MIDI editors
• Intelligent assistant
• Linked guitar tab
• Multiple pieces per project
• Streamlined workflow with five modes and efficient window management
• Supports VST3
• High-performance architecture built for multi-core 64-bit CPUs
• Award-winning Cubase audio engine with 64-bit floating point resolution

• Bar numbers with customizable positioning and appearance
• Bar repeats with one-, two-, or four-bar repeat signs
• Beaming
• Bracketed noteheads
• Brackets and braces
• Cautionary accidentals
• Basic and advanced chord symbols
• 23 standard clefs
• Comprehensive cues
• Divisi
• Easy creation of dynamics
• Specialized fingering features for keyboard, fretted, brass, and string instruments
• Grace notes
• Harp pedaling
• Jazz articulations
• Lines
• Unlimited lyric lines
• Ornaments and trills
• Ossias
• Piano pedaling
• Over 200 playing techniques
• Rehearsal marks
• Rhythmic notation
• Slurs
• Immediate and gradual tempo changes
• Tonality systems

• 8GB library with over 2000 sounds
• 30 effects processors
• General MIDI sounds
• HALion Sonic SE production sounds
• HALion Symphonic Orchestra
• Soundiron Olympus Choir Micro
• Keda Indian drum sounds
• Supports third-party VSTs
• Chord track
• Dynamics lane
• Import video
• Customizable interpretations of notations
• MIDI controller editor
• Audio mixer with per-channel insert/send effects and routing control
• Playback templates
• Customizable swing playback
• Tempo track editor
• Velocity editor

• Automatic engraving
• Automatic rhythm spacing
• Automatic vertical spacing
• DTP page layout
• Edit rhythmic spacing
• Edit vertical spacing
• Engrave mode
• Engraving options
• Graphical tweaks
• Import graphics
• Unlimited layouts
• Multiple staff sizes
• Two music font families
• Basic and advanced text support

• Arranger tools
• Custom key commands
• Input via mouse, keyboard, and MIDI keyboard
• Basic and expanded filters
• Flexible meter
• Insert mode
• Lock duration
• Multipaste
• Paste into voice
• Notation options
• Popovers
• Requantize
• Retrospective record
• Step MIDI input
• System track
• Transposition
• Tuplets
• Unlimited voices

• Import and export MusicXML
• Export audio in WAV or MP3 format
• Export graphics in PDF, PNG, SVG, or TIFF format
• Import and export MIDI

• Batch printing or export
• Booklet printing
• Duplex support
• Press-quality PDF
• Print preview

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Does the wire detach from the unit?

A: Yes, the cable included in the box is a detachable Micro-USB to USB Type-C Cable.

Q: 2. Can read The Memory Card Sony 160GB CFexpress Type A?

A: No it cannot unfortunately. The only card reader out for the CFexpress type A cards is https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1578713-REG/sony_mrw_g2_cfexpress_type_a_sd.html?sts=pi&pim=Y

Q: 3. How long is the cable? Thanks for the help Anders

A: The cable included with the reader is 14.5".

Q: 4. Will this work with an iPad Air?

A: The unit will only connect to a computer (Mac or Windows). Unfortunately it is not able to be connected (or synced) to an iPad Air.

Q: 5. Can you remove the hotshoe?

A: Yes. Note the thumb screw at the top-side of the holder.

Q: 6. Does this device support transfers from iTunes library? If so, how does the transfer process work?

A: You would need to connect the Sony NW-WM1AM2 Walkman Digital Music Player to your computer via USB, go to your iTunes Library folder and move the files from there into the folder that stores all of your music on the NW-WM1AM2 Music Player.

Q: 7. How do you remove the metal insert at the bottom?

A: Loosen the knob and push the metal button. It should fall out.

Q: 8. Is the cable compatible with new Macbook Pro?

A: This reader comes with a cable with a USB-C computer connection on the end. This is compatible with the ports found on the latest Macbook Pro from 2020.

Q: 9. Can this hold a large umbrella. e.g. 60 or bigger?

A: Yes this bracket can be used to hold an umbrella 60 or larger.

Q: 10. What’s the difference between this reader and the B&H#SAIPMCRW?

A: This one uses a USB-C connector, the other one is USB-A.