Look at my post above about Dorico and part-editing. I think Dorico is aimed at serious composers, arrangers, orchestrators, and publishers. From the video I posted, it looks like you can add master parameters that are applied to all parts, but then can go into individual parts and edit them to your heart's content.MIDI Life Crisis wrote:I guess I'm on Finale forever. So essentially what that means is Dorito [sic] is NOT capable of engraving. For truly serious composers, arrangers, orchestrators, and publishers, that is patently untenable. I have no interest whatsoever in "auto-parts."
I'm sure if you asked on the Dorico forum, they would confirm that part editing is completely possible (and from my impression of the video I posted, very intuitive).
The only big downside I see in Dorico's first release thus far, is that Daniel said there won't be large time-signatures for scores in the first release, but it is planned for a future update. This is something I use in my larger scores all the time.
As for chord names and lead sheets, I still think the first release is aimed solely at the classical demographic. I'm sure they'll add features for those who work in the jazz/pop/rock areas later on, but my sense is that they want to get their foot in the door with classical composers, arrangers, and publishers first.
Neither Finale or Sibelius started off being able to do everything on their first releases. I just think that Dorico is the first program I've seen that could, eventually, knock those two programs off the top.