Steinberg Dorico Elements 5 Educational - Composition Software  

This is the same program as the original Dorico Elements, but with an educational discount. Students and teachers who follow a minimum of a six-month audio course are eligible for the discount. An important difference is that audio produced with the educational version cannot be used commercially.

Dorico is a handy music notation program. It’s very intuitive which means you can predominantly focus on composing and not on your computer. You can add multiple instruments to your composition and it’s easy to navigate between the instruments. Furthermore, the program is very flexible and ever aspect of you composition is easy and quick to change. For example, do you want to change the pitch? Just a few clicks and Bob’s your uncle. The program includes hundreds of high-quality sounds and effects. Moreover, it’s easy to export your work in different files, including MIDI.

Although Elements is a complete program, Pro has its perks. For beginners Elements will be sufficient, but Pro does have more functions. An important difference is that with Pro you can format your work professionally, even suitable for publication. Furthermore, with Pro you can customize just about everything, whilst with Elements this is limited. Pro also includes more filters and audio options. Additionally, when it comes to noting your composition, with Pro you have more options and functions. So music notation is a lot easier with Pro.

Keep in mind: this product is software, there are no physical items included.