Ableton to Dorico

Ableton → Dorico. Drop an Ableton Live .als project and get a MusicXML score Dorico imports: every MIDI track engraved as a part.

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§ What transfers

What comes across

Every MIDI track engraved as a part Dorico imports: barred, spelled, tied and beamed.

Parts one per MIDI track Notes & rhythm barred, tied, beamed Chords & rests Key & clefs Tempo & sig Tempo changes opening tempo Audio tracks not in a score Dynamics & slurs not invented Mixer & plugins no place in a score
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§ Honesty

Told straight, never silently dropped

Every MIDI track becomes a part with its name, its notes engraved on one timeline at the project’s tempo and time signature: barred, spelled for the key, with chords, rests, ties across bar lines, dots and beams by the beat, and the clef each part’s range needs. A score has no mixer, so plugins, levels, sends and automation have no place in it and aren’t written; the report names what stayed behind. Audio tracks aren’t written, since a score can’t hold audio. Dynamics, articulations, slurs and lyrics aren’t invented: a DAW project has no model for them. A swung part is written as it was played (dotted pairs) rather than marked “Swing”, and a tempo change partway through isn’t written yet: the score takes the opening tempo. Nothing is silently dropped: every conversion comes with a report of what changed.

§ Privacy

Your music stays yours

Local conversions stay right in your browser: your session never leaves your computer, nothing uploaded, nothing stored. Uploaded sessions move over an encrypted connection into your own private space, with access only you control, and yours to delete anytime.

§ Questions

Ableton to Dorico: common questions

Can Dorico open an Ableton Live .als file?

Not as a native Dorico project. Doseedo converts it: upload your .als on its own (a score needs only the MIDI, so the audio can stay behind) and it engraves every MIDI track as a part in a MusicXML score (.mxl), the file Dorico opens through its MusicXML import.

Why do I get MusicXML and not a .dorico?

A .dorico is Dorico’s own format, which isn’t publicly documented, and a file we can’t be sure opens would only look like a conversion. MusicXML is the notation format Dorico imports in full (MuseScore, Sibelius and Finale read it too), so the download is one .mxl you open through Dorico’s MusicXML import.

How do I export or transfer an Ableton Live project to Dorico?

People describe the same job five ways (export Ableton Live to Dorico, import an .als into Dorico, transfer the project, open an Ableton Live project in Dorico), and none of it needs retyping a note. Upload the .als and it converts to a MusicXML score Dorico imports with every MIDI track as a part and the tempo and time signature intact; audio tracks aren’t written, since a score can’t hold audio.

What carries over from Ableton to Dorico?

Every MIDI track becomes a part with its name, its notes engraved on one timeline at the project’s tempo and time signature: barred, spelled for the key, with chords, rests, ties across bar lines, dots and beams by the beat, and the clef each part’s range needs. A score has no mixer, so plugins, levels, sends and automation have no place in it and aren’t written; the report names what stayed behind. Audio tracks aren’t written, since a score can’t hold audio. Dynamics, articulations, slurs and lyrics aren’t invented: a DAW project has no model for them. A swung part is written as it was played (dotted pairs) rather than marked “Swing”, and a tempo change partway through isn’t written yet: the score takes the opening tempo.

Do my plugins transfer from Ableton to Dorico?

A score has no mixer, so plugins, levels, sends and automation have no place in it and aren’t written; the report names what stayed behind. Nothing is faked: whatever doesn’t cross the Ableton–Dorico boundary is named in the conversion report.

Is my project private?

Your project is uploaded over an encrypted connection into your own private space, converted, and is yours to delete anytime.

How many conversions are free?

3 conversions a month with no account; a free account gets 120 credits a month and Pro 2,000 (a conversion is 1 credit), every plan at full fidelity. No watermark, cancel in one click. One conversion is one project translated one direction; a round-trip is two.

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