Dorico to Cubase

Dorico → Cubase. Drop a Dorico .musicxml score and get a .dawproject Cubase imports: every part and note rebuilt, not bounced to stems.

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§ What transfers

What comes across

Every part and every note, written as MIDI tracks into a .dawproject Cubase imports.

Parts as MIDI tracks Notes & rhythm chords, voices, ties Track names Tempo & sig opening tempo Tempo changes not yet Dynamics one velocity Articulations & slurs notation only Instrument sounds yours to choose
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§ Honesty

Told straight, never silently dropped

From the MusicXML Dorico exports: every part as a MIDI track named after it, with every note at its exact position and length (chords and second voices included, and a tied note as one held note); the opening tempo and the time signature. A score names instruments, not sounds: each part arrives as a MIDI track named for its instrument, and you choose the sound in Cubase. Dynamics, articulations, slurs and lyrics are notation a DAW project has no place for, so the notes arrive at one velocity and the report lists what it left out. A tempo change later in the score isn’t carried yet: the project runs at the opening tempo. A bare .dorico carries its players and flows but not its notes; export MusicXML for those. 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

Dorico to Cubase: common questions

Can Cubase open a Dorico .musicxml file?

Cubase Pro can import MusicXML itself (File › Import › MusicXML); Cubase Artist can’t. Doseedo converts it for either: upload your .musicxml (the MusicXML Dorico exports from File › Export › MusicXML, which carries every note; a bare .dorico carries its players and flows but not its notes) and it writes a .dawproject (the open DAWproject format Cubase 14 or later imports) with every part as a MIDI track and the tempo in place.

Which file do I export from Dorico?

MusicXML: in Dorico choose File › Export › MusicXML and upload the .musicxml or .mxl it writes. That carries every part with its notes and rhythm. A .dorico itself converts too, but only its structure: each player becomes a named track and each flow a marker. Its notes aren’t readable outside Dorico, so the report says so rather than inventing them.

How do I export or transfer a Dorico score to Cubase?

People describe the same job five ways (export Dorico to Cubase, import a .musicxml into Cubase, transfer the score, open a Dorico score in Cubase), and none of it needs stems. Upload the .musicxml and it converts to a .dawproject Cubase imports with every part as a MIDI track, every note and the score’s tempo and time signature intact.

What carries over from Dorico to Cubase?

From the MusicXML Dorico exports: every part as a MIDI track named after it, with every note at its exact position and length (chords and second voices included, and a tied note as one held note); the opening tempo and the time signature. A score names instruments, not sounds: each part arrives as a MIDI track named for its instrument, and you choose the sound in Cubase. Dynamics, articulations, slurs and lyrics are notation a DAW project has no place for, so the notes arrive at one velocity and the report lists what it left out. A tempo change later in the score isn’t carried yet: the project runs at the opening tempo. A bare .dorico carries its players and flows but not its notes; export MusicXML for those.

Do my plugins transfer from Dorico to Cubase?

A score names instruments, not sounds: each part arrives as a MIDI track named for its instrument, and you choose the sound in Cubase. Nothing is faked: whatever doesn’t cross the Dorico–Cubase boundary is named in the conversion report.

Why do I get a .dawproject and not a .cpr?

Cubase’s own .cpr format isn’t publicly documented, and a file we can’t be sure opens would only look like a conversion. DAWproject is the open project format Bitwig and PreSonus created together; Cubase 14 or later imports it through its DAWproject import, and Nuendo reads the same file. The download is that one file.

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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