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Music Software & Interface Design: Steinberg's Dorico

Tantacrul · commentary · Watch on YouTube

UX & UI designMusic theory, synthesis & production

What it is

Tantacrul critiques the UX and UI of Steinberg's Dorico music notation software, comparing it with Sibelius and user testing it with real musicians alongside his own attempt to compose in it.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a rigorous, entertaining example of interface design review and notes the author later became head of design at MuseScore.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “some hilariously scathing UI/UX video reviews for some popular composing software tools”

    Hilariously scathing UI/UX review of Dorico

    ohazi, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “Update on MuseScore 3.6 and 4.0”

  2. “In another video on Dorico [0], he did user testing. So he's not just pulling things out his ass.”

    Tantacrul's user testing of Dorico

    guitarbill, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “I’m now in charge of Audacity [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ux review, music notation, dorico, user testing, interface design

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