I don't know Sibelius, so keep that in mind, but how likely is it that the Sibelius rep would conveniently ignore those things that are easier and faster in Finale? If he wants to keep his job, VERY likely.
One fellow on this list (or perhaps another) once listed (numerically) over 60 reasons why Finale was better than Sibelius. Granted, those were from his perspective but impressive nonetheless and must reading for those looking for which program to buy. My point is, was the Sibelius demonstration impressive not so much for its content but rather that (1) they got the invitation or (2) they solicited the invitation as a result of a better push to rope in the education market (one that Coda must respond to)? Could an impressive Finale demonstration be put together, *including* similar criticisms of Sibelius that the latter had of Finale and including Finale's own one-click capabilities? Of course it could. Shame on Coda if they are lagging in this area, but to selectively pick those things Sibelius does better (esp. when it's being done by a paid Sibelius employee) while ignoring those that Finale can do better proves little. Richard > From: Christopher BJ Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Part of that is a heavy push by Sibelius in the school market. At our > school we had a visit by a Sibelius specialist who gave an all-day > workshop, which went a long way to getting over the "getting started" > blues that so many students have with notation software. I have to > say, he was very good, very focused, and very critical of the things > that Finale doesn't do as well as Sibelius that are of interest to my > students. > > We know Finale can do all these things, but when it is a multi-step > process in Finale and one click in Sibelius, that makes it more > attractive to students. And we all know that the software someone > starts on, they are likely to stick with. It worked for me and > Macintosh, and me with Cubase on Atari. > > If Coda could supply more usable default files to start with, this > would ease things in the school market considerably. For example, > almost everything in Sibelius plays back out correctly of the box. To > set up Finale so that everything plays back in the same way is a > week's work. (notably, some things that don't play back correctly in > Sibelius are bari sax, tenor sax, and any octave-transposing > instrument.) Just getting all my students on Finale to let items show > on other layers when using Slash Notation is a major hassle. And > chord suffixes, sheesh! In Sibelius, chord symbols can be attached to > virtual beats (like in Encore) without needing to be attached to > actual measure items. This also is very attractive to students who > have struggled with the multi-step process to do this in Finale. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
