On 08/07/05, Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Download the demo, read the manual, try inputting a page of music.
I tried out the Sib4 demo, and while the dynamic parts is really cool (based on tests that were fairly superficial) I still felt stymied in my attempts at numeric control over positioning. It seems that Sibelius requires you to manipulate almost all of your positioning by eye, where Finale has setting upon setting to allow you to specify exact measurements for distances. In particular, I find Sibelius's system for implementing staff names completely inadequate, especially when including a "1/2" (vertically, no slash) for multi-part staves. In Finale I can specify exactly how far from the staff to place these numbers, whether to align them on the left or the right, etc. While Sibelius seems attractive on the surface, I could never deal with the intense "we know better than you do; and we won't even tell you how we're doing it" approach inherent in its placement of musical and textual elements. -- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] my blog: http://augmentedfourth.blogspot.com Life would be so much easier if only (3/2)^12=(2/1)^7. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
