Hi Bruce: Could you explain what you mean by having to work around key signatures? I work with a lot of non-tonal music and haven't felt like I needed to work around keys.
Is the issue for the transposing instruments? All you need do is choose "chromatic" rather than "key" in the transposition dialogue box. -Carolyn On 8/4/07, Bruce E. Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, David. I have indeed tried the list and the demo. Because I use > Simple Entry, as I said, Sib5 didn't seem so foreign. Also, call it petty, > as a composer, I resent having to work around having to use key signatures. > Though my work is tonal, it is highly chromatic and sigs are annoying. > Further, as a horn player, I find it disconcerting to put things into a C > score to work around. Is it so difficult for MM to add "no key/atonal" to > the choices? As a composer I also like Sib's "Ideas" folder and the ease > with which I can jot (so to speak) a sketch and file it for later. Fin has > no such convenience. It's all these little things, and MM's reluctance to > change, that have made my decision. It may be that MM is happy with the > education market and has no intention of accomodating the professional > composer/engraver. Else why would they be so unconcerned? Simply the > volume of negative remarks on this list should be worrying someone at MM, > but I see no reply from them as yet. MM is well on the way to becoming the > FEMA of music engraving! > > Bruce Clausen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <finale@shsu.edu> > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 2:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Finale] Goodbye Finale > > > > Bruce Clausen wrote: > >> I've been pondering whether to get the Finale 08 or Sib5. After seeing > >> the remarks of the past few days I believe I will invest in the Sib and > >> see how it goes. I've always used Simple Entry, with mouse and computer > >> keyboard, so the learning curve may not be as steep. I, too, am tired of > >> MM upgrading but not improving. Wish me luck! > >> > > > > Don't forget to join the Sibelius-list at yahoogroups: > > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sibelius-list/ > > where there is a bona-fide Sibelius employee who officially monitors the > > list and is extremely helpful, as are the other members of the list. > > > > You might try downloading the demo first and trying it out before buying > > it. It isn't for everybody. > > > > > > -- > > David H. Bailey > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > Finale@shsu.edu > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
