dhbailey wrote:
Ray Horton wrote:
Re Speedy vs. Simple and Sibelius:
...
So far on the list the welcome to us on that list has been less than
tremendous: 'Switch to Sibelius - simple entry is far better
because it's the only one we have' (On this I agree 100% with David
Fenton.) And we have been called "rats leaving a sinking ship."
I'm a member of that list, too, and I don't recall anybody saying that
"simple entry is the only one we have."
Of course, I was paraphrasing. (I used single quotes - you added
double.) The message said, more or less, that _between those two tools_
all former Finale Speedy users would want to switch because 'simple is
better', and, BTW, the only one _of those two_ that they have.
Finale has many ways of entering notes, also. Most of us use either
Speedy or Simple.
And if calling a stranger who just walked into a room a "rat", then
needing a friend to explain that it was a supposed to be a joke is their
idea of a welcome, hmm...
RBH
The entry methods are different between the two programs and there
really isn't a way to compare directly Sibelius's mixture of entry
capabilities with a single Finale tool.
Yes, Sibelius doesn't split their entry methods between two different
tools, but that doesn't mean there is only one entry method for Sibelius.
...
The remark about "rats leaving a sinking ship" was tongue in cheek (I
know the person who posted it). But I will say that I made the
transition to being able to work with Sibelius before MakeMusic's
corporate floundering forced me to make it when I wasn't ready or able
to make the transition. Now I can work comfortably in either program
as the mood takes me, sharpening my skills in both and should
MakeMusic either go under or decide to stop upgrading Finale and to
stop supporting it, I'll be prepared. If that makes me a "rat leaving
a sinking ship" then that's fine with me. I certainly don't feel
insulted by it.
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