dc wrote:
Lawrence David Eden écrit:
Happily, I am using an older version of Finale. I have no complaints
as Finale has been my faithful servant for years. Can users of later
versions of Finale say the same?
Well, after complaining loudly myself, I don't think (Win) 2008a is that
bad. I waited for the "a" update to upgrade, and I'm not sorry I did. I
certainly wouldn't revert to an older version (though I'm irked by some
of the changes in the UI). Sibelius also has it's issues. The main
difference, from what I see and read, is the way both companies deal
with them.
What would be interesting and helpful, rather than ranting against one
or the other, would be a list of things that can be done in one and
can't be done in the other. There probably aren't that many, but still
it would be nice to know. Because if you need any of these, the choice
is much easier to make.
To start the list, here are two Sibelius features I miss in Finale:
- backwards compatibility (and xml export and import is a very bad
substitute for this; there is too much loss and messing up; you can't
use this to work on a regular basis with someone who has an older version).
- unicode support.
One feature missing in Sibelius which Finale has had for years:
Independent time signatures so a person can easily enter a score with,
for example, 6/8 in some staves and 2/4 in others. It's possible in
Sibelius but requires a lot of workarounds to accomplish it. But those
workarounds are explained in the manual, which is something I haven't
seen a lot of in the Finale manuals (although admittedly I haven't
looked at them a lot recently.)
--
David H. Bailey
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