David McKay wrote:
G'day Carl.
My wife and I are still using FinWin 2004. I'd love to hear whether you
think that upgrading was worth it, and what you have gained with the new
version. And also what you've lost...
David McKay
On 6 February 2010 14:14, dershem<ders...@cox.net> wrote:
I finally ordered my Finale upgrade. I've been using 2K4, and it has done
most of what I wanted, but my new PC has a 64-bit OS (Windows 7), and I want
to make the best of that.
What pitfalls should I be on the lookout for?
Carl
Well, FinWin10 arrived by UPS yesterday, but I had a gig, so tonight has
been my first chance to play with it.
As Jack Ellis noted, you have to run as administrator under Windows7 to
register the program, and it was a bit hesitant to make some of the
changes to the default file for some reason (could just have been me, or
Windows not liking jazz), but so far it has run very well, withj no
hiccups not caused by me.
The 'pick' tool (combination of mass mover and select, as far as I can
tell) is relatively obvious, and getting used to it only took a couple
of attempts - it grabs partial measures by default - but it works well.
Note entry has been pretty straightforward, and I haven't used any
expressions other than rehearsal marks yet, but those worked very simply
and quickly.
The sounds library for playback is enormously better, and I'm looking
forward to playing with dynamics and other expressions, and to building
my libraries, as the expressions they have available are not as varied
as I'm used to. I want to check and see what fonts are on this machine
before I get into chords, though. (This PC is brand new, and I haven't
had much time off since I set it up, so some of the fonts I use all of
the time are not installed yet).
But so far, Finale 2010 has worked pretty well.
I'll report back when I've done some more in-depth work, but the most
positive things I have to say so far is that it isn't as big a change as
some that I've seen in about 20 years of using the program, and I like
it so far.
Carl
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