Are there screenshots anywhere on the website of the GUI? Is it essentially the same setup? I'm hoping they don't ever go down the "MSOffice" tabbed approach that Sibelius have adopted.
C. -- Colin Broom colin_br...@hotmail.com -- > From: i...@nigelhanley.com > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 00:11:44 +1100 > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Finale 2012 released > > Horses for courses, I suppose. I love the new score manager. I suppose it's > worth the price of the upgrade. On the other hand, not being in the education > field, the improvements in SmartScore mean little to me. Similarly the extra > sounds in Garritan. I am a contemporary arranger, and Finale seems to be > catering to the classical musician. > > I'm disappointed not to see an emulation of Sibelius' 'magnetic layout'. This > could be a deal breaker for me. While I am very happy with Finale 2011, it > was always in expectation of a similar feature. However, as I've used Finale > since 2.0 I am loathe to crossover. > > The new score manager will keep me hanging around for another year. For $119, > I'd rather split the difference with Jari Williamsson and send him half for > his wonderful plugins > > - Nigel Hanley > Sydney, Australia > _______________________________________________ > 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
