How could they have dropped the ball? They have an excellent, CHEAP, App out that sounds great. Ok, sure, no lyrics…..yet……but that is hardly dropping the ball.
The company that has totally dropped the ball, missed the boat, again, is MAKEMUSIC……where is there Finale viewer app? Or Finale Notepad for iOS? Or a SmartMusic iPad app? Or……any app? -- Eric Dannewitz Musician/Polymath/Evil Genius http://www.ericdannewitz.com/ iMessage ericdannew...@me.com On Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 10:39 AM, John Howell wrote: > At 9:25 AM +0100 12/18/11, Florence + Michael wrote: > > Apparently Notion for iPad cannot edit lyrics. > > Here's a comparison between Notion and Symphony > > Pro: > > http://techinmusiced.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/a-preliminary-comparison-of-notion-and-symphony-pro/ > > > > > From that article: > > > > "Notion 1.0 doesn't allow for lyrics-but it CAN > > import lyrics. If you write a song with lyrics > > using another program (e.g. Finale, MuseScore, > > Sibelius) that has the ability to export > > MusicXML files, you can import (but not edit) > > those lyrics in Notion." > > > > Michael > > > Sounds as if the Notion folks have really dropped > the ball on this, considering that over 95% of > all pop music DOES involve lyrics. (And I doubt > that their target market is professional > engravers!) > > Oh, maybe they'll bring out a new version in a > year with lyrics as a new "feature"!!!!! > > John > > > -- > John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music > Virginia Tech Department of Music > School of Performing Arts & Cinema > College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences > 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 > Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 > (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) > http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html > > "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." > (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu (mailto:Finale@shsu.edu) > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
