Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Don Hart
I've never scanned any music to work with in Finale, so I guess I was envisioning more rhythm and pitch errors than the type that you mention. I realize that if elements are showing up in the wrong tool ("ties misinterpreted as slurs and tempo markings misinterpreted as song verse") different prob

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Craig Parmerlee
At 09:43 PM 2/9/2004, Don Hart wrote: I would think that proofing by playback, at least in most cases, would make 95% accuracy work pretty well, as opposed to reentering everything. Even if both methods were a wash timewise, scanning would break the routine, and that can sometimes be its own ble

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Don Hart
I would think that proofing by playback, at least in most cases, would make 95% accuracy work pretty well, as opposed to reentering everything. Even if both methods were a wash timewise, scanning would break the routine, and that can sometimes be its own blessing. Don Hart on 2/9/04 4:46 PM,

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 9, 2004, at 9:44 AM, Phil Daley wrote: Note bene: I am not familiar with note scanning software. I am _extremely_ familiar with character scanning software. "95% accuracy" in scanning conversion to text produces a useless document. It is more work to clean up that mess than to retype i

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Raymond Horton
said. (Hell, I don't get 95% accuracy with Speedy Entry!) RH - Original Message - From: "Phil Daley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Finale list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius -

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Phil Daley
At 2/9/2004 12:17 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: >"Lies" is a strong word, and here, unjustified. > >But I would have agreed with you on the scanning until last week. A friend >of mine (a viola player and user of WinFin2003) astounded me, just a few >days ago, by telling me that he has been having gre

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Raymond Horton
"Lies" is a strong word, and here, unjustified. But I would have agreed with you on the scanning until last week. A friend of mine (a viola player and user of WinFin2003) astounded me, just a few days ago, by telling me that he has been having great success scanning. After some trial and error, h