RE: [Finale] Sibelius v4
Okay, my interest was piqued, so I downloaded it and gave it a brief try. Initial look and feel was impressive. However, I have a significant investment already in FINALE formatted files. I tried to import a couple files and was not successful. Even after exporting to ETF first and then importing. I do like the options/templates etc. but if I have to reinput all my FINALE files, it's going to take some more convincing before I make the move. Just my initial and humble opinion on the subject Richard Bartkus ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Sibelius v4
Richard Bartkus wrote: Okay, my interest was piqued, so I downloaded it and gave it a brief try. Initial look and feel was impressive. However, I have a significant investment already in FINALE formatted files. I tried to import a couple files and was not successful. Even after exporting to ETF first and then importing. I do like the options/templates etc. but if I have to reinput all my FINALE files, it's going to take some more convincing before I make the move. Just my initial and humble opinion on the subject Try exporting them as MusicXML and then import into Sibelius as MusicXML. To do this efficiently you may need to invest in the Dolet plugins for both Sibelius and Finale (Michael Goode is better equipped to advise you on this). On the other hand, if your files still work fine in Finale, there's no need to convert them -- keep Finale on your machine and also install Sibelius. But if you want all your Finale files converted, you're right that it will be a major bother. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: Re: [Finale] Sibelius v4
Thank you. The XML files ported over well. Not perfect, but reasonably well. Just have to tweek some things here and there, such as octaves etc, but it's manageable. I still need to do more writing in it to see if it's worth the bother to change. Is there a Sibelius list somewhere Richard From: dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/07/08 Fri PM 06:32:53 EDT To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Sibelius v4 Richard Bartkus wrote: Okay, my interest was piqued, so I downloaded it and gave it a brief try. Initial look and feel was impressive. However, I have a significant investment already in FINALE formatted files. I tried to import a couple files and was not successful. Even after exporting to ETF first and then importing. I do like the options/templates etc. but if I have to reinput all my FINALE files, it's going to take some more convincing before I make the move. Just my initial and humble opinion on the subject Try exporting them as MusicXML and then import into Sibelius as MusicXML. To do this efficiently you may need to invest in the Dolet plugins for both Sibelius and Finale (Michael Goode is better equipped to advise you on this). On the other hand, if your files still work fine in Finale, there's no need to convert them -- keep Finale on your machine and also install Sibelius. But if you want all your Finale files converted, you're right that it will be a major bother. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Sibelius v4
Go to http://www.sibelius.com and choose Help Center, and then join the chat page.You can view posts there or choose to have them sent to you via email.==Doug LeBowLeBow Music Multimedia, Inc.Santa Clarita, CA 91390-5233(661) 297-1001 Studio(661) 244-4400 Fax(661) 313-6044 Cellhttp://www.lebowmusic.com On Jul 8, 2005, at 3:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Is there a Sibelius list somewhere ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: Re: [Finale] Sibelius v4
Yes. At http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sibelius-list/ and it is a very helpful community. Richard Smith www.rgsmithmusic.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 10:42 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: Re: [Finale] Sibelius v4 Thank you. The XML files ported over well. Not perfect, but reasonably well. Just have to tweek some things here and there, such as octaves etc, but it's manageable. I still need to do more writing in it to see if it's worth the bother to change. Is there a Sibelius list somewhere Richard From: dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/07/08 Fri PM 06:32:53 EDT To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Sibelius v4 Richard Bartkus wrote: Okay, my interest was piqued, so I downloaded it and gave it a brief try. Initial look and feel was impressive. However, I have a significant investment already in FINALE formatted files. I tried to import a couple files and was not successful. Even after exporting to ETF first and then importing. I do like the options/templates etc. but if I have to reinput all my FINALE files, it's going to take some more convincing before I make the move. Just my initial and humble opinion on the subject Try exporting them as MusicXML and then import into Sibelius as MusicXML. To do this efficiently you may need to invest in the Dolet plugins for both Sibelius and Finale (Michael Goode is better equipped to advise you on this). On the other hand, if your files still work fine in Finale, there's no need to convert them -- keep Finale on your machine and also install Sibelius. But if you want all your Finale files converted, you're right that it will be a major bother. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale