Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Actually, what I would like to see is a kind of negative competition. I want to see which deficiencies the programs have. Eg, I would really like to know how Sibelius's beams and slurs (in V6) compare to Finale's. Beams an slurs were the two items which made me stay with Finale. So far

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread shirling neueweise
Btw, is there any other serious notation software still on the market which can compare to Finale or Sibelius? score, if the owner ever gives in and lets someone else at the code. the recent lng-awaited windows version was an absolute disaster. noteability, although development is

Re: [Finale] Re: WHAT Sibelius can't do

2009-06-30 Thread Phil Daley
At 6/29/2009 09:00 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 29 Jun 2009 at 20:53, Christopher Smith wrote: On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:35 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 29 Jun 2009 at 13:33, Christopher Smith wrote: I'm just saying that just because the study may be valid, it doesn't mean it applies to

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread David W. Fenton
On 30 Jun 2009 at 12:15, shirling neueweise wrote: lilypond (open source) Does lilypond still have no user interface? Er, I mean, is it still completely command-line based? I just don't see using a non-GUI app for producing notation. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com

Re: [Finale] Re: WHAT Sibelius can't do

2009-06-30 Thread David W. Fenton
On 30 Jun 2009 at 7:24, Phil Daley wrote: At 6/29/2009 09:00 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 29 Jun 2009 at 20:53, Christopher Smith wrote: On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:35 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 29 Jun 2009 at 13:33, Christopher Smith wrote: I'm just saying that just

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread shirling neueweise
i had a quick look through an article on linuxsomethingorother.org and there are a couple of apps that provide a GUI but have no idea how sophisticated they are. Does lilypond still have no user interface? Er, I mean, is it still completely command-line based? I just don't see using a

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread Eric Dannewitz
What ever happened to Graphire Music Press? On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 5:52 AM, shirling neueweiseshirl...@newmusicnotation.com wrote: i had a quick look through an article on linuxsomethingorother.org and there are a couple of apps that provide a GUI but have no idea how sophisticated they

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread Michael Greensill
Does lilypond still have no user interface? Er, I mean, is it still completely command-line based? I just don't see using a non-GUI app for producing notation. I try and follow these technical discussions but surely it's time to give up a thread when the words contained in the reply might

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread shirling neueweise
well, *you* can give up (on) the thread -- i dont see any reason for the thread itself to be given up -- or you can look up the fairly common terms used in this thread, or you can ask the kind people on the list what the terms mean that you don't understand, or you can look up lilypond and

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread Andrew Moschou
GUI is graphical user interface, and describes the type of environment where documents are edited pictorially, that is by dragging and positioning things with the mouse and other similar direct interactions, so that what we see on screen is highly indicative of the final result. Finale, Sibelius,

Re: [Finale] re: creating PDF’s from Finale 2 k7

2009-06-30 Thread Eric Fiedler
Aryeh, Works the same way in Fin(Mac) 2009 and 2010. Cheers! Eric Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de eric.f.fied...@t-online.de e.fied...@em.uni-frankfurt.de On

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread John Howell
At 8:45 AM +0200 6/30/09, Johannes Gebauer wrote: So far nothing offers as much flexibility as Patterson Beams. Hi, Johannes. Not to belabor the obvious, but isn't Patterson Beams a third-party add-on which is NOT part of Finale and shouldn't be considered in a direct comparison since it

Re: [Finale] Re: WHAT Sibelius can't do

2009-06-30 Thread Owain Sutton
David W. Fenton wrote: On 30 Jun 2009 at 7:24, Phil Daley wrote: At 6/29/2009 09:00 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 29 Jun 2009 at 20:53, Christopher Smith wrote: On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:35 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 29 Jun 2009 at 13:33, Christopher Smith wrote: I'm just

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jun 30, 2009, at 10:28 AM, John Howell wrote: At 8:45 AM +0200 6/30/09, Johannes Gebauer wrote: So far nothing offers as much flexibility as Patterson Beams. Hi, Johannes. Not to belabor the obvious, but isn't Patterson Beams a third-party add-on which is NOT part of Finale and

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread Barbara Touburg
Ray Horton wrote: John Howell wrote: At 8:45 AM +0200 6/30/09, Johannes Gebauer wrote: So far nothing offers as much flexibility as Patterson Beams. Hi, Johannes. Not to belabor the obvious, but isn't Patterson Beams a third-party add-on which is NOT part of Finale and shouldn't be

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 30.06.2009 John Howell wrote: Hi, Johannes. Not to belabor the obvious, but isn't Patterson Beams a third-party add-on which is NOT part of Finale and shouldn't be considered in a direct comparison since it makes up for deficiencies in the program itself? What other add-ons are

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
Johannes Gebauerli...@musikmanufaktur.com wrote: Is there a beaming plugin for Sibelius which does the same as PB? I am only interested in what the program can do, whether with or without plugins. Hi Johannes: I asked Daniel Spreadbury your question: Here's his reply-- Sibelius's Optical

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread David W. Fenton
On 30 Jun 2009 at 14:52, shirling neueweise wrote: Does lilypond still have no user interface? Er, I mean, is it still completely command-line based? I just don't see using a non-GUI app for producing notation. i had a quick look through an article on linuxsomethingorother.org and

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread David W. Fenton
On 1 Jul 2009 at 2:00, Andrew Moschou wrote: Here, David doesn't comprehend how it could be advantageous to use such a system, when the result is extremely graphical and the desired results must be described using text instructions. I'm not sure you intend that as a criticism or not.

RE: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread Richard Yates
Does lilypond still have no user interface? Er, I mean, is it still completely command-line based? I just don't see using a non-GUI app for producing notation. I try and follow these technical discussions but surely it's time to give up a thread when the words contained in the reply

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread shirling neueweise
Do you recall if these GUIs run on any actual desktop OS's, er, I mean, on something other than Linux? don't think so, but have to admit my perusal of this has been rather superficial, no time at the moment

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread David W. Fenton
On 30 Jun 2009 at 13:28, John Howell wrote: It seems that add-ons should not be considered in any fair comparison I think it depends on what you're testing. If you're testing the bare application, out of the box, then you test it as installed by default. A version of Patterson Beams ships

Re: [Finale] Re: WHAT Sibelius can't do

2009-06-30 Thread David W. Fenton
On 30 Jun 2009 at 19:03, Owain Sutton wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: On 30 Jun 2009 at 7:24, Phil Daley wrote: I'm flabbergasted at the opposition the mere reporting of a fact has generating. Because it isn't a fact. Yes, it *is* a fact: The studies where, in FACT, done, and did,

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Johannes, Like I said previously, it is possible to set the Sibelius beaming options to get results similar to Patterson Beams on entry, without having to apply a plugin. Cheers, - Darcy - djar...@earthlink.net Brooklyn, NY On 30 Jun 2009, at 3:38 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote:

Re: [Finale] Re: WHAT Sibelius can't do

2009-06-30 Thread Owain Sutton
David W. Fenton wrote: On 30 Jun 2009 at 19:03, Owain Sutton wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: On 30 Jun 2009 at 7:24, Phil Daley wrote: I'm flabbergasted at the opposition the mere reporting of a fact has generating. Because it isn't a fact. Yes, it *is* a fact: The studies where, in FACT,

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread John Howell
Does anyone have any background on a number of notation programs which are virtually unknown in the U.S. but seem to have dedicated followers elsewhere, sometimes quite nationally based? I generally run across mentions of these on more general music listserves, on which the users are rather

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread shirling neueweise
Does anyone have any background on a number of notation programs which are virtually unknown in the U.S. but seem to have dedicated followers elsewhere, sometimes quite nationally based? berlioz / france. is now free, owner want to make it open source and is looking for develppers

RE: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread Williams, Jim
Wow...thanx for the tip about Berlioz! Just nabbed it! What about Turandot (www.turandot.hu)? There are a couple of german ones that I will list as I am able to recall them. Jim W. From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of