Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-05 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 1/5/06, Raymond Horton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think it looks bad at all! If this is a representative sample: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0793525276/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-3769536-0433605#reader-page > > I'm amazed that you could output something that nice on such humble > hardw

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-05 Thread Raymond Horton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/4/06 6:35:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone remember Electronic Art's Music Construction Set? Must have been EARLY 1980's. I had it for Commodore64 (Yes that's 64 Kilobytes, except half of it was used for the operating system.) But at leas

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-05 Thread LGBguitarstudio
In a message dated 1/4/06 6:35:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone remember Electronic Art's Music Construction Set? Must have been EARLY 1980's. I had it for Commodore64 (Yes that's 64 Kilobytes, except half of it was used for the operating system.) But at least it ran at the blinding speed

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-05 Thread Andrew Stiller
in the older generation you've got programs for the Commodore, Atari, pre-Mac Apples, and of course the original Sibelius for the Acorn. And the truly professional programs like Score needed, if I understand it correctly, working directly in DOS or some such thing. One of the pieces I pu

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-05 Thread Fisher, Allen
That's a name I haven't heard in years. This program was my first foray into music technology. I still have the score that I did for my theory class from 1993. I couldn't get it to beam my 8th notes together! My, how things change... On 1/4/06 6:30 PM, "Richard Yates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said thi

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-04 Thread Éric Dussault
You might find this page interesting. You'll see the history of the Score music notation software. The earliest printings made from Score date back to 1971! http://www.scoremus.com/products.htmlLe 06-01-04 à 16:41, Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account a écrit :Since my FINALE class for the Musicology S

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-04 Thread Owain Sutton
Richard Smith wrote: I would also suggest Lilypond because it's free, open license, and graphic only (like Score). Igor Engraver (if you can find it) is an interesting program. Lilypond has HUGE potential for the future, but at the moment it can't be realistically described as an engravi

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-04 Thread Richard Yates
> If there was some way to give them a whole lot of samples from different > programmes from across the years (preferably of the same output?) that's > always interesting I think. Going right back to Professional Composer > and the like in the end of the 80s. Anyone remember Electronic Art's Musi

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-04 Thread Richard Smith
Noteworthy Composer and probably others ... Noteworthy Composer is a big favorite with elementary, choral and keyboard folks. It surely deserves to be included. I would also suggest Lilypond because it's free, open license, and graphic only (like Score). Igor Engraver (if you can find it)

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-04 Thread Kurt Gnos
I did my first notation using a graphics program on a C-64. I bought some software for it, and the following Commodore Amiga and Atari, but I cannot remember the names of the (awful) software. Than I used notator on Atari for quite a while. Switching on a PC I began to use Finale (Version 1.6

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-04 Thread John Howell
At 8:41 AM +1100 1/5/06, Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account wrote: If there was some way to give them a whole lot of samples from different programmes from across the years (preferably of the same output?) that's always interesting I think. Going right back to Professional Composer and the like

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-04 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
Henry E. Howey wrote: Since my FINALE class for the Musicology School in Cremona will include a brief history of computer music notation, I was wondering if anyone might have some odd bits of experiences to share with me, particularly regarding OTHER music notation software? I too am taking a

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-04 Thread Simon Troup
>To be honest, I think it is increasingly becoming its greatest weakness. >Especially since it seems to be trying to be a toy as well as a tool. I >wished it would concentrate on being a tool. I'm hoping that continued success of SmartMusic and also encouraging results with Finale such as this l

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-04 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 04.01.2006 Henry E. Howey wrote: In short, FINALE has (thanks to prodding by SIBELIUS in particular) begun to evolve into what many critics felt was its greatest weakness, its attempt to "be all things." To be honest, I think it is increasingly becoming its greatest weakness. Especially

[Finale] Sibelius 4 and other oddities

2006-01-04 Thread Henry E. Howey
I have begun to peruse Sibelius 4 this week before classes. Since my FINALE class for the Musicology School in Cremona will include a brief history of computer music notation, I was wondering if anyone might have some odd bits of experiences to share with me, particularly regarding OTHER music not