tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688712006005012664.post195741258305265226..comments2024-02-07T05:15:23.169-05:00Comments on henningmusick: A bit more about the switchKarl Henninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05801383101122527636noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688712006005012664.post-47749319224796807452009-06-26T08:09:25.898-04:002009-06-26T08:09:25.898-04:00It's certainly true that the folks at MakeMusi...It's certainly true that the folks at MakeMusic! have been watching carefully what we've been doing at Sibelius, and have been copying Sibelius's features wherever they can. (<a href="http://www.sibeliusblog.com/opinion/why-choose-sibelius-over-finale/" rel="nofollow">I wrote a post</a> about this very point on my blog a few months back.)<br /><br />It's also true that Finale has come on leaps and bounds in terms of user-friendliness over the past few years.<br /><br />But Finale will always be bound by its tool-driven approach, which works well in applications like Photoshop -- the analogy with real life being that you do indeed pick up and put down different tools to do different jobs -- but not with music notation applications, because in real life you can write every single marking on your score with the same tool: a pen.<br /><br />So Sibelius tries to mimic as closely as possible the experience of writing music on manuscript paper, and as such it tries to avoid switching tools or having to learn different sets of keyboard shortcuts for different contexts.<br /><br />And Sibelius 6 takes the entire experience on to a whole other level: Magnetic Layout literally cuts score preparation time in half.<br /><br />Having switched from Finale to Sibelius, I have not yet heard of anybody who has then found themselves switching back. It just doesn't seem to happen.Daniel Spreadburyhttp://www.sibeliusblog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688712006005012664.post-8184227332608118292009-06-11T09:44:36.876-04:002009-06-11T09:44:36.876-04:00Great post! Also, all valid points, but the argume...Great post! Also, all valid points, but the argument falls off with current versions of Finale (currently up to 2010). MakeMusic has made leaps and bounds over their shortcoming within the past 6 years, taking notes from the Sibelius software and utilizing a much more intuitive and forgiving interface. Along with a fresh context click heavy interface, you receive a much higher quality sample integration, the ability to work with audio files, including live, and behind all of that remains the ability to completely customize every pixel of your score. Now I am not putting down your post, but I do implore you to give Finale another chance at the current revision (2010, download the demo). I would love to hear your interpretation of their current progress having left them for Sibelius and coming back to them after several years. <br /><br />All the best,<br />Tim VallierTimothy J. Vallierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271552109270290911noreply@blogger.com