Re: Finale support ended

On 9/8/24 23:50, Nil wrote:

On 06 Sep 2024, Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> wrote in rec.audio.pro:
 

https://www.finalemusic.com/
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I took them up on their offer of Dorico for $150.
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End of an era.

 Have you ever looked at Musescore, especially recently? It's very quite
full-featured and is continuously improving. And, of course, free. I'm
curious what more you get for $150.

I haven't run it for a number of years.  I admit I didn't consider
it, assuming that the project would be lacking in important ways.
I will have another look.
I do like Dorico, so far.  You don't need to switch tools all the time,
so I started entering all music, dynamics, slurs etc. in a linear fashion,
whereas with Finale I always did many passes; music on stave 1, then 2...
then dynamics, then slurs etc.  Most things are under the fingers.

 I remember checking out Finale along time ago, and the interface seemed
impenetrable to me at that time. However, I wasn't really used to
notation software then, but after using Musescore for a while, I now
understand the process better and might get along with other notation
programs. But for my fairly limited needs, Musescore ticks off most or
all the boxes.