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https://www.finalemusic.com/

I took them up on their offer of Dorico for $150.

End of an era.


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

https://www.finalemusic.com/

I took them up on their offer of Dorico for $150.

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 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.
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Have you ever looked at Musescore, especially recently?

Not OP, but I switched from Finale to Musescore about half a year ago,
before they announced the death, and I've been very happy with it.
Better support for microtonality and feather-beaming and stuff like
that. I haven't tried Dorico yet, but haven't felt the need to either.
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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/

I took them up on their offer of Dorico for $150.

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.

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In article <vbffgd$th9b$1@dont-email.me>, toby@tobiah.org says...

https://www.finalemusic.com/

I took them up on their offer of Dorico for $150.

End of an era.

Toby

My wife and I have used Finale since the beginning.
It was pretty terrible at first - obscure and buggy.
David Pogue spent a year rewriting the documentation
years ago - a gret improvement. Gradually, the program
got more stable too.
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On 18/09/2024 9:38 am, Jason wrote:

In article <vbffgd$th9b$1@dont-email.me>, toby@tobiah.org says...

https://www.finalemusic.com/

I took them up on their offer of Dorico for $150.

End of an era.


Toby

My wife and I have used Finale since the beginning.
It was pretty terrible at first - obscure and buggy.
David Pogue spent a year rewriting the documentation
years ago - a gret improvement. Gradually, the program
got more stable too.

Always a bit sad when something like that meets its finale ;- /

geoff
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Always a bit sad when something like that meets its finale ;- /

I'm glad, now that it happened. I warmed up to Dorico very
quickly. Entering notes with Dorico is closer to taking a
pencil to staff paper. I used to hand-write pieces on staff
paper, then enter them into Finale. I think I can compose
straight into Dorico. Shifting things around as you solidify
the musical ideas is easier than in Finale.
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