• Finale support ended

    From Tobiah@toby@tobiah.org to rec.audio.pro on Fri Sep 6 10:52:13 2024
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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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  • From Nil@rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid to rec.audio.pro on Sun Sep 8 23:50:53 2024
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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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  • From Dmitri Volkov@dmitri.s.volkov@gmail.com to rec.audio.pro on Mon Sep 9 14:11:44 2024
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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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  • From Tobiah@toby@tobiah.org to rec.audio.pro on Mon Sep 9 11:02:25 2024
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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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  • From Jason@jason_warren@INVALID.ieee.org to rec.audio.pro on Tue Sep 17 17:38:29 2024
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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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  • From Geoff@geoff@geoffwood.org to rec.audio.pro on Wed Sep 18 17:43:32 2024
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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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  • From Tobiah@toby@tobiah.org to rec.audio.pro on Wed Sep 18 09:40:13 2024
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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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