Notation Giants Battle Over Mac Users, Music Software Options

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Notation Giants Battle Over Mac Users

[_Steven Bryant_]

I manage the computing labs at Juilliard, and to set the record straight, we support BOTH programs in our labs. We're not in the business of pushing one software package over another - we want to provide students with exposure to both programs. I'm the one who ordered the Finale 2004 site license mentioned on their site, and I'm also in the process of upgrading our Sibelius site license to version 3. We plan to continue to keep both up-to-date and available to our students for the forseeable future.

Finale and Sibelius are both fantastic, and the competition between the two has only been beneficial to users on both sides of the fence.

As an active composer and 10-year Finale user, I do have to admit that Finale on OS X can't get here soon enough! Sibelius definitely has that advantage, though I suspect we'll all forget about it as soon as Finale 2004 available, just like the long wait for Digital Performer 4 seems a distant memory (or maybe I'm just blocking it out).

And I heartily second Andrew Lyons' comment, above. He nailed it.

Steve
www.stevenbryant.com