Notation Giants Battle Over Mac Users, Music Software Options

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Notation Giants Battle Over Mac Users

[_Jara Queeto_]

I do not agree with Andrew Lyons

learning a whole new way of interacting with the software will slow down the creative process.

I used Finale 98 for a few years and then got entrenched in OS X with version 10.1 . Sibelius' website and mission statement struck me and I went in for the competitive upgrade to Sibelius 2. Sibelius might be a "whole new way of interacting", but it is sooo much more intuitive. My process with Finale was having to consult the manual constantly to figure out how to notate stuff that I had already tried. The processes just wouldn't stick. Talk about slowing down the creative process. With Sibelius, it's like once I've learned how to do it, I don't really forget it because it is layed out in a more intuitive and natural way. Like Birdsong, I've been so much more productive with Sibelius.

I haven't seen what Finale has become in the meantime, so I might give them a chance. But when I emailed them a year and a half ago (????!!!) asking them when they would be releasing an OSX version, they responded rather rudely and I was left with a bad taste in my mouth.

It's obvious to me that Sibelius is a product and company that simply comes more from the heart. And that is important to me as a creative individual.