Johannes Gebauer writes:

> Recently there was a kind of competition between different computer
> engravers using different software. The competition was originally done as a
> promotion for Sibelius, as far as I remember, and the results were quickly
> withdrawn when they weren't so favourable for Sibelius.

No, it was to show Score's superiority.

> Here is what I propose, and I hope more people will jump in and make
> suggestions on how such could look like.

Well, generally I _don't_ like the idea. Any such composition would only 
reach a small subset of users of a specific program. And an engraver who 
has a huge set of music fonts (and perhaps also programs like 
Phontographer) at his/her disposal don't compete on the samed terms as 
the average user.

> b) free part: set pieces can be engraved freely for the best possible look
> on page, the only thing that should be set is the total number of measures
> on the page. The source for this should be a manuscript, not a published
> score.

I like this suggestion, but I would personally like it to be limited to Finale 
and with a bit stricter rules (such as which fonts that may be used).  A 
competition like "who can make the best engraving with Finale, version 
2002" would be a competition that would both inspire and help users, as 
well as boost the creativity for "home copyist". Perhaps Coda would even 
be interested...?


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson
ICQ #: 78036563

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