On 29.04.2002 14:06 Uhr, Patrick Hubers wrote > Lack of time, mostly. I can do some nice things with Finale and I know a > few things about engraving, but I have just enough time to spend with it to > keep my skills from getting worse. There are people on this list far better > qualified than I am to show off Finale's possibilities, and I think that a > bit of showing off *will* be required for the contestants. On the other > hand, I might give it a try, just for fun.
I am also wondering whether this competition should have two kinds of competitors: A limited circle of professional participants, who are judged as such, and for those there will be a price, and a second circle of (anonymous) users whose results will only be used for some statistics, and who fill in a form to determine their computer- and engraving level. This second set of results may show quite a bit about usability. I am not sure yet whether this will be possible, but it's an idea. > > As for what will be allowed or not, plugins and fonts should be, external > programs should not (obviously). I think the main motivation for this > competition is to show what each program is capable and incapable of, not > what it produces out of the box. The use of plugins and alternative fonts > is one of Finales capabilities and should therefore be allowed. It gives > the program a competitive edge over others. I tend to agree. > > This *does* make it also a competition between engravers. I don't see how > it could not, since there won't be any one person who is equally proficient > will all the engraving programs out there. And I must say that I'm rather > curious what can be accomplished by other programs. I've used NoteProcessor > and Encore myself before switching to Finale and I've played with earlier > demos of Sibelius and Igor, but I don't know much about the others. > > I think that an experienced "computer engraver" can indeed achieve the same > results as an experience plate engraver, and this competition might show > that (or prove me wrong). I don't think there can be any doubt about it: 99% of todays published music is computer engraved. To bring up my favourite, Henle, even they use software, and their last hand-engraver has now retired. They actually had their own software developed although as far as I know they do use Finale on some smaller projects (I am pretty sure I have actually played from Henle parts that were done in Finale, although at the time they were still in pre-publication status). Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
