I figure many Finale users may also be ProTools users, so I want to warn you about what I've discovered. I recently purchased the 5.1.1 upgrade and was horrified to discover that apparently it can only bounce a mix to disk in real time.
The good (and somewhat surprising) news is that the Digidesign website is misleading (at best) about older versions. My 4.3 version seems to be running fine on my new G4. I did have to revert to the DAE and extensions that came with 4.3. Access to a USB diskette drive is also required to authorize the hard disk. So compare these numbers. A five minute stereo mix takes 5 minutes to bounce in 5.1.1. In 4.3 on my new machine it takes about 30 seconds. That's a 10-fold increase in speed. As a bonus, 4.3 has a footprint of about 1/4 the size. This post is probably greek to non-Protools users, but I think protools users will probably appreciate it. My $50 education ought to be good to go around. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
