I'm a lurker here, but I have been using Finale for some time, Voyetra Music Write for even longer and just got Sibelius as well. Which is easier to use largely depends on the use you put it to. Finale is definitely easier to use if you want to put the notes in with a mouse...in fact, real easy since I use a touch pad I can hold in my hand. Voyetra is easier to use if you want to use your keyboard as a "typewriter" since you just click on a note value on the screen and play the note. Sibelius is almost as easy as Voyetra in that regard.
Finale is easiest to use for copying and pasting repetitive sections. Sibelius is easiest to use for adding channels and instruments, mixing volume levels, changing instruments, etc. Voyetra is almost as easy, Finale is painfully complicated in this regard. Voyetra is not very intuitive and inputting some note sequences is difficult, but I can change between staffs with two clicks (input notes on the Treble staff and change it to guitar tab, for instance) or input on my small keyboard and then drop the notes down several octaves with two clicks. Unfortunately, it can't play back anything longer than 93 measures. Sibelius does a better job of analyzing chords. Finale has some really useful plug-ins. It would be nice if someone came up with one program that contained all the advantages of all three programs, but in the meantime, I tend to go back and forth depending on what I want to do. Terrell D Lewis Music For A New Age http://angelfire.lycos.com/music5/hymnal http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/418/terrell_d_lewis.html http://www.freepraiseandworship.com/cgi-bin/files/list/5663.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darcy James Argue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Re: Paul McCartney > On 2002/11/11 03:31 PM or thereabouts, Stokes, Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > intoned: > > > Oh, I don't think anyone here or anywhere else would argue that Finale is > > *easier* to use than Sibelius! :-) > > I think you underestimate us, Randy. There are a number of people on this > list -- myself included -- who would argue that Finale is, in fact, easier > to use than Sibelius. Easier to *learn*, well, that's a different story... > Finale's learning curve is much steeper, no question. But once you've > learned the ins and outs of the program reasonably well, I would contend > that it's actually much easier to get real work done in Finale. > > - Darcy > > ------ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Boston, MA > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
