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Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Marvin Rosenthal
Sent: Sat 12-Jun-04 22:33
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Subject: Re: [Finale] It's not only Fin and Sib!
Hi Jim...
Where can one find "Overture"??? Downloadable???
Thanks
Marv...
--- "Williams, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Friends...
>
> In meeting your notational and MIDI needs, Fin and
> Sib are NOT your only choices. You all owe Overture
> a look if you haven't seen it (lately).
>
> Many tedious or kludgy processes in Finale are
> trivial in Overture (beaming across barlines, for
> ex.).
> Playback is a breeze and infinitely
> controllable--ANY dynamic can be INDIVIDUALLY or
> UNIVERSALLY mapped to volume, velocity,or
> modulation, with the values esaily definable.
> Hairpins, too, work this same way!
> Accel and rit--and any other controller info--are
> trivial using Overture's "Graphic Window," a
> mini-sequencer in which you can draw the info
> without the complexity of executable shapes.
> Moving ANYTHING on the page, including notes, is
> trivial
>
> I ran some stuff by some people who hire me, and
> they were indifferent between Overture and Finale
> output. Furthermore, an Ove user can map almost any
> music font to use in Overture if (s)he desires a
> particular look.
>
> I started playing with Overture when I got my copy
> of Garritan Personal Orchestra. I had seen Overture
> earlier when it was still a Cakewalk product and
> dismissed it. It is now an independent product, no
> longer affiliated with Cakewalk, and it has improved
> markedly.
>
> I don't work for them; I just want to tell people
> that there's another major player in the game
> besides Fin and Sib. I understand that some houses
> on the left coast have started doing their scores in
> Overture 3. I'm not abandoning Finale yet, but
> every annoyance that comes up, and every nonsense
> add-on that increases Finale bloat and cost, I gotta
> wonder.
>
> No rhyming dictionary in Overture, no micnotator, no
> iffy scan-in option, no auto-harmonizer, etc.
> In their place are solid notation, a useful
> mid-level sequencer for expressive MIDI playback,
> seamless integration with GPO and GPO Studio,
> reliability (no crashes in 7-8 weeks of use with
> straight-ahead scores), etc.
>
> It may not do the Jef Chippewa-type stuff--graphic
> scores, etc., but I'm not sure how many of us other
> than Jef do that. ;-). It may--I just don't know.
> All I know is when I loaded the program, I tried a
> lot of the stuff that is still a PITA in Finale & it
> was simple in Ove.
>
> So...just a note to tell people that there is indeed
> another major player in the game, so don't limit
> your universe to Fin and Sib!!
>
> Regards,
> Jim (Finale since 2.2 on Win 3.1)
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