Keith,
I have a copy of Finale 2.6.3 that still works. I started with Finale
1.0 on a floppy disk. I may have the floppy around somewhere but no
computer to run it on.
Hal Owen
Many thanks for viewpoints given on plug-ins.
As a frivolous aside, I wonder who has the earliest version of Finale still
in working order? By now it would be a bit like a 1948 Jaguar!- or would it?
The earliest I know of was called -I think, 3.1. (Or was that Windows?)
But I'm just a new (old) kid on the block! I didn't tap my first computer
key till 1991!
Cheers Keith in OZ
Keith Helgesen.
Director of Music, Canberra City Band.
Ph: (02) 62910787. Band Mob. 0439-620587
Private Mob 0417-042171
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Subject: Re: [Finale] Plug-ins.
keith helgesen wrote:
[snip]>
Someone compared it to buying a car, and buying the extras like heated
seats, powered sunroof etc, etc. The point is the car runs beautifully
without those, whereas- according to the list, TG Tools etc are
essential 'top-ups' to the system. More like, buy the car, then extra
for the steering system!
I reiterate, Tobias et al deserve every cent they get for their genius,
but the current system really lets Finale off the hook.
Back when the plug-ins came out, many of us said precisely the same
thing, that it was a way to off-load development costs onto the backs of
users who were able to get their heads around the plug-in developer's
kit and who had the time and the inclination to improve the program's
functionality. That the plug-in developers (some of them, anyway) feel
they should get paid is perfectly understandable, as you say, and
reasonable. That they should be paid by MakeMusic is also reasonable
(some of them have been, since their plug-ins are included in recent
versions) since they have done development that MakeMusic didn't pay
their developpers to do. As a matter of fact, to the best of my
understanding, they have fewer developpers working on Finale than they
did before the plug-ins were added.
But don't think the program isn't very usable without the extra plug-ins
(such as the full TGTools, a lite version is included) - because it
certainly is very usable with only the included plug-ins.
The plug-ins you can buy really are like the after-market stereos, dvd
players, dual exhaust headers, air scoop, which (depending on your needs
and wishes) makes your car more comfortable or more fancy or faster,
slicker, whatever.
But just as you can buy and drive very adequately a car with the fewest
add-ons, right off the lot, so, too, you can use Finale without paying
for the full Patterson plug-ins or the full TGTools.
I own them both and my notational needs have me using them maybe once or
twice every three or four months. And if you are able to fulfill your
notational needs with Finale2001, there's no need to upgrade ever.
Just the same way that if your 10 year old car without the
high-performance wheels or heated leather seats is still able to get you
where you want to go, you don't have to buy a new car every year the way
the auto makers hope you will.
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