I haven't read much of this thread, but I would advise anyone to read marketing hype with liberal doses of salt. If Sib's new feature works as well as marketed, it will be a first for the computer industry.
That said, I know enough about Enigma data structures to speculate that MM could probably implement the same thing in a single annual cycle. (And they could sort out markings that appear only in parts (or score) with the existing staff list settings.) The problem is that that would probably be all they could do that year. The last two annual releases reveal that MM is concerned with other matters than notation. Unfortunately for those of us who care about notation, MM's actions suggest that they believe there is more money in other aspects of the music business, and they are clearly headed there, using Finale as a springboard. The sad part is, if I were a stockholder, I'd probably agree with them. Our one hope is that now Sib has this feature, MM will probably be forced to follow suit. Thinking a bit cynically, MM may have been smart to let Sib spend years doing all the research. Now they can copy it in a single annual cycle if they choose to. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
