--- dhbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Johannes Gebauer wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Tyler Turner schrieb:
> >
> >> If 90% of
> >> Finale users will never get the bulk of their
> personal
> >> compositions performed by real people, don't you
> think
> >> something like GPO will be more attractive to
> them
> >> than linked parts?
> >
> >
> > That is assuming that more than 90% of Finale
> users use Finale for their
> > own compositions - hardly likely. Probably more
> like 10%.
> >
> > Johannes
>
>
> Yes, most people who use computer notation software
> for their own
> personal compositions rather than sharing with other
> musicians for
> performance having already jumped to Sibelius or
> simply started out with
> Sibelius due to its better out-of-the-box
> ease-of-use reputation. :-)
>
> Sibelius claims 25,000 Finale users have switched.
> That's not entirely
> true, since some of us (I speak for myself) have not
> switched but merely
> added Sibelius to our engraving arsenal. So I
> account for at least one
> who is still using both, but predominantly using
> Finale.
>
> --
> David H. Bailey
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No, I'm quite sure that a large majority of Finale
users use Finale at least in part for their own
personal compositions. I can draw this conclusion from
my own experience dealing with a sampling of thousands
of Finale users as well as other sources.
Compositional use of Finale is the rule rather than
the exception.
Finale absolutely needs to maintain its success among
composers, and playback plays a key role.
Addressing the point in another post about the
inclusion of GPO being a catch up to Sibelius Kontakt
implementation - this isn't the case. Finale was
already pretty much on par. The sounds weren't quite
up to Sibelius', but Sibelius only includes 20 sounds,
and only 8 can be used simultaneously. That's not
enough for any decent size ensemble. Finale GPO gives
100 sounds and 64 can be used simultaneously.
Have those who want the better sounds of GPO already
purchased GPO? Most haven't. This isn't the way
Finale's market works. Users by in large are looking
for the 1 program solution where everything just
works. They don't want to mess with MIDI controllers.
They certainly don't want to try to link together
multiple applications. Even selecting instruments
manually is too much to expect from the average user.
The new notation software company Virtuoso Works,
makers of Notion, correctly identified the need for a
notation program with outstanding playback and no
hassles. What they didn't understand was that they
weren't alone, and so now they are left with an
application with playback inferior to Finale's and
notation capabilities not much better than NotePad's.
I can't tell you how many times I answered questions
such as "Can I make this sound any better?" by
explaining the options of using sample software or
purchasing hardware synths, sound cards, etc. When I
explained these options to people, nearly all of them
said, "oh well, I guess my existing sounds will be
good enough." Most people who want better sounds are
not willing to go to great lengths to get it. But as
Finale 2004 proved, they will upgrade their Finale to
get it. If it just works, they're interested.
Tyler
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