May I, as a longtime Finale user (begining with v.2) who now uses mostly
Sibelius (although I have Finale 2005), respond to this post.
The reason you can't get Sibelius to work easily is probably because you
expect it to act like Finale. It is different. For instance, there is no
"speedy entry" (although you can make it work similarly) but there are a
variety of very direct keyboard and midi methods of data entry that are more
effective in Sibelius.
A good approach for Sibelius is enter the music once, then copy, paste, and
edit. It's very quick and, often, midi is not needed to work very quickly.
Sibelius copies much more easily than Finale. Paste can be reduced to
highlight, point, press the middle mouse button (sorry mac users). No little
truck!
When I started on Sibelius (after years on Finale), I felt clumsy. Now,
after 6 years of working with Sibelius, Finale is awkard for me. They are
just different. You may not want to learn Sibelius. That's OK. But Sibelius
will work extremely well if you don't try to make it act like Finale.
Richard Smith
www.rgsmithmusic.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "shirling & neueweise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:47 PM
Subject: [Finale] Re: Sibelius - Dynamic Parts
From: "David W. Fenton"
For all those who claim the Sibelius UI is so intuitive, I'd like to
hear an explanation. Was I unable to find the methods for
accomplishing basic things (i.e., bad UI), or is Sibelius simply
unable to do the things I was puzzled by (i.e., badly designed
application)?
it may be you just don't know the programme. i used it recently and
found some things frustrating because i hadn't figured out how to do them,
but saw a colleague working just as fast on sib as i do on finale, i just
hadn't mastered the keyboard shortcuts.
not a concrete answer, but there is no reason to judge it so harshly: you
(as i am) are a sibelius beginner and experienced finale user. maybe
reading a sib manual would help... or at the very least giving it a more
than cursory test drive.
cheers,
jef
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