There is no possible way any such comparison is ever going to be totally
objective. Noone is going to enter if it involves doing endless pages of
complex notation. If I am going to enter the comparison I want it
limited, and I am not going to time it (that's not the way I work, I am
too perfectionist for that). But I would write a report on how I did
what and which things took time/were complicated/had me consult the manual.
3 pages at most. And no limitations like using MakeMusics default files
(I never use them), or not allowing any tweaking (that's silly) or not
using any third party additions.
Johannes
Michael Cook schrieb:
If anyone is interested in organising this sort of competition, it's
important to work out what the purpose is. Do we want to test:
- the capacity of the software for producing complex notation?
- the capacity of the software for producing clear, readable notation?
- the capacity of the software for producing notation that complies to
certain editors' parameters?
- the capacity of the software for reproducing a given printed piece in
all details?
- the time it takes to create a given score?
- the difficulty of producing the desired effects?
- the amount of tweaking necessary to produce the desired effects?
In all cases, it's difficult to find a way of objectively testing the
software itself. With any one of the major engraving programs a person
who is a real expert of that particular program should be able to
produce just about any desired effect. Of course there will be different
amounts of tweaking going on in each case, ranging from simple
adjustments to full-blown workarounds, but there's no way to have really
accurate information about that, and in matters of ease of use its hard
to make meaningful comparisons between programs that work in such
different ways.
The quality of the finished piece will be more dependent on the
engraver's care and skills than on the actual tools he or she is using.
At the end we will always be judging the engraver more than the software.
Michael Cook
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