I'd stay put with 2004. Though 2005 was a better update than 2006 has
been. 2006 is really slow on OS X. GPO is a bomb right now. The auto
melisma feature is a plug-in. I've had Finale 2006 crash on me today.
2004 and 2005 never crashed.
I'd save your $$$. This update is not worth it right now. MakeMusic
needs to deal with a couple of bugs and performance items before I'd
recommend it to people.
James E. Bailey wrote:
Okay, so I rarely post, I mostly use the list as a resource for the
illimitable wisdom, but I'm thinking of upgrading my Finale: I'm
currently on FinMac2k4. I upgraded to 2004 because of the native osx
support, but reading last year about the pros and cons of 2005, I
decided against it, and thought, well, I guess I'll upgrade alternate
years, but reading the posts about 2006, I'm wondering if it's even
worth it. 2004 does everything I need it to do, perhaps I've adapted
to the software, but I've only ever had one problem and that was
beaming over rests. So, for someone who rarely uses MIDI playback, (so
I don't bother with GPO, soundfonts, soft synth, human playback, or
anything else), I don't compose on the computer, so I don't need any
of those kinds of tools advertised for 2006. So is there anything so
super-special that I can't live without that would make it worth the
upgrade and the unused features (I alrady don't use hyperscribe). I
must say, the auto melisma looks really nice: I do a lot of vocal
music, but is that all? I can live without that.
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