On 5 Oct 2006 at 16:58, John T Sylvanis wrote: > So, in fact both are sophisticated notation packages with pseudo > composition capabilities. Why do they cost 500-600 dollars apiece? I > am NOT looking for loop software, but composition software with good > sequencing and sound font editing capabilities, doubled by notation as > a natural complement. In my opinion these two should have come > together with notation software some time ago, as Microsoft has > integrated its discrete Office packages already in the early '90s.
That's a ridiculous point of comparison. In the first place, the MS Office programs are not integrated -- they are bundled. Yes, they can share data, but they do that by hosting embedded versions of the other apps, which are different kinds of data (a spreadsheet is not a word processing document, etc.). It seems to me that Sibelius is on track for something exactly like MS Office, bundling the notation package with a sequencer/audio editing package. Whether the latter capabilities will be integrated into the Sibelius UI is a question that is unresolved, but I doubt that's what they will start out with. It has always seemed to me that Finale's shortcomings as sequencer could be addressed with a very small number of enhancements -- it doesn't need everything a full-fledged sequencer offers, just improvements to the kinds of tools that are needed to convert the notation into a reasonable sound file. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
