On 13 Oct 2006 at 1:16, Daniel Wolf wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > I haven't seen Score output recently. It used to be vastly superior > > to Finale (even done by a gifted Finale engraver). But I always > > found it extremely difficult to use, and not very helpful for new > > engraving, as the page layout had to be completely fixed before you > > started engraving. > > It sounds like you might find Lilypond attractive. While it is > still something of a work in progress, it does a remarkable job > replicating classical engraving style (for classical repertoire) > and has a work sequence opposite that of Score, in that the notes > are entered first, and then builds the layout around them.
I've already looked at Lilypond. I am completely unimpressed with its engraving results. I was unable to get it to run on my PC. And it has no user interface. Well, no *modern* UI. So, no, it's not at all what I'm looking for. I wish Finale had better defaults so that it took less tweaking to get things to look right (why can't Finale get beaming right? Why do I have to run Patterson Beams on every file just to get basic beam angles to come out correct?). -- 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
