Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
At 06:40 AM 6/20/2007 -0400, dhbailey wrote:
But in general, the notation aspects of Finale are very mature and there
isn't all that much room for improvement.
Whaaaaaaa?
Please do me this:
http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/waam/lunar-cascade-june.pdf
(Yeah, I had one day both to compose and notate
this sucker since it's part of my WAAM project,
so it could be better.)
Or Stockhausen's 1961 "Refrain". Or stuff from
the collection "Notations" or if that seems too
old and quaint and nobody does that anymore,
then try most scores from the 2006 collection
"Sound:Visions" where by golly they do still do
notation that isn't stuck.
Or even staggered barlines. Or without kluges,
unmetered music or beaming over barlines (why
shouldn't the Speedy "/" just toggle that natively?)
or or or or...
Finale is "mature" like Brahms is mature: Dead.
Both managed to miss most of more than a
century's worth of notational growth and change,
and is now focused on marketing geegaws.
I know most of the folks on this list are perfectly
satisfied with Finale's notation choices, but if the
music doesn't conform to these choices, by gosh
it's hard to do even simple tasks and nearly
impossible to do anything complicated.
There isn't all that much room for improvement?
Hah.
Alright, point taken.
However, I'll bet that if you submitted that circular score to most
human engravers, they also would be unable to engrave it. It is a
graphic design issue, not a notation engraving issue.
Yes, beaming over barlines without having to use a plug-in would be
nice, but at least it is possible currently. Maybe not as simple as you
would like, but it is possible.
Staggered barlines remains a serious flaw, but the few flaws you point
out do not negate my point about maturity.
But I do hope you keep on lobbying MakeMusic to add or improve the
features you would like improved or added.
I didn't say there wasn't ANY room for improvement.
--
David H. Bailey
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