Bob Florence wrote:
Hi All,
It's been an interesting threat on the two programs.
My use of Finale is almost always for writing big band jazz charts for
myself. Occasionally I do a lead sheet. I am not a copiest and I have no
clients and I don't work for any publishers.
Everyone like my parts because of clarity and especially page turns.
I have been using Finale since version 3. Given all of the above, would
the use of Sibelius get the job done without headaches?
Without headaches? A computer program? Do you want the impossible? :-)
I would say that the headaches would likely be different, and for what
you do may be less.
You might consider subscribing to the Sibelius-List at groups.yahoo.com
and ask the question there. There are some fine arrangers who work
primarily in the big-band medium there who could answer your questions
better than I can. Then download the Sibelius demo and see for yourself.
The clarity and the page turns will be just as they are in Finale --
people will like them if you do them properly.
Would it be a great advantage over Finale? I doubt it. Sibelius would
do all that you do in Finale, but you'd have to learn a whole new
program and you might buy the program, invest the time learning it and
find that it isn't any easier or better than Finale. On the other hand,
you might try it and find that you work twice as fast with half the
headaches. Or you might find it a whole lot more hassle and have spent
the money and time for nothing.
--
David H. Bailey
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