Bruce Clausen wrote:
Thanks everyone for your insights on Finale/Sibelius. I would have thanked you all earlier but my email has been down. It seems that Finale would be best for engraving and Sibelius better for composing. My bottom line is that I'll probably have to use both to eventually make a decision. Perhaps this year's Fin upgrade $ will go to the Sib. option. I'm still on the fence.
It's interesting that you would say that, because I'm finding the opposite to be true.
With my hands on the Speedy Entry keys in Finale I can think through and try out various ideas quickly, but I find that in Sibelius I am still thinking about the program a lot more than the notes I enter, so I'm still in the stage where I can't be creative yet. I'm hopeful that will come with more familiarity, but I wouldn't say (based on my experience anyway) that Sibelius is more a composer's program and Finale more an engraver's program.
There are plenty of professional copyists using Sibelius and plenty of composers using Finale.
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