dc wrote:
Johannes Gebauer écrit:
Like David Fenton I also think that I would miss Speedy badly in
Sibelius. It is, imo, one of the very last trumps Finale still has to
make some pro users stay.
Agreed. The idea I have in the back of my head, when I try out Sibelius,
is to continue to enter all the notes in Finale with Speedy, since I'm
very fast at that, and then work from there. I must confess that I have
no idea how one enters notes in Sibelius. Can it be done as fast as with
Speedy? But then, I still have a lot of questions about not only what
can be done in Sibelius, but how easily and fast it can be done,
compared to Finale.
Everybody will find their transition from one program to the other to be
unique, because we all use varying aspects of any application we use in
a unique way.
Sibelius does allow the computer keyboard selection on pitches (in a
much easier way than Finale, in my opinion, in that you hit an A and the
closest A appears on the staff, B gives the nearest B, etc, rather than
having to use A S D F G H J for one octave of A B C D E F G pitch entry)
and it is the work of an instant to use ctrl-up or ctrl-down to change
octaves for the pitch you just entered and then the next pitch key you
press gives you the nearest example of that pitch. As with many aspects
of Finale, it's quicker to do than to explain.
My advice to everybody who is thinking of trying Sibelius -- don't just
leap into it thinking that your first project in Sibelius can be like
your last project in Finale. I'd give the same advice (and have,
repeatedly on this list) to anybody starting with Finale, no matter
where they came from. Follow the tutorials, read the documentation
concerning the entry methods, and be patient and practice it as a brand
new tool.
Those who expect Sibelius to be Finale-East (as in coming from a country
to the east of the U.S.) will be greatly disappointed, just as anybody
thinking that Finale is merely Sibelius-West will also be disappointed.
They're two different programs which can achieve the same results --
elegant printed musical output.
--
David H. Bailey
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