On Mon, October 15, 2007 5:12 am, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > Although you have very different needs from Finale, I woulld really like > to hear how you found the transition, and where you think Sibelius is > better or worse than Finale. Let us know when you have done some work in > it.
I'll do that, though I'm not sure how revealing it will be. My speed of working in Finale comes from Speedy entry with two-handed touch typing on the numeric keypad + control clusters and the right side of the alpha keyboard. The keyboard autorepeat is set to maximum speed and autorepeat delay set to minimum (my wife can't even touch my computer because it runs away from her!). The arrow keys come into play extensively (including for pitch changes), and I keep my eyes on the score (or gazing blankly into the distance when composing into Finale), and don't look at the screen except when moving elsewhere in the score. >From the descriptions on this list over time, I suspect I may be one of the few folks who uses the "eyes off" method -- and clearly one of the reasons I'm concerned about the addition of Sibelius to my toolkit. (I had a heck of a time learning Graphire, and still and completely unproductive whenever I touch it.) Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
