Re Speedy vs. Simple and Sibelius:
When I started usin Finale (FinWin 97), I had a new computer with a
temporary midi conflict from two sound cards. As a result, I couldn't
use Speedy for a while and had to use Simple for a few weeks. That did
give a benefit of becoming proficient with all the copying and
transposing functions, because entering new notes was such a pain, but
as soon as I got the sound card conflict resolved, I immediately
switched to Speedy and have never left the Simple palette on my screen
since. (I know 'it's improved now' but I don't care - speedy works well).
One question about improved Simple- can you now enter chords in Simple
entry?
Also - I'm one of the people over on the Sibelius list, very recently.
I asked about Garritan compatibilty, because I still might bite at the
$80 Sibelius price. (I am told all the full Garritan products are fully
compatible.) But I won't switch permanently unless I see real benefit.
So far on the list the welcome to us on that list has been less than
tremendous: 'Switch to Sibelius - simple entry is far better because
it's the only one we have' (On this I agree 100% with David Fenton.)
And we have been called "rats leaving a sinking ship."
Raymond Horton
dhbailey wrote:
David W. Fenton wrote:
On 14 Oct 2007 at 16:28, Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 03:42 PM 10/14/2007, David W. Fenton wrote:
>The point is that Sibelius is not as versatile as Finale in terms of
>providing options for music entry. Bad-mouthing Finale doesn't change
>the fact that Sibelius is more limiting, and enforces a single way of
>working, whereas Finale offers choice.
This is also true. Although it's only relevant for those of us who
love Speedy.
But that's a huge majority of the long-term users, no? It's really a
huge stumbling block for me -- when I need to use Finale, I mostly
need to do it quickly, so I just don't have the time to learn a new
entry method that seems to me to be much less efficient.
I used to think that it was a huge majority of the long-term users,
but from various posts over the years I have been surprised at how
many of people I would have assumed used Speedy were actually using
Simple Entry. And quite a few jumped from Speedy to the newly
revamped Simple Entry tool a few versions ago.
I don't think MakeMusic would dissolve the Speedy Entry tool were it
the preferred tool of choice for a huge majority of its users,
probably taking its lead from corporate users who purchase large
numbers of site licenses, who may not be using Speedy Entry at all.
And I can well understand the time constraints concerning learning a
new tool. So it seems that moving to Sibelius isn't really an option
for you (and quite possibly for many others.) I'm not abandoning
Finale, but I am finding working in Sibelius to be much easier than I
had formerly thought it was, and the conversion to Sibelius' entry
methods happened practically overnight for me, so it might not be as
difficult a transition as you think it will be.
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