At 2:59 PM +1100 10/28/09, David McKay wrote:
Is Sib 10 or whatever it is called also full of bugs?
It's Sibelius 6, now up to 6.1 I believe, and no it isn't full of bugs. And it won't be upgraded until they have some real improvements to offer.
Like any software, you might agree or disagree with some of the programmers' decisions, and the big new deal in Sib6 is automatic layout, which saves a lot of time but some of which's decisions you might not fully agree with. However, various aspects of it can be turned off if you choose to. Oh, and a new chord symbol process, which a few people simply don't care for (although I'm not sure why), but which I've had no problems with (other than a font problem, which was quickly solved by Sibelius' on-line and very responsive Senior Product Developer).
Or is it a better proposition than Finale now?
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