David, I have both of them, Finale 2010 and Sibelius 6.1. I in fact started using Sibelius 6.1 today and it feels a lot better than previous versions, somehow, if also a bit slower. The collision avoidance thing is great on some levels.
If you have time to relearn everything and are feeling brave, then sure, why not give Sibelius a whirl. Certainly in Australia Sibelius is #1. But particularly if you are using Speedy Entry in Finale, and you don't have a lot of time, then why not stick with what you know. There will be some relearning required in Finale as well, e.g. Expressions. But the Selection Tool is really so much better and it's worth the upgrade I think for that at least. The Dolet plugin is really good in helping to convert scores between the 2 applications if needed. Cheers Matthew 2009/10/28 David McKay <[email protected]> > My wife and I are using Finale 2004b. One issue I have is that when I ask > it > to print 2 copies on my Samsung laser printer SCX 4521f, it prints 4 or 6 > copies each time. Printer doesn't misbehave with other software. > > Don't know if anyone has an answer for that one. > > But reading the comments about Fin 10 makes me wary of upgrading. Is Sib 10 > or whatever it is called also full of bugs? Or is it a better proposition > than Finale now? > > David McKay > www.aussiemusician.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
