On 29.10.2009 Craig Parmerlee wrote:
Slightly off this topic, does Sibelius have anything comparable to Finale's
managed parts? That feature of Finale is unbelievably powerful. It elegantly
solves one of the biggest time wasters: managing separate files for extracted
parts. This relates to the selection tool because you can use the tool to make
changes in the score view and they are automatically reflected in the
individual parts. And you can also use the same tools within the parts
directly to make changes that are maintained separately from the score.
While there might be little opportunities for improvement here and there, I
think Finale has really hit the ball out of the part in this area. I cannot
conceive of working without this feature.
To me that is very similar to the scroll view. Did Sibelius ever implement
scroll view? They seemed to be in denial on that for about 5 releases, and
that feature is really transformational.
You know, it is really funny how people conceive the world from their
perspective.
Sibelius introduced linked parts quite a while before Finale did. When
this happened there was an outcry on this list that Finale needed to
have it, too. So eventually MakeMusic reinvented the wheel once more.
As to the topic: My wife needs a notation program for her work now, so
originally I tried to teach her some Finale. I quickly gave up. We now
bought Sibelius, which is simply a much easier program to learn for
anyone not being an expert. Its approach is simply so much more logical...
Johannes
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