100% agree with Michael here. I've just converted 2 large files with
finale 2010, dolet 5 and sib 6.1 and the results are very good. It's
surprising how much is transferred. There will be editing required
but it is well worth the money. Bravo michael!
For my 2c Sibelius 6.1 is very good. Outstanding in fact (a newbie
perspective). But Finale beats it in several areas. Every time I use
it I find things that are easier and quicker in Finale. For example,
flat beams. The use of context menus in Finale is much more intuitive
and deep. Want to change something in Finale: right click and there's
a good chance it's there. In sib it seems a requirement to find it in
the menu, properties tab or know the kbd shortcut. I can't get my
head around the layout in Sibelius to get the level of control I am
used to. Adjusting slurs and lines is much improved in 6.1 though as
someone else mentioned it's slower than Finale - frustratingly so.
So Sibelius is by no means nirvana: there are swings and roundabouts
to both applications, especially if you are a control freak.
Matthew
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On 31/10/2009, at 2:22 AM, Michael Good <[email protected]> wrote:
dc <[email protected]> wrote:
The conversion of Finale files into Sibelius is Very Bad,
pace Dolet, XML and whatnot.
This is another area - as is slurs - that is much improved in Sibelius
6.1 compared to the versions you are familiar with. The same is true
for conversions back the other way from Sibelius to Finale using our
Dolet 5 for Sibelius plug-in.
If you have the latest versions of both programs you should be getting
good results, though not yet perfect. For Finale, any version since
2004 should work well if used with our Dolet 5 for Finale plug-in. For
Sibelius, you need 6.1 for the best results in both directions.
Best regards,
Michael Good
Recodare LLC
www.recordare.com
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