What prevents me from using it is that it only works in Mac OS9 or the
Classic environment so it is dependent on an old mac staying alive.
That old mac requires a printer that has drivers for OS9.
There are none so instead it requires a print to pdf kludge that
worked erratically, often requiring one sheet at a time and multiple
redos.
I can still make it work but the time taken to get printed output is
now longer than the extra time it takes to work in Finale.
I can send you samples of mine.
The big thing it does is that I can grab anything and move it at any
point. It treated this sensibly so, for instance, I could grab a note
with its stem and not just the stem nor the head.
Secondly I can assign shortcuts to any expression or slur or shape or
accent etc and enter them whilst entering notes.
For example: input note, push A for accent, p for piano mark, f for a
pause, and d to start a hairpin.
All without changing tools or modes. I know little about it, but get
the idea that mode-switching is now considered generally bad for
workflow in computer apps.
Thirdly it had linked parts from the start which had more sensible
linkage than Finale has now.
Fourthly ability to lock anything down no matter what I do around it.
I can give quite a list.
I can also give a (smaller for now..) list of things that I prefer
about finale. Entering rhythmic values is a big one. Running on a mac
that is not 7 years old is the biggest!
Please just take this as an answer to the question not an anti-Finale
rant.. The more help I receive from this list the more I enjoy Finale.
Igor will still work on a windows machine. I considered it but
changing platform to use dead and unsupported software seemed a whole
lot less appetising than switching (back) to Finale.
Steve P.
On 1 Feb 2011, at 13:43, dc wrote:
Steve Parker écrit:
And I would (controversially no doubt) put Igor Engraver above all of
them..
Which is probably not good form on the FInale list ;-)
The big caveat is that it's dead in the water..
What prevents anyone from using dead software if that's what gives
the best results? At least on a Windows machine, running 10-year-old
software isn't a problem. Are there any samples to be seen anywhere
of this top-notch software?
My question is: what can Igor or Graphire do that Finale can't do?
Or what can they do in an easier and/or quicker way?
I remember asking the same question to a Score devotee towards the
end of the last century and her only answer was that she preferred
Score's algorithms.
Dennis
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