Seems to me that Notion, from the beginning, has always been a playback engine with a notation interface at best. London Symphony samples not withstanding, the addition of the Garritan sounds to Finale has bridged that gap.
On Dec 19, 2011, at 11:58 AM, John Howell wrote: > At 4:24 AM -0500 12/19/11, David H. Bailey wrote: >> >> And in the few days since I started using Notion on my iPad I am >> increasingly amazed at all that they've included in this initial release >> and feel confident that they will continue to add features such as >> lyrics capabilities and other things in the coming months/years. > > For the price that goes without saying, of course! > > But do you--or anyone else on the List--have > experience with the Mac/PC version of Notion? I > ask because my former department head, who tries > to keep up with IT matters, has been looking for > a Free/Inexpensive notation program for our > students for years now without ever finding one. > It would have to be pretty full-featured to > qualify, since in the past we've required music > majors to have the full versions of Mosaic, > Finale, or now Sibelius. > > Also, is there Music XML import/export built in, > or does it require purchase of the full Dolet? > > John > > > -- > John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music > Virginia Tech Department of Music > School of Performing Arts & Cinema > College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences > 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 > Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 > (mailto:[email protected]) > http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html > > "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." > (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale John Blane Blane Music Preparation 1649 Huntington Ln. Highland Park, IL 60035 847 579-9900 847 579-9903 fax www.BlaneMusic.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
