On 5/9/2015 9:26 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > Please excuse the cross posting and apologies to those who will receive > this update to my previous StaffPad review multiple times. > > I know that for users of Sibelius and Finale, regular updates of the > software are very important and in recent years have been less than > overwhelming as corporate politics and financial problems have gotten in > the way of offering real improvements to the software.
Thanks for these updates. The speed of their execution is most impressive. Several days ago, I listened to this extensive interview with Daniel Spreadbury. https://youtu.be/VBhPyTNkXKI My take-aways were: 1) This effort is still years from producing a commercial product. They don't have much of a GUI at present, for example. 2) The Steinberg team seems totally obsessed with the finest intricacies of extreme engraving, and doesn't seem to care nearly as much about things like improved playback and integration with the rest of the modern musician's workflow. I have nothing against somebody trying to reach the karma of engraving, but I must admit I don't find that of much practical use. Some of their ideas would be broadly usable, such as more of a rules-based approach to how rhythms are notated. But I was left with a feeling that this is an enormous amount of effort to put into a program that endeavors to capture that "last 1 percent of engraving sophistication". I would have thought there are very few people in the world that would be heavily motivated by that last 1% -- probably fewer than 1000 copyists. Of course, if the Steinberg program advances notation that last 1% AND also does many other things better, then it will be of interest. But it is hard for me to reconcile the scope of the Steinberg effort with the very impressive delivery of Staffpad function by what appears to be a much smaller team over a much shorter time period. I realize these are apples and oranges, but nonetheless, Staffpad is the most impressive thing I have seen in the field in a decade. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
