On 7/13/2016 8:18 PM, Mark D Lew wrote:
> In the late 1980s I played around with Lime. I liked Lime in its
> general structure and approach, but it was limited.
>
> The first version of Finale I used was version 2-point-something,
> which I borrowed from a cousin. It wasn’t long before I knew I
> wanted it, so I bought my own and started with v3.0. I still fondly
> remember the lovely three-volume user manual/tutorial/encyclopedia.
>
> I was a frequent Finale user all through the 1990s, but some time
> around 2005 my life turned in a different direction and since then
> engraving is something I only dabble in occasionally. This year, for
> the first time in almost three decades, I’m without any working
> version of Finale. I had to upgrade my computer in January; I was
> advised that my version of Finale — v2010 — wouldn’t work well on my
> new operating system, so I never reinstalled it.
>
> I’m only now starting to miss it. A few weeks ago I pulled out an
> old arrangement and started doodling with it — with pen and paper! —
> and more generally I’ve started feeling the desire to get back into
> music again.
>
> So now I’m planning to upgrade. I think there’s a good chance I’ll
> make the jump to Dorico in the fall, but I don’t think I’ll want to
> be with nothing for that long. (And besides, most of the cost will
> be made up in the cross-grade vs new price for Dorico.)
>
> mdl
I did a lot of hand-copying back in the 70's - paid part of my way
through college doing it, and was tempted to go to LA to work for
Alphaeus or Judy Greene, but got sidetracked.
Been using FInale since probably version 2 or so - I remember the
enormous manuals we got with that version. I still use version 10, and
have had zero problems under Windows 10 (64 bit). I have 2012, but ...
many of the changes were unfriendly to the way I work, so I don't use it.
I used Finale during the years I was a copyist for Walrus Music,
until it got sold, and never had a complaint, but I also built a lot of
libraries that helped legibility, and that didn't transfer to 2012.
cd
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