On 10/22/2016 5:33 AM, Graeme Gerrard wrote: > I suppose they couldn’t include everything in the initial release, but you > can’t transpose a segment of music! That might seem to be a joke, but it’s > not! > [snip]
That doesn't sound like a joke to me. I haven't begun to do more than scratch the surface of Dorico. I did just try to search for the word "transpose" in the Dorico online help and got zero results returned. I am certain that the development team is working on that sort of issue -- they are all experienced from their days at Sibelius and they know what capabilities need to be included in notation software. I am also just as certain that Steinberg's front office finally said to the development team (probably over some protests from them but I can't state that as fact) that they needed to have a product on the market by a specific date to try to recoup some of the major investment that Steinberg had made in hiring them and giving them a few years (has it been 2 or 3?) of "free play time" without the necessity of earning their keep. With this initial release, however incomplete it is, the cash flow has begun and I am sure it will increase as more and more functionality is added in the coming months as promised updates are produced. In the meantime, missing such basic functions as transposing a section of the music can be very frustrating. Because of those missing basic functions I bought the program knowing that I would continue to work in Sibelius for those projects I need to get into the hands of others while I get comfortable working with Dorico so that as it improves (which I'm certain it will) I will be able gradually to shift my work over to Dorico and not have to worry about the shaky financial status of Avid nor worry about whomever the current owner of Finale is and when they will decide to sell it off again or simply let it die. All the while it will be interesting to see what new things get added to Finale, Sibelius and MuseScore to pick up on what Dorico is doing. -- ***** David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
