Following this discussion with interest. As a church musician, a great deal of my work involves lyrics. I’d appreciate observations about using lyrics in Dorico (especially as compared to Finale).
Thanks George Brooke Sent from my iPad > On Apr 20, 2018, at 1:07 PM, David H. Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 4/20/2018 11:33 AM, Lynn David Newton wrote: >> Forgive me for elbowing in on this discussion. I'll ask my question >> up front: >> >> I notice (checking sweetwater.com) that there is a "trade-up" path, >> a way to acquire Dorico for considerably less than the standard >> price if I am a user of a competing product. >> >> Does that mean I have to somehow *give up* on using the competing >> product? Which doesn't make sense. Or only present proof of >> being a user of that product? What's the catch, because the price >> difference is significant. >> > [snip] > > When we purchase a cross-grade for a piece of software, proving that we > are legitimate owners of the competing product the requirement. > > We are not forced into stopping using the competing requirement. > > For example, I used Finale for quite a few years before buying a > cross-grade, vastly reduced price, version of Sibelius. I have been > upgrading each practically every upgrade since then, and both programs > have worked side by side. > > Then I took advantage of the introductory cross-grade offer of Dorico > and now all three of those products work side by side by side on my > computer. > > So you can invest in the competition if you wish. > > However, if you are satisfied with Finale and it is able to fulfill all > your music engraving needs, then there's no need to start all over again > with a different product. > > Competing products such as Sibelius and Dorico are for people who aren't > happy with some major aspect of Finale (or other current notation > software) and who find that the new product will do something better, > easier, faster, smoother, more elegantly, or just plain do something > which the current notation software being used can't do. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
