Hi,
I wrote: 'I see that many people (and increasingly so) likes to allow
software (_or maybe, other _p_eople_) to do things ready for them'. It
is true, music software market 'is a very tiny niche of a niche market
and nowhere near to affecting the entire population'. When I compared
this broad trend to 'something Italy (and other countries as well) has
suffered some decades ago' it was by 'similitude', obviously, not by
'identity'. But, just now people is affected, in their decisions or even
ideas and opinions, by computers (they rarely remember that behind every
computers there is always a man, and often a company); and the request
for 'ready made' solutions is increasing in every field, it seems to me.
Btw: It don't seems to me that all of the softwares you quoted don't
'forces anybody to accept the result "out of the box" with no changes
possible'. 'Finale' surely does, maybe 'Sibelius' (I never used it to
its full potential); others you mentioned... I don't think so. A
revelatory sign is the possibilty of using different music fonts - not
only the one(s) supplied by the producer of the software - in the same
score, or project.
all best,
Paolo
Il 28/01/2019 21:37, David H. Bailey ha scritto:
Hi Paolo,
You make good points. In an ideal world, the software would create
beautiful engraved scores and parts with very little effort, but for
those who want more control it would also allow them to do what they
want.
After all, the whole purpose of computers in the first place was to do
quickly and easily what would take a human many more hours to do and
not so easily. Imagine getting to the end of a 30-part score, all
written beautifully by hand, only to find that 30 notes needed to be
changed in every part, necessitating the complete rewriting of many
pages of the score. Computers were designed to remove that sort of
labor.
Using notation software, which in actuality is a very tiny niche of a
niche market and nowhere near to affecting the entire population is
quite different from the political manifestations you mention when a
country's leader tries to think for the entire population.
One of the great things about good notation software such as Finale,
Sibelius, Dorico, increasingly MuseScore, Notion, Forte, is the amount
of control that each software allows the user to exercise. None of
the programs forces anybody to accept the result "out of the box" with
no changes possible. The more expensive programs Finale, Sibelius and
Dorico allow more control over more items so the users indeed have the
ability to think and sweat all they want over all the little details
that only a music engraver would care about but which would not be
noticed by most performing musicians.
And the best thing in my opinion about the notation software
marketplace is that nobody is forced to use any particular software
unless they have a demanding client who insists on one over the others.
So the "political" comparison doesn't Really hold up, again in my
opinion.
Thanks for raising the issue,
David H. Bailey
On 1/28/2019 9:49 AM, Paolo Alberto Rismondo wrote:
Hi,
A 'political' (maybe) consideration about music softwares other than
/Finale /- that allow me not to mention them explicitly.
I see that many people (and increasingly so) likes to allow software
(or maybe, other people) to do things ready for them. That's an
interesting phenomenon, not at all restricted to 'music softwares';
it's simpler, easier, quicker etc.; you have not even to think with
your head.
Maybe it come close to something Italy (and other countries as well)
has suffered some decades ago (I mean, a single person that think,
do, etc. for a whole nation).
I continue to prefer that the software do what I want, even if I had
to find myself alone.
Paolo A. Rismondo
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