Thanks for that brief synopsis. The PDF import feature is very
interesting. I know that there are many people in each of the camps
(Finale, Sibelius, Dorico et al) who really just want to see the best
notation. And of course, nobody is against having the best notation
output possible. But I believe strongly that all the products are
converging around the ultimate in notation (one never gets there, but
all products are pretty good). The real differences in the future will
be features that save time and improve the quality/accuracy of work.
That experimental PDF conversion is one such example. Other examples
might include:
* Handwriting recognition (on a touch screen)
* Polyphonic audio-to-notation
* Tighter integration with DAWs for the best possible playback
* "Harmonically aware" input modes (guiding to "proper" harmonies and
voicings)
* Etc.
I don't claim that all these are easy or even completely possible. But
I do think there is a huge space available for the products to continue
to add value way beyond the basics of notation. In the past, Finale has
been a leader in some of these areas, such as with the BIAB harmonizing
(good idea that never really worked great) and the drum groove plug-in
(again, a good idea never really taken to a high-quality result.)
On 3/14/2019 6:06 AM, David H. Bailey wrote:
there's even an experimental "Import PDF" function whereby you upload
a PDF of music to the musescore web-site and an on-line converter
tries to convert the PDF to a functional MuseScore file. Once
converted you can download the converted file to your local hard-drive
and open it in MuseScore. My simple trial returned excellent results!
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