Dear Alain and others,
being a programmer by myself I highly appreciate the work and effort put in
programs like Django or Fronimo. I would call both of them professional
products which during the time I followed their development moved far above
the initial purpose to simply enter tabulature and which today stand as
programs which provides us an easy to handle way to enter complete scores.
I've checked other programs as Encore (now incorporated in Finale) and
Finale which in detail may offer a number of features which are not
possible in "our" programs (at the moment - giving the dilligent work will
continue). There seems to be a tendency (as you already deteced) to rather
use expensive programs instead of programs better suited for a certain
purpose. Again I think there are certain habits and prejudices which create
preferences for the one or the other program. One of this prejudices is
"Finale is a mighty program and best suited for professional editions".
This might be true in most cases but not necessarily for every project.
Finale is not made for tabulature editing and it's painfull to enter
tabulature there.
To tell a story:
A while ago I offered to enter some music (modern lute songs - in Fronimo)
for an edition but after finishing it I was told my settings would lack
certain features and the complete project should be re-entered in Finale
(which I didn't want and quit my participation within the project). I was
finishing my work on the project in 2001 and felt happy about this. The
edition in Finale is not made until now.
Best wishes
Thomas
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