Without launching the program (my "desktop" is rather full at the
moment) I would say that Sibelius deals with all normal orchestral and
band instruments as well as many weird ones. Sibelius 6 and Finale's
Allegro are pretty much equal in capability, with only subtle
differences that pertain to what the user sees (such as engraving rules,
which I set in metric units), not what's on the printed page. Yes,
Sibelius does automatic and manual instrument transpositions, parts
separation, and so forth.
There are some interesting Sibelius vs Allegro forums out there on the
wild, wooly, web!
By the way, you can download a 30 day free trial of Sibelius from their
website. It's not "full up", but pretty robust nonetheless and thus a
good idea of what the "paid up" program can do.
Jim
On 2011-03-29 1044, [email protected] wrote:
Attn: Jim Frysinger.
Several days ago, my orchestra conductor sent me a part for English Horn from "Music
For The Royal Fireworks" by G. F. Handel. This is for our Spring concert.
The file was scanned, formatted, and printed by "Finale" software, no
transpositions necessary.
The part printed well with no adjustments of my printer for millimeter, or for
25.4 millimeter spacings of the notes.
For what instruments does "Sibelius" software do these functions?
Gene
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