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#1881603 - 01/29/08 07:48 PM

What's Better Than Finale?

SuStudio
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I'm tired of Finale....always crashing and buggy as heck! I need something for my laptop that easily creates notation on the fly without the need of a midi device. I'm not too concerned about sound as I'm just trying to get some ideas from my head to the printer.

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#1883293 - 02/01/08 12:31 PM

Re: What's Better Than Finale? [Re: SuStudio]

RicBassGuy
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I've only used Finale in a music class for part of a term, but I never experienced any crashes. And I thought you could just drag notes to the staves? Certainly it's easier to input notes with a MIDI controller.

Back in the days before software like Finale I would use graphic design software in order to make a nice looking printout. Of course it's very tedious and time-consuming to hand-set all those notes, and you can't hear what it's supposed to sound like.

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#1883697 - 02/02/08 05:56 AM

Re: What's Better Than Finale? [Re: RicBassGuy]

Leberwurst
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I also work with Finale, and although I have experienced some crashes, Finale seems to be one of the best programs for notation available.
I hope I'll get some time soon to look into Sibelius, which is similar to Finale, but I've heard only good remarks about it so far. However it's much too pricey just for getting some ideas down.
There are lots of cheap or maybe even free notation programs available, also "light" versions of Finale and Sibelius, but I doubt that you'll have as many possibilities with one of the cheaper programs as in Finale.
Maybe you should specify what "better" means for you concerning notation software.

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#1885466 - 02/05/08 05:18 AM

Re: What's Better Than Finale? [Re: Leberwurst]

Alcuin804
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Registered: 08/02/06
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Yeah, Sustudio, I really don't understand what the problem is either. Are you sure it isn't your computer?

Despite the constant heads-up everywhere about Finale having a steep learning curve, I didn't find that to be the case at all. Hell, Band-in-a-Box is much harder to get a handle on, if you go all out with it.

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