Klarinet Archive - Posting 000681.txt from 1997/03

From: ERNESTO REIDES <reides@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Music Time Deluxe
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 04:05:19 -0500

I was buy this program of music notation too, and I enjoy with
I was buy it in Chicago in a store called EGGHEAD and I was pay about
$ 60 for it. This program is ideal for small ensembles and for write
music for play with yourself.
Another program thats work pretty good is: NOTE WORTHY COMPOSER , the
price is $39 and you can download a demo from the home page :

http://www.ntworthy.com/

By to all
Ernesto

Virginia Scarfino wrote:
>
> I just thought I'd share my experience in purchasing some music notation
> software.
>
> I recently purchased a spiffy new computer that is fast, has lots of RAM,
> and lots of hard-drive space. It replaced an old 386 machine. So, I was
> finally able to start thinking about purchasing some music notation
> software.
>
> >From previous posts to the klarinet list, it sounded like Finale and Encore
> were the two programs that were most highly praised. I went surfing one
> night, and through simple web searches I found the sight for CODA products
> that had a downloadable demo of Finale, and PASSPORT products that had a
> downloadable demo of Encore.
>
> I downloaded Finale first, and boy did I have a lot of problems with it -
> I'm sure its a great program if you have the manuals to help you figure out
> how to use it, but without that it was quite difficult to assess the
> package fairly.
>
> Next, I downloaded Encore, and it completely blew me away! It was
> extremely intuitive, and the download itself came with oodles of examples
> showing exactly what it could do. I had a piece of music entered into the
> demo version in no time!
>
> Given that I wanted a program mainly for arranging music for small chamber
> ensembles, and for transposing, I figured I'd rather have the more
> intuitive package, even if there were more subtle things that perhaps
> Encore couldn't do that Finale could.
>
> So, the following day, I got on the phone to a local music store that sold
> music notation software. I found out that this particular store didn't
> sell Finale (because "you have to be a Systems Engineer to figure out how
> to use it" according to the sales rep), but it did sell Encore - for about
> $800 CDN. Ouch! But the sales rep then informed me that there are other
> packages available, and he suggested Music Time Deluxe at $139 CDN. He
> told me that it was also made by PASSPORT products, but that it only
> handled up to 16 staves, instead of the 64 that Encore supports (and also
> didn't support guitar tablature whereas Encore did). Furthermore, if I
> bought Music Time Deluxe, and then decided I'd rather have Encore, I could
> apparently upgrade for about $300 CDN and I'd still be further ahead than
> purchasing Encore outright.
>
> I thanked the sales rep very much, got back on the web, went back to the
> Encore sight, and downloaded Music Time Deluxe. Except for one tool bar, I
> couldn't tell the difference between the two! I went ahead and purchased
> Music Time Deluxe, and have been happy as a lark ever since!
>
> For those of you that would like to download some of these demo programs
> (and there are other ones as well), here are the sites:
>
> http://www.codamusic.com/Finalepage.html
> http://vortex.netbistro.com/georgemusic/passport.html
>
> Also, I would like to make a suggestion for people with Music Notation
> Software that are making files available on SNEEZY. It would be really
> nice if along with the files specific to the software being used, if midi
> (.MID) files could also be provided. This might make it easier for people
> with different software to take advantage of the music files being
> provided!
>
> Ginny Scarfino
> scarfinv@-----.net
> Waterloo, ON
> Canada