Klarinet Archive - Posting 000290.txt from 2001/01

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Music Programs for PC??
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:27:11 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
>
> As for Sibelius...I don't know much of it. From what I understand, it's
> supposed to be really good...I've also heard that it's the European
> equivelant of Finale, which leads one to believe that in Europe, Sibelius
> is the dominant notation software, whereas in North America, Finale is
> dominant. I do not know for certain myself, but I've seen more talk on
> the list about Finale than Sibelius (and the list is predominantly North
> American), and I've never met anyone personally who uses Sibelius anywhere
> in my state or its neighbors. *shrugs*
>
> J. Shouryu Nohe

There are a lot of people out here in LA that are using Sibelius... The
reason is that it is an *amazing* program. It is so much easier to get a
good looking score with it than Finale. The both cost about the same
(pretty expensive), but the quality of Sibelius is *far* better.

The note shapes are a bit more realistic, the midi implementation is much
better, the auto reformatting doesn't do more harm than good. You don't
really need to worry about some lines being 5 bars and others being 1 or 2
bars like in Finale... This list goes on.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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