Klarinet Archive - Posting 000229.txt from 2005/05

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] .... more about Finale vs. Sibelius [was: drum roll]
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 18:22:57 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ormondtoby Montoya [mailto:ormo2ndtoby@-----.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 3:47 PM
>
> Mark wrote:
>
> > it has nothing to do with Finale, just as
> > Sibelius as a notation program is distinct in its
> > output in reality [snip] It has everything to
> > do with the sound production machinery and
> > its interpretation of a MIDI file, along with how
> > complete your MIDI file is.
>
> No argument, Mark. Absolutely none.
>
> The computer is part of the machinery also. My old 700 mHz 512 mb died
> recently, and now I have a shiny new 3400+ Athlon 64 with 1 gb
> (allegedly equal to 3.4 gHz Pentium 4). This is what Kontakt specifies
> for their Gold edition.
>
> The purpose of my question was to ask Finale users: what is the end
> result of whatever sound production machinery they received when they
> bought a copy of Finale?
>
> The most appropriate description that I can devise for making
> comparisons is how a CD recorded by a major ensemble or orchestra
> sounds. Certainly Microsoft's WavSynth (I forget the exact name)
> sounds completely different than a recorded CD. Does the standard
> Finale package for PC use only Microsoft WavSynth? Or does it offer a
> premium 'sound engine' to replace WavSynth --- something similar to
> Kontakt? Would a user thereof feel comfortable stating that the
> resultant sound is close to a major ensemble's or orchestra's recorded
> CD?
>
So, Bill, is your real question "Does Finale ship with something equivalent
to Kontakt?" It seems from what Mark has said and from my own more limited
experience with computer audio, that this is a distinctly different question
from asking if it's capable of near CD quality instrumental (or individual
or ensemble) sound. The one questions a product feature. The other asks for
something that some hardware simply won't produce regardless of the
program's feature set.

For what it's worth, CDs don't sound as natural on my computer as they do on
my living room stereo system (and neither one is in any way mistakable for
live sound).

Or maybe I'm still not understanding your question well. :-)

Karl

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