Klarinet Archive - Posting 000005.txt from 2007/02

From: "Keith Bowen" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Sibelius
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:43:39 -0500

It's a bit complicated. From the v4.1.5 (the latest) Help file:

"Sibelius can open the following kinds of files:

* .mus files from Finale 98/2000, Allegro 98/2000, PrintMusic 1.0
* .etf files from Finale 98/2000/2001/2002/2003/2004/2005, Finale
Guitar. (However, if your file is saved in Finale 2004 or later, you should
export the file in MusicXML format in Finale and import that instead, as it
will work better - see 7.4 Opening MusicXML files.)

With files from versions earlier than Finale/Allegro 98, the converter asks
you to re-save the file from a newer version of Finale/Allegro to update it;
Sibelius can then open it.

For Finale 2001-2005 and Finale Guitar, you must save your file as an .etf
(Enigma Transportable File); Sibelius cannot open .mus files from Finale
2001-2005 or Finale Notepad."

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: klarinet-return-89883-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org
> [mailto:klarinet-return-89883-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org] On
> Behalf Of Oliver Seely
> Sent: 01 February 2007 20:12
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Re: Sibelius
>
>
> I advised a Sibelius user the other day that starting with Finale
> 2003, Sibelius (at the same time) was able to import Finale files
> from the 2003 version. Did I have that right? Can later versions of
> Sibelius import Finale files?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Oliver
>
> At 11:28 AM 2/1/2007, you wrote:
>
> >Nancy Buckman wrote,
> > >Have you ever used Finale? If so, why do you
> > >prefer Sibelius?
> >
> >Unfortunately, my information is obsolete, since I bought the Sibelius
> >version I use now in 2002 and haven't looked at the current versions of
> >either Sibelius or Finale. I've never used Finale. In 2001, when I
> first
> >looked at both programs in friends' houses, I decided to buy Sibelius
> >because I found the Sibelius manual easier to understand, written for
> >musicians who don't necessarily know much about computer programming.
> >Sorry I can't give a meaningful comparison of current versions of the
> >programs, but I'll be interested in what other people say.
> >
> >I never upgraded after Sibelius 2.1 (they're up to at least 4.1 now)
> >because the company re-wrote its mandatory Terms of Agreement into one of
> >the worst contracts of adhesion I've ever seen. I think it's just sloppy
> >wording, a misguided excursion into jargon, the kind of thing that can
> >happen when well-intentioned proprietors let their lawyers go feral.
> >However, Sibelius ignored or trivialized my attempts to discuss the
> >problem; that contract has not been re-written (I check the site
> >periodically); and I've made the common sense decision that I can't
> afford
> >the risks to which those terms would expose me. Therefore, I removed all
> of
> >my music from the Sibelius users' site, stopped participating in the
> online
> >forum and have not taken advantage of upgrades.
> >
> >In the meantime, the contract question became moot as my 2001 Windows XP
> >computer aged. In human years, a six-year-old computer is probably about
> >96. It doesn't have the capacity to load and run the much-expanded
> >programming to burn CDs and so forth. Maybe someday when I buy a new
> >machine, I'll investigate Finale again. However, given the apparent
> >determination of the Finn brothers to continue with the present Terms of
> >Agreement, I probably won't be doing business with Sibelius again,
> >alas--although the version of the program I still use is excellent and
> I'd
> >buy the upgrade in a heartbeat if I thought my computer could run it and
> if
> >the company would revise that damned contract. By the way, I don't
> answer
> >private e-mails about the contract for two reasons: (1) I'm not a lawyer
> >and I can't give legal advice (although I did show the contract to an
> >attorney, who told me he wouldn't sign it himself). (2) I wouldn't mail
> >out information on how to make a bomb, either.
> >
> >Lelia Loban
> >
> >
> >
> >
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