Comments on: Love the one you’re with http://www.sibeliusblog.com/opinion/love-the-one-youre-with/ From the desk of Sibelius's Product Manager Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:40:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DS Music http://www.sibeliusblog.com/opinion/love-the-one-youre-with/comment-page-1/#comment-686 DS Music Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:46:43 +0000 http://www.sibeliusblog.com/?p=748#comment-686 Theres no competition! Sibelius is the no.1 music notation software! Those Finale users just need to taste Sibelius! Theres no competition! Sibelius is the no.1 music notation software! Those Finale users just need to taste Sibelius!

]]> By: Sibelius, Finale, and entrenchment « Creativity and Composition http://www.sibeliusblog.com/opinion/love-the-one-youre-with/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Sibelius, Finale, and entrenchment « Creativity and Composition Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:46:54 +0000 http://www.sibeliusblog.com/?p=748#comment-670 [...] Of course the parallels to composition need hardly be spelled out by me. We should all engage in a little relearning every now and then. I highly recommend this blog entry. [...] [...] Of course the parallels to composition need hardly be spelled out by me. We should all engage in a little relearning every now and then. I highly recommend this blog entry. [...]

]]> By: Daniel Spreadbury http://www.sibeliusblog.com/opinion/love-the-one-youre-with/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Daniel Spreadbury Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:29:40 +0000 http://www.sibeliusblog.com/?p=748#comment-665 I think that's fair comment, Brian. For what it's worth, our philosophy is to try to keep the interface as invisible as possible to the user, and make as much of the interaction as possible with the software directly related to creating the score itself. I think that’s fair comment, Brian. For what it’s worth, our philosophy is to try to keep the interface as invisible as possible to the user, and make as much of the interaction as possible with the software directly related to creating the score itself.

]]> By: Brian http://www.sibeliusblog.com/opinion/love-the-one-youre-with/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Brian Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:22:47 +0000 http://www.sibeliusblog.com/?p=748#comment-664 One thing you and Ron didn't mention in these posts are the inherent friction in music notation software. It seems that there are two schools of thought: 1) that the interface should be invisible to the user, allowing him/her to compose unhindered by the computer to create a page of music. 2) that the interface should do as much as possible for the user by providing killer playback sounds and loads of features, in other words, is an end all to itself. It comes down to what the composer is using the program for. One thing you and Ron didn’t mention in these posts are the inherent friction in music notation software. It seems that there are two schools of thought: 1) that the interface should be invisible to the user, allowing him/her to compose unhindered by the computer to create a page of music. 2) that the interface should do as much as possible for the user by providing killer playback sounds and loads of features, in other words, is an end all to itself. It comes down to what the composer is using the program for.

]]> By: Dondragmer http://www.sibeliusblog.com/opinion/love-the-one-youre-with/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Dondragmer Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:52:53 +0000 http://www.sibeliusblog.com/?p=748#comment-663 I started serious music notation work in 2005. I tried out demos of Sibelius 4, the current Finale, and several other programs. I tried entering some short folk music passages. This was easy enough in each program. Then I tried some editing. In Finale, I'd move my notes, and the slurs would stay put! Sibelius 4 sold itself because its slurs moved with the notes, not on any of its fancy features. With Sibelius 6, I still don't care about half its feature list, but the Magnetic Layout was worth the update price all on its own. The Magnetic Slurs in 6.1 are icing on the cake. I started serious music notation work in 2005. I tried out demos of Sibelius 4, the current Finale, and several other programs. I tried entering some short folk music passages. This was easy enough in each program. Then I tried some editing. In Finale, I’d move my notes, and the slurs would stay put! Sibelius 4 sold itself because its slurs moved with the notes, not on any of its fancy features.

With Sibelius 6, I still don’t care about half its feature list, but the Magnetic Layout was worth the update price all on its own. The Magnetic Slurs in 6.1 are icing on the cake.

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