macOS Sequoia ; 2023 MacBook Air, Dorico Pro 5.x, Finale 27.4, NotePerformer, TGTools, Reason 10.x, Perfect Layout, Fission, Audacity, JW plugins http://dbtmusic.wordpress.com/
David Toub commented,
They really do a decent job of having entire tutorials aimed at us former finale users. Their online manual is not what I’d have wanted but the forum is amazing. Questions are nicely answered very ...
David Toub commented,
Actually, if you use their preferred and default duration before pitch method, it is speedy entry with the caps lock key down to enter a bunch of notes with the same duration.
David Toub commented,
I have been able to put notes into my piano line but when I try to bring it to lets say my Trumpet line I am lost. I used to drag it to that staff. Extracting I think I see how that is done. ...
David Toub commented,
@john, I feel your pain having also started with Finale many decades ago when it was still on floppy disks (I still have the box with the really nice printed manuals by David Pogue). But I've been ...
David Toub commented,
Hey Biggs: I'm not going to indulge you further after this, but no, Finale is no longer "the best." It probably hasn't been "the best" in several years. And no, this train has sailed. MM is not goi...
David Toub commented,
As mentioned, it is indeed keyboard-centric and I'm a trackpad person, but as with most professional software, there are many ways to accomplish the same thing. So I can right-click and filter seve...
David Toub commented,
Thanks. I actually had not been aware of that distinction for searching the help pages and will try that next time. Much appreciated.
David Toub commented,
Ernie, I’m in the middle of my second score using Dorico, having ditched Finale (MM ditched us users, so I have zero loyalty to a dead program when the company didn’t even care to remove the author...
David Toub commented,
By this point I am very efficient in Dorico and am able to engrave the same score much faster than I ever could in Sibelius or Finale (each of which I had used for 6 years). I'm finding much the ...
David Toub commented,
Well of course not how could I possibly be right. Oh, lets see, you were a guy like motet that complained about Finale for a long time. Loudly I might affirm. Now you found your holy grail and of...