Ben Byram-Wigfield commented,
It's possible that Dorico might not identify staves from an XML import as being "vocal" -- if you've renamed them to "Douglas" and "Cynthia" perhaps. If it doesn't know, it will assume that they ar...
Ben Byram-Wigfield commented,
I doubt there was much that changed between .2 to .3 that would affect Finale. It's mostly all the AI stuff and bug fixes.
Ben Byram-Wigfield commented,
Make sure you set the staff group to not show barlines between vocal staves.
Ben Byram-Wigfield commented,
I'm sure you know best. I'm only saying what Michael Good, the inventor of XML, has said elsewhere. We can all suggest alternative courses of action that MM might take / have taken. But to no e...
Ben Byram-Wigfield commented,
The only replies I've had are boilerplate "we remain committed to the platform"... But inaction speaks louder than words. It would be nice if they just fixed the version disparity between Wind...
Ben Byram-Wigfield commented,
Why did you even start this "discussion" into the choices that other people might make? Plenty of people have found good reasons to make the switch, so your "bottom line" that "there is no reason" ...
Ben Byram-Wigfield commented,
Every Finale customer can get the upgrade to Dorico; and you get a "free" Finale 27 thrown in! And yes, you can install different Finales on your PC at the same time.
Ben Byram-Wigfield commented,
My experience with Sibelius is similar to yours with Dorico. It's almost as if these things were entirely subjective. ;-) The Quick Reference Guide is 2 page long:https://blog.dorico.com/wp-content...
Ben Byram-Wigfield commented,
A poll in the VI-Control forum has c. 60% moving to Dorico; 16% to MuseScore; 8% to Sibelius; and 10% staying with Finale until something breaks/dies. (Sample of 112.) There was already a flow of...
Ben Byram-Wigfield commented,
It won't hurt to try! It works for me, and several others have reported no problems.