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" ...
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.
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...
It won't hurt to try! It works for me, and several others have reported no problems.
Firstly, Finale works fine on Sequoia. MakeMusic just won't help you if there is a problem. Oh, so the fonts issue is on the old Mac? Well, the advice still stands. Reinstall the fonts.
I would reinstall Finale -- it's likely That Migration Assistant hasn't brought over everything you need. If you're sure that all the other components have been brought over -- Document Styles, VS...
Either you're using GIFF samples (which use SFZ files), or the SmartMusic SoftSynth. There are no other choices. Nothing has changed. You'll need to look into how you have it configured. Without...
Can you explain what you mean by "instrument configuration"? I doubt that any version of ARIA had specific interface controls to support a wind MIDI controller (nice, by the way!) -- it will just p...
Support will end in August 2025. MM have said that they will keep the authorization servers running "for the foreseeable future" beyond that. If the existing authorization survives on your disk, (i...
The first picture shows Finale's Instrument List, which is just "names for staves". It doesn't mean there is necessarily a Theremin instrument in GIFF. The Garritan Instruments for Finale are samp...