Finale Greed within a year! - TCDetroit

My summer upgrades to OSX.3. Finale-04 & DP4
took some time and funding to achieve.
I haven't even taught a semester with the new update(2004) when 2005 comes out.
Their comment is oh well, Pay again.
"Your 2004 upgrade order was placed on 6/04/2004 and the free upgrade offer would only apply if you had placed your order on or after July 15, 2004."Customer Support MakeMusic!, Inc.

Purchased 36 Finale 2004 licenses, June 6th then Finale 2005 comes out Aug
17th with a "within 30-days"(July 15) free upgrade path.
(No notice when purchasing our increased site license.)

It is hard enough to keep a school up to date but
If a student goes and gets Finale 2005 the Application CAN NOT save as earlier version (This is a crock of lame programming)

I like Finale (probably because I used it for 7 years)
Sibelius or others, may now get some serious consideration.
It is difficult to change a programs core software but Finalemusic is giving us the incentive.

Big turn off for this institution.

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Sunday, August 22 2004 @ 04:29 AM PDT

One word: Overture - hkim

Geniesoft's Overture is now OSX native and runs circles around Sibelius and Finale in terms of ease of use. Sibelius requires one to dip into the manual (a thick one) over and over to perform the most mundane task (see my review of Sibelius!). Overture absolutely *kills* Sibelius in terms of handling lyrics as well and is cheaper. Speaking as a professional musician who often has tight deadlines, Sibelius is why something like Finale is needed.

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Friday, November 12 2004 @ 06:27 PM PST

well? - dbmite

One doesn't need Finale in addition to Sibelius because Finale is the only noation program one would need. Finale produces the most professional looking scores. Sibelius produces sloppy scores and I might add those scores look mighty amateurish.

Sibelius is fine for schools and those learning a notation program for the first time. Otherwise, Finale is still the best and has way more users than Sibelius. I have used both programs and realized there was no way I could submit such a sloppy Sibelius score to a publisher.

Finale can do it all!
Sorry

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Saturday, November 13 2004 @ 04:00 PM PST

well? - ipbrjt-3

This is not about me, its about irresponsible comments from folks who obviously aren't professionals. I use many programs, and teach them as well- from a public music school setting to University level. The programs you cite are not the highest level for professional notation, sorry. I score for films, I make arrangements, as well as compose. I make my living from music, and I do ALL types of styles. I'm established, and I have nothing to gain, lose, or prove. You, on the other hand, have some quite serious issues.

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Saturday, March 10 2007 @ 04:51 PM PST