Finale support ended

[Tobiah]

https://www.finalemusic.com/

I took them up on their offer of Dorico for $150.

End of an era.


Toby

[Nil]

Post by Tobiah
https://www.finalemusic.com/
I took them up on their offer of Dorico for $150.
End of an era.

Have you ever looked at Musescore, especially recently? It's very quite
full-featured and is continuously improving. And, of course, free. I'm
curious what more you get for $150.

I remember checking out Finale along time ago, and the interface seemed
impenetrable to me at that time. However, I wasn't really used to
notation software then, but after using Musescore for a while, I now
understand the process better and might get along with other notation
programs. But for my fairly limited needs, Musescore ticks off most or
all the boxes.

[Tobiah]

Post by Nil

Post by Tobiah
https://www.finalemusic.com/
I took them up on their offer of Dorico for $150.
End of an era.

Have you ever looked at Musescore, especially recently? It's very quite
full-featured and is continuously improving. And, of course, free. I'm
curious what more you get for $150.

I haven't run it for a number of years. I admit I didn't consider
it, assuming that the project would be lacking in important ways.
I will have another look.

I do like Dorico, so far. You don't need to switch tools all the time,
so I started entering all music, dynamics, slurs etc. in a linear fashion,
whereas with Finale I always did many passes; music on stave 1, then 2...
then dynamics, then slurs etc. Most things are under the fingers.

Post by Nil
I remember checking out Finale along time ago, and the interface seemed
impenetrable to me at that time. However, I wasn't really used to
notation software then, but after using Musescore for a while, I now
understand the process better and might get along with other notation
programs. But for my fairly limited needs, Musescore ticks off most or
all the boxes.

[Dmitri Volkov]

Post by Nil
Have you ever looked at Musescore, especially recently?

Not OP, but I switched from Finale to Musescore about half a year ago,
before they announced the death, and I've been very happy with it.
Better support for microtonality and feather-beaming and stuff like
that. I haven't tried Dorico yet, but haven't felt the need to either.

[Jason]

Post by Tobiah
https://www.finalemusic.com/
I took them up on their offer of Dorico for $150.
End of an era.
Toby

My wife and I have used Finale since the beginning.
It was pretty terrible at first - obscure and buggy.
David Pogue spent a year rewriting the documentation
years ago - a gret improvement. Gradually, the program
got more stable too.

[Geoff]

Post by Jason

Post by Tobiah
https://www.finalemusic.com/
I took them up on their offer of Dorico for $150.
End of an era.
Toby

My wife and I have used Finale since the beginning.
It was pretty terrible at first - obscure and buggy.
David Pogue spent a year rewriting the documentation
years ago - a gret improvement. Gradually, the program
got more stable too.

Always a bit sad when something like that meets its finale ;- /

geoff

[Tobiah]

Post by Geoff
Always a bit sad when something like that meets its finale ;- /

I'm glad, now that it happened. I warmed up to Dorico very
quickly. Entering notes with Dorico is closer to taking a
pencil to staff paper. I used to hand-write pieces on staff
paper, then enter them into Finale. I think I can compose
straight into Dorico. Shifting things around as you solidify
the musical ideas is easier than in Finale.