OK, there have been improvements, Finale is much easier to learn then it was 10 years ago, but basically, the interface in its core hasn't kept up with the addition of new features and basically remained the same for the last 20 years.
I am really sorry to say it: the whole UI feels like a gigantic workaround. The complexity of Finale, that is often attributed to its rich feature set, is in my opinion to a large percentage caused from poor design. Actually a great app, however given the current situation with Avid, I wouldn't invest time and money in it at this point (for further details see my comment at MacUpdate's Sibelius page).īack to Finale: there are negative points. Good input methods, stable app, aimed more at traditional notation, but still flexible enough for most music. No, I haven't forgotten Sibelius: great for quickly making professionally looking scores (with beautiful fonts), only little learning curve. Maybe also interesting for music teachers. It is easy to use and also has a good iPad app.
It has muuuch better sounds than Finale (or any other notation app), which is great if you do orchestration. If you do composing with more traditional notation (film music, pop music, most of the classical repertoire) I'd have a look at Notion. The best, but also the WORST looking sheet music I have ever seen was made with Finale. I mean, if you just use Finale's default templates, you won't be really creating professional-looking scores (for example, the default font of Finale is Times New Roman :-) and you will still use a lot of time learning it. You can try with Finale, but probably you won't get happy with it. If you're a music teacher or student and want to write some etudes or compose something from time to time, then I'd recommend MuseScore. So, if you want to seriously get into music notation/composing and you want to invest time and money in your scores, Finale is a good choice. If you want to write avant-garde music, with advanced new notation, you nearly *have to* go with Finale – the only other app I can imagine for this is NoteAbilityPro.
#FINALE NOTEPAD FEATURES FULL#
The web is full with plug-ins and additional fonts for Finale, so you have lots of possibilities to make your scores look personal.
#FINALE NOTEPAD FEATURES PROFESSIONAL#
And yes, this app can create really beautiful professional scores – the point here is that you can really make your own, individually styled scores – nobody will see what app you have used for it. Anyway the input-methods are great, if you do composing, the speedy entry (with MIDI-keyboard) is fantastic (you can play/try your music at the keyboard and Finale will only write down when you type together the rhythmic values). The core of this app is brilliant, I love entering notes real time by MIDI-keyboard (if you're not very good at it, you can first tap the rhythm with the hyperscribe-tool and then the correct pitches with the repitch-tool), the "engine" for those things is very good. That takes time, as Finale allows for more customisation than any other app in this field, it is very versatile many give up on it during this process, but once you have "set up" the app for you and your needs, Finale shows its strengths. I think the key for using Finale well, you have to make your own templates, and find your own workflow. I use both apps (and some other, more specialised software), and both have their positive and negative points. It's the quasi industry standard, in its segment challenged only by Sibelius.
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