finale v. sibelius

violadad
Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:10:40 +0000

mythmom-
My son learned initially on Sibelius and was quite comfortable with it. I’m pretty sure Hartt had or at least with in the last two years went over to Finale on the common useage machines and/or began doing extensive work on a friends Mac. I honestly don’t know what’s currently loaded on his laptop, could very well be both programs (hopefully I didn’t pay for them ; and I hope they’re not of “iffy” origin) . He’s in Virginia, but he’ll probably call tomorrow and I’ll ask him.

From past discussions, there have been some specific areas that were more user friendly than others across both programs. A lot boiled down to personal preference for the individual user. And, like all software, the newer version release always has a feature the competition doesn’t, prompting the consumer “gotta have response”. The software is often deeply discounted by purchase through the schools in many cases.

My son is using the programs mainly for transcription and arranging, not original composition.