jimmyc@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (James Choi) (06/07/91)
In a recent issue of PC magazine, there was a, what I call, rave review of Finale music printing software for PC Window 3.0. I would like to hear from those who actually used the product. With its MIDI interface, I was lead to believe that the Finale is an idea music writing, developing, prototyping tool. Is that true? Thanks in advance James Choi
mgresham@artsnet.UUCP (Mark Gresham) (06/10/91)
In article <1991Jun6.204723.23084@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> jimmyc@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (James Choi) writes: > >In a recent issue of PC magazine, there was a, what I call, rave review of >Finale music printing software for PC Window 3.0. > >I would like to hear from those who actually used the product. With its >MIDI interface, I was lead to believe that the Finale is an idea music >writing, developing, prototyping tool. Is that true? Although FINALE is a good product, I think the review was extraordinarily biased, on the one hand (note the "circle 61 on Reader Service Card" -- a.k.a. "this is an advertiser"), and extraordinarily naive on the other. FINALE problems were left out of the review, and some items in the diatribe against SCORE in the shaded extra box are patently untrue. Additionally, the typesetting sample from Wagner had features that were typographically WRONG. (It would be nice if persons reviewing such software had some experience in music typography and editing.) Nothing against CODA and their products, but *as a review* the review in PC Mag left much to be desired. Cheers, --Mark ======================================== Mark Gresham ARTSNET Norcross, GA, USA E-mail: ...gatech!artsnet!mgresham or: artsnet!mgresham@gatech.edu ========================================