[HANASHIR:13054] Re: Sibelius or Finale

[Sue & David Esterman <estermans...>]

There is another alternative, which is way cheaper than these, and seems to
be pretty ok to use, but I am a rank amateur. It's called Melody Assistant
and comes from a French company. There is an add=on called harmony
Assistant, and it seems to do the same as Sibelius and finale, but costs
about $US 15 I think. You can use a midi interface with it. You can find it
at:

http://www.myriad-online.com/melody.htm

we came upon it by accident when looking for a simple-to-use programme, and
have found it fairly good.
Sue Esterman
Wellington, NZ


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
shamash(dot)org]On
Behalf Of Steve Meltzer
Sent: Monday, 9 December 2002 8:36 p.m.
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
Subject: [HANASHIR:13050] Re: Sibelius or Finale

CodaMusic, which makes Finale, offers a free version called Finale
NotePad -- but it has very
limited capabilities. They do offer various levels of product (Allegro,
PrintMusic, FinaleGuitar,
and Finale2003), depending on the features you need and your budget.  Info
on Finale can be found at
www.codamusic.com.

Also, they do offer a Finale2003 Academic/Theological Edition, which is
intended "for the use of
qualified faculty, college students, music ministers and music ministry
representatives."  I'm
assuming that would include many of us, so you might want to look into this
possibility through your
synagogue (http://www.codamusic.com/coda/fin2002_acad_tradeup.asp).


B'shalom,

Steve Meltzer
508-366-9457
steve (at) meltzerworld(dot)net
www.meltzerworld.net

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
shamash(dot)org]On
Behalf Of Gordon Lustig
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 10:58 PM
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
Subject: [HANASHIR:13049] Re: Sibelius or Finale


You can download a demo version (which is almost the complete program) of
Sibelius and try it out before you buy it.

http://www.sibelius.com/cgi-bin/download/get.pl?com=sh?=sibdemo

The same is probably true of Finale.

gordon

> From: "Joy Newman" <joyzee (at) hotmail(dot)com>
> Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 02:26:47 +0000
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:13048] Re: Sibelius or Finale
>
> Hi!
>
> Personally I use Finale.  From what I have been told Sibelius is easier to
> use, but is more limited in its capabilites.  In contrast, Finale may take
> longer to master due to its complex nature, however, the benefit of that
is
> that all of those options are then available to use.
>
> I find Finale reasonably accessible, and I think that if I spent a little
> more time I could do basically whatever I wanted.  Also, the program comes
> with a wonderful easy to read manual written for people who understand
music
> but not computers (a must for me!), as well as some quick reference charts
> for easy access to the basics.
>
> I would recommend contacting people in your area who have the programs, or
> maybe your local university or college.  If the college has a music
program,
> they might very well have both Sibelius and Finale and be willing to let
you
> come and experiment before purchasing.
>
> Good luck!
>
> ~smile always~
> -Joy Newman
> Rochester, NY
>
>
>
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