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The End of Finale - Finale (end of an era) (www.finalemusic.com)

submitted 3 months ago by mesamunefire to c/music

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[–] mesamunefire 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I used to teach music theory and used finale notepad for it. It was very hard to find compositions with notepad because of how proprietary the setup was. But it was invaluable for multiple instruments. And later the Internet started to have a ton of compositions. The issue has always been how expensive it was.

Anyways end of an era.

"For a limited time, users of any version of Finale or PrintMusic can purchase Dorico Pro – the highest tier of the product – for just $149 (retail price $579)."

So expensive...

I'll have to try out musescore.

[–] Bach37strad 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ever use sibelius?

[–] mesamunefire 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nope any good?

[–] Bach37strad 2 points 3 months ago

I find it alot more intuitive than finale. Been years since I used it seriously, but the layout used to remind of ms word. Menus and options were where you expect them to be. I'm not sure the keyboard shortcuts are as good as finales out of the box, but they can be set to be really good.