I Hate Finale
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:43 pm
I'm a music teacher and depend heavily on music notation software to prepare lessons. Earlier this year I bought a full edition of Finale 2007 and I have to say, I have never used such a horrible program. It does everything (maybe too much) and is totally user UNfriendly. Nothing makes sense in that program and even the manual that came with it is totally useless. The man in the Finale forum is good, but when I have an issue, I can't wait half a day to resolve it. I bought the program because other musicians in online forums said it was the best. So I invested hundreds of dollars into a program that is horribly designed. I probably spend more time trying to resolve issues than score music. I am not new to computers and have been working on them for fifteen years. Normal office-type programs, photo editing, art programs are no problem for me. But FINALE is a pain in the, well, you know what I mean.
Has anybody here used both Finale and Sibelius? I teach guitar and use mostly standard notation and TAB. Is Sibelius any easier to use? No, is Sibelius TONS easier? Is it intuitive and is it laid out in a logical sequence of commands? Is it filled with secret hot keys that make things easier, but only if you remember all the short-cuts?
Has anybody here used both Finale and Sibelius? I teach guitar and use mostly standard notation and TAB. Is Sibelius any easier to use? No, is Sibelius TONS easier? Is it intuitive and is it laid out in a logical sequence of commands? Is it filled with secret hot keys that make things easier, but only if you remember all the short-cuts?