I have been a die hard Finale guy for awhile, but have taken some time to check out Sibeus as of late. It seems to me that if you're going to do simple work, and want the program to do all the thinking for you, then Sibleius is the way to go. I personally work on scores that are more complex and I like Finale. It's like that auto format on word programs - if you put a 1 at the first line, then hit enter, it'll put a two on the next line and change fonts etc. Sibelius tries to cut down time by doing this for you, but it seems to me that it takes more time. A lot of music education majors like Sibelius because it gets you up and running much quicker. That's fine for the time you have to do an arrangement of the school fight song for polka band or whatever. It seems that more composition guys like Finale, working with music that is more in depth.
Sean
Re: Finale VS. Sibelius?
I have been a die hard Finale guy for awhile, but have taken some time to check out Sibeus as of late. It seems to me that if you're going to do simple work, and want the program to do all the thinking for you, then Sibleius is the way to go. I personally work on scores that are more complex and I like Finale. It's like that auto format on word programs - if you put a 1 at the first line, then hit enter, it'll put a two on the next line and change fonts etc. Sibelius tries to cut down time by doing this for you, but it seems to me that it takes more time. A lot of music education majors like Sibelius because it gets you up and running much quicker. That's fine for the time you have to do an arrangement of the school fight song for polka band or whatever. It seems that more composition guys like Finale, working with music that is more in depth.
Sean