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Ralph L. Bowers Jr.
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| Posted 10/19/2016 10:59 AM (GMT -6) |   | Vaughan said...
I seem to remember having a similar issue with Sibelius and Finale open at the same time. I'll report back as soon as Dorico arrives (got the boxed version because I need the dongle).
I know this is not the proper place at this time asking for information on a new competitor to Finale, but.....is that the crossgrade boxed version? I went on line just a short time ago and it was not yet available (at least here in the US).
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| Posted 10/30/2016 3:37 AM (GMT -6) | | If Finale users are curious to try out Dorico I would strongly advise to wait for the release of the demo version (sometime during mid/late November apparently). I have indeed, foolishly, bought the crossgrade (even that at a somewhat exorbitant price - ca. 275 EUR - for what turns out to be a very basic beta-version) and consider it, at this point, to have been a complete waste of money (and time, fooling around with it). Although it looked promising with a different and new approach, it is so far absolutely useless to anyone used to seriously composing and notating scores (and parts) in Finale. A series of free updates is promised to come soon, presumably to fix even the simplest things that don't work or aren't even implemented yet at all (just see the flood of threads on the Steinberg/Dorico forum). No question of not staying with Finale for probably years to come....
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Credo
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| Posted 11/3/2016 7:29 AM (GMT -6) | | Ralph L. Bowers Jr. said...
I know this is not the proper place at this time asking for information on a new competitor to Finale, but.....is that the crossgrade boxed version? I went on line just a short time ago and it was not yet available (at least here in the US).
The Educational Cross grade I just received from the Steinberg online store today was indeed the full boxed version with a USB dongle included.
As mentioned earlier in this thread it is very basic, and 'barely useable' at this time. The supported output thus far looks really nice, and it's pretty easy to set up a score and throw notes into the thing, but it has a LONG way to go before it's anywhere near the level of Finale, Sibelius, or even MuseScore in terms of what it can do and support.
On the plus side there might be something immediately useful across the board. For people who do not already have a Steinberg USB dongle, you'll get one in the box (worth about $40 US or so), and you'll be able to get free full featured downloads of demo versions of all the Steinberg stuff to try out. I think you also get access to the "Halion Symphonic Orchestra" library in a form that 'might' be useable in Finale if you install the basic HSO VST2 plugin from the Extras folder, or if you happen to have the full version of Sonic 2 or Halion 5. I forget what HSO retails for, but I figure the dongle and HSO alone are worth at least $120.00 or so.
I can't confirm that the Dorico key will unlock the HSO library if it's running in a different host other than Dorico right now because I already owned HSO and have a full key for that on the Dongle as well. My best guess is that it 'should work' provided you find and install the single instance HSO VST2 plugin.Post Edited (Credo) : 11/3/2016 7:35:52 AM (GMT-5) | | Back to Top | |
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| Posted 11/3/2016 8:08 AM (GMT -6) | | Credo said...
I can't confirm that the Dorico key will unlock the HSO library if it's running in a different host other than Dorico right now because I already owned HSO and have a full key for that on the Dongle as well. My best guess is that it 'should work' provided you find and install the single instance HSO VST2 plugin.
It's the full HSO licence. It uses non-latching key switches by default, so in order to use it with Finale/HP, remember to set it to use latching KS'es (deselect "Temporary KS mode" by hitting the small triangle in the upper right of expressions pane)
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