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MikeHalloran
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| Posted 10/17/2016 9:20 AM (GMT -6) |   | Vaughan said...MikeHalloran said...
As to the topic, Dorico will have to bring a lot to the table to get me as a customer.
I'll try the demo when there is one but, right now, I can't see anything that interests me. You should look at Dorico's comprehensive list of features, many of which are either impossible in Finale or which require extensive, time-consuming workarounds. While it looks as though Dorico will be just as flexible as Finale is, its defaults have been determined by people who have an extensive knowledge of correct engraving rules. Finale's kind of tabula-rasa flexibility plus its often poor defaults results in many scores which are full of glaring notational errors and ugly engraving, both of which can make the music unnecessarily difficult and unpleasant to read. I'm having to put up with this at the moment: one of the pieces I'm studying has obviously been set in Finale and it's full of badly notated durations, collisions, bad enharmonisations, poor defaults like ledger lines which are just as thin as the staff lines and are very difficult to read, messy placement of objects, etc. Sure, it's possible to do all of this well in Finale but it takes extensive time, knowledge and dedication, most of which are frequently in short supply. Editions like this are far from the exception and, sadly, many musicians have simply become used to seeing and accepting them. I'm hoping that Dorico will start to help this situation. Take a look at this list of Dorico's features and tell me if you really can't see anything that interests you! www.steinberg.net/index.php?eID=tx_nawsecuredl&u=0&g=0&t=1476696447&hash=e897155c82fe19c9b450e2461441cd577509dbf9&file=fileadmin/files/PRODUCTS/Dorico/Downloads/Dorico_Feature_Overview_20161010.pdf
Since, based on those same press releases, Dorico cannot yet do things I need, I can't see myself buying it at release. For what I do, it's in the Stone Age.
I will demo it when that becomes available. I demo all notation software but still haven't found anything that works as well for me as Encore and Finale. Overture and Notion come close but have note entry issues that get in my way. MuseScore is useless. I will spend money on anything that improves my productivity—it doesn't appear that Dorico will do this.
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Knut
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| Posted 10/17/2016 3:13 PM (GMT -6) | | EscapeNote said...
Hey, Zoots, would you mind posting a link to the Spreadbury blog you mentioned? I'd like to check it out. Or just point me in the right direction.
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Vaughan
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| Posted 10/17/2016 4:49 PM (GMT -6) | | MikeHalloran said...
You make a lot of assumptions for a product that, till Wednesday, exists only in press releases...
For the past three years I've been following the development of the program closely and have even occasionally contributed comments and criticisms to Dorico's development team. In Daniel Spreadbury's blog, he has been quite open about the ideas behind and the problems involved in creating such a complex piece of software. Naturally it's still a product in development but I'm quite confident in what has already been produced and, especially, in what is still to come. You can call those assumptions if you like, but they are based on several years of intense scrutiny.
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| Posted 10/17/2016 6:35 PM (GMT -6) | | Michel R. E. said...
Wait, it now says in the system requirements that it needs 64 bit Windows 10??
Then I'll never try it. There's no F***ing way I am installing that monstrosity that is Windows 10.
My only complaint (other than a few Who Moved My Cheese moments) is that Windows 10 bricked my HP printer. :-p
As for D*****, it really depends on how easily you can edit things. All the blog entries I read so far seem to indicate that it's really mouse-intensive, and with no indication of note-entry methods.
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If the composer says in effect to the performer: "I do not care whether you perform my music or not," we cannot argue the matter. But if he indicates: "I want you to perform and respond to this music," then his fundamental duty is to write his music so that it is accessible to interpretation. When the performer cannot approach the composer's meaning because of capriciously obscure notation, he may in effect say to the composer: "Why should I bother to puzzle out your music?" - Gardner Read
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| Posted 10/17/2016 7:27 PM (GMT -6) | | Count me among those who are interested in checking it out.
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MikeHalloran
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| Posted 10/17/2016 10:44 PM (GMT -6) | | Vaughan said...MikeHalloran said...
You make a lot of assumptions for a product that, till Wednesday, exists only in press releases... For the past three years I've been following the development of the program closely and have even occasionally contributed comments and criticisms to Dorico's development team. In Daniel Spreadbury's blog, he has been quite open about the ideas behind and the problems involved in creating such a complex piece of software. Naturally it's still a product in development but I'm quite confident in what has already been produced and, especially, in what is still to come. You can call those assumptions if you like, but they are based on several years of intense scrutiny.
Let's save all the 'how wonderful this will be' nonsense till after it has been released and people are actually using it. Since I won't be able to knock a simple lead sheet in it, I am reserving my judgement till after they've made a few updates and I've had a chance to demo it.
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MikeHalloran
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| Posted 10/18/2016 11:58 AM (GMT -6) | | Motet said...
From what I've seen, the Spreadbury blog has focused on the fine points of music typesetting and appearance, but what will make or break the program is ease of use (including music entry--not Sibelius's strong suit) and robustness.
I'm not in the engraving business. My goal is to have my charts read easily by the musicians who will play them. To make that happen, I have to get the notes down and lay them out. Encore is easiest for me with Finale close behind. Encore doesn't look very good and there are many layout functions it cannot handle. That's what Finale is for.
Once Dorico can do what I need, I will check it out but, if I can't knock out my charts easily, it will be useless to me.
The latest versions of Oversure and Notion were released in the last few weeks. I've already disqualified Notion because note entry takes too many mouse clicks. I haven't looked at the latest Overture 5.1 yet but will in a few days—5.02 was not ready for prime time.
I have lost count of the number of notation programs I've owned over the years. Like everyone, I'm looking for the app that gets it looking the way I want as easily as possible. Easy is my preference.
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Michel R. E.
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| Posted 10/18/2016 5:06 PM (GMT -6) | | Maybe a very minor details, but I hated the endpoints on those slurs.
Sadly, when he started talking about playback, it suddenly became "blah blah blah"... I had no idea what he was saying.
I've never used a sequencer before, and when he opened that playback window with filters and EQ and GLSKJECNUIDCOIJDS and all sorts of other things that may as well be Klingon to me, he just lost me.
Hopefully, one day the program will work without you having to resort to that anti-musical interface.
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Jeremy Levy
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| Posted 10/18/2016 5:17 PM (GMT -6) | | Michel,
Therein lies the problem with music notation and music technology. I talked to Daniel about this in detail last year. Their goal is to try to hit a happy middle point between Sibelius' handling of soundsets (that work out of the box, but are VERY hard to edit and customize) and a full DAW (full customizability, but complex). They've made it so that you can avoid using that stuff and just write music, but if you want to use complex sample libraries, you'll eventually be able to fully use them.
FYI, when you load up a new template or create new instruments, it automatically loads up all the required sounds from it's orchestra library. So, you really don't have to worry about it unless you want to change something.
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EscapeNote
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| Posted 10/18/2016 5:35 PM (GMT -6) | | Different strokes for different folks! Playback is VERY important to me. I spend half my time in Finale and the other half in Pro Tools. In my experience - in the circles I work in - it's expected that I be able to give clients a reasonably decent sounding mockup of an arrangement. I find that this can often lead to better end results and better compensation for my hard work. It is very tedious having to swap the same music back and forth between DAW and Finale - doing one for quality of playback, the other for quality of notation.
But that's just me. IMHO, one of the great things about music is that there are so many ways to go about it. Many of us have different systems for being productive and creative. For some, Finale gets it done just right.
I wish I could have watched the entire stream today, but had to get back to working in Finale and finish charting on a deadline! But what I saw impressed me mightily - I'll be purchasing Dorico tomorrow, no doubt.
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| Posted 10/18/2016 9:51 PM (GMT -6) | | Michel said...
Maybe a very minor details, but I hated the endpoints on those slurs.
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EscapeNote
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| Posted 10/19/2016 1:55 PM (GMT -6) | | For all the work that it takes to develop a product like this, bring it to market, make good on the promises (the critical features yet to be added) and support it in the future, 280 bucks strikes me as a very fair price. Notation software is a tool I use to make my living. I would rather pay a little more for quality tools than get strung along by bargain prices and the hassle of dealing with tools that constantly need repairing and require workarounds to get the jobs done.
Of course this is me talking without yet having worked with Dorico. I hope I'll still be singing the same tune after I've worked with the program for awhile :)
Bottom line: if it measures up to the promises, then I'm definitely OK with buying in at 280 bucks!
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