The Logic Off Topic list

Thanks a lot for the info, all!  OK, I'd be a hipocrite to say that a
giant manual
and deep program scare me off -- I bought Logic didn't I?  See, it's
plain that Logic is complex, but this is to be expected from a program
so robust and capable.  Complex problems (like the vagueries of music)
just don't have easy answers.

Is that the principle behind Finale's many doc pages and user screens?
 Or does it just seem like the program was designed poorly,
introducing complications where they could have been avoided?  Put
another way, is the program thorough to a fault or is it an 800 pound
gorilla that everyone has agreed to work with?

Bladdy

--- In logic-ot@yahoogroups.com, Santi Galán <sgalang@m...> wrote:
> With all my respects:
> 
> I don't say "Finale may have changed", I said Finale HAS changed,
and
> talking now about a very old version like the 3.x is like comparing
Logic 5
> with Creator or Notator...
> I make part of my living teaching people to do scoring on computers
with
> Finale, and I find that for the most part, even persons with no
background
> in computers are able to use this program and make a pretty good
amount of
> different kinds of scores, just with some classes.
> Anyway, I again reccomend everybody that is willing to start with a
notation
> program, find someone to explain him both of the professional
choices
> (Sibelius and Finale), and then decide...
> 
> Regards
> 
>             Santi Galán
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Nicholls" <paulnicholls@s...>
> To: <logic-ot@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 3:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [L-OT] notation software comparison
> 
> 
> Finale may have changed but I in the past it was a horror story.
> Sibelius is fast and very direct and has pretty good MIDI. I find I
get
> the job done fast and I don't have to crack the manual all the time
as
> Finale users are noted to do. There are also a lot of new music
> features if you are interested in them.  I would not go for FInale
> unless you really know what you are getting into.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Paul Nicholls