Sibelius or Finale

Sibelius OR Finale

  • Sibelius

    Votes: 15 75.0%
  • Finale

    Votes: 5 25.0%

  • Total voters
    20

Krummhorn

Administrator
Staff member
ADMINISTRATOR
Hi J-Paul,

Thanks for the Harmony Assistant link ... going to take a look into it as from what I can see from the demo version it does quite a bit more ... and the fact that I can import all my NWC files into this application is a great feature.

Do you have the Gold Sound Base for this too? Wondering if that might be a good thing to add for better sound reproductions.
 

Rachmaninoff

New member
I'm a long time Sibelius user.
I use it since version 2 (it's currently on version 5.1).

IMHO, Sibelius or Finale, it's a matter of taste.
 

scorpio

New member
I have been using cakewalk for a long time .Even though its mainly a sequencer you can still write and print music with it. It also has great soundfont banks. Once I have written music using cakewalk I then transfer the files to finale so I can then print parts and a score. I guess I should really use just finale to do all the playback and writing..printing but I do like cakewalk...Its very easy to use.
 

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
Seems to be that Sibelius is more used by those responding here than Finale. I own both, and have ordered a third party book on learning Sibelius, but as I've been using Finale since it's really early days I'm hesitant to swap PURELY because this old dog likes new tricks, but not pointless ones.
 

acciaccatura

Guest
Seems to me that quite a number of respondents prefer Sibelius over Finale without really going into detail about what makes Sibelius' features superior. I have used Finale for a while and it does most common tasks easily - and there always seems to be a way out of problems as you go deeper into the program - I think I like that. Finale is a flexible music typesetting tool that will get your job done, especially if you have the patience to master its intricacies.

Possibly, Sibelius is better, but in order to invest in the program, I need to be convinced it has better features and is reliable.
 

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
I own both and use Finale because I frankly don't have the energy to devote to learning Sibelius. I say stick with one and make and learn as much as you can.
 

Mat

Sr. Regulator
Staff member
Sr. Regulator
Regulator
I've been using Sibelius ever since my friend introduced me to it some time ago. I'm still learnig, as there are loads of different shortcuts one needs to know in order to make the scoring as fast as possible. I haven't really used Finale, so can't say which one's better.
 
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