3/20/2023 0 Comments Finale vs sibeliusNote entry, key signatures, time signatures, clefs and barlinesīoth programs are similar when it comes to the basics of entering notes via a computer or MIDI keyboard, or a mouse. Noteheads, notes, pages, staves, systems, and many other items can be resized individually with limitless options in Finale. Many things can be customized in Finale in ways that they sometimes cannot in Sibelius. Sibelius will automatically vertically justify staves on a page. Placing articulations in the correct position, especially when using multiple articulations, is much easier in Sibelius. Magnetic Layout, while not perfect, makes aligning items and avoiding collisions much easier. Sibelius gets better results more quickly. It is also possible to select non-contiguous staves in Sibelius this is not possible in Finale. Once there you can only work with the items specific to that tool. It is not possible to select more than one object at a time in Finale’s Selection Tool to do that, you must use a particular tool. There are no tools in Sibelius, so you can select a note, an expression and a line and, say, delete them all at once. MOLA 2014: Finale and Sibelius - A Comparison Setup and basics Itemīoth programs have setup wizards that offer ready-made templates as well as options for customization. Special thanks also to my colleague Robert Puff for looking over this document while it was being drafted. My deep gratitude goes to MOLA president Patrick McGinn and MOLA administrator Amy Tackitt for inviting me to participate in the conference, and for all of their support in helping make the presentations a success. Delivering a presentation about Finale, Sibelius, and library work, at the 2014 MOLA conference Thoughts and comments are welcome, of course! The goal was to give MOLA delegates some guidance on when it might be advantageous to choose one program or another, depending on their particular needs. Keep in mind, these are just opinions based on my experience, and it’s not a comprehensive tour of every feature - there are many features in both applications that don’t appear in the tables. It occurred to me that blog readers would be interested in the guide’s contents, so I’ve posted it below. There were three in all: one each on using Finale and Sibelius in the context of an orchestra library, and one on a comparison between those two leading commercial music notation applications.įor the latter seminar, I produced a guide for attendees to follow along with while I demonstrated the features of the two programs. With the sunny, sandy beaches of South Florida beckoning just footsteps away from the conference headquarters, I was grateful that an impressive number of delegates chose to sit in a darkened room and attend my various presentations. Miami Beach, host city to the 2014 MOLA conference, at sunrise, yesterday Thoughtful and stimulating discussions about many topics of particular interest to the field were to be found during both official meetings and spirited conversations over drinks at the hotel bar. The 2014 annual conference of the Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association (MOLA) just concluded yesterday in Miami Beach, Florida, and by all accounts it was a success.
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