The End of Finale (opens in new tab)

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29 pointsm-chrzan1y ago10 comments

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Man, I remember using Finale to write music back in the 90s. I thought it was so amazing that i could write something that would be played back to me.

dwheeler1y ago

I've been a happy user of MuseScore, music notation software which has a gui, is cross platform, and is open source software: https://musescore.org/en

I gladly recommend it to others.

A Tex like approach is available via Lilypond, though I have not tried it so I have no experience to share.

DidYaWipe1y ago

Ugh. I really wanted to like it, but using it is painful. Editing is bafflingly cumbersome, and in many cases impossible.

And don't dare to take issue with any part of it in their forum, or you'll be banned forthwith. Absolute dicks.

dwheeler1y ago

I'm sad you had that experience. I haven't used the forums. I have created some scores, and I thought it was fine. Ymmv.

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gus_massa1y ago

For context https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finale_(scorewriter)

TheCleric1y ago

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41363231

dncbfwa1y ago

Let be be finale of seem.

samatman1y ago

I am crushingly disappointed by the middle two words of this headline.

grozmovoi1y ago

so... a finale?

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cortesoft1y ago

Man, I remember using Finale to write music back in the 90s. I thought it was so amazing that i could write something that would be played back to me.

dwheeler1y ago

I've been a happy user of MuseScore, music notation software which has a gui, is cross platform, and is open source software: https://musescore.org/en

I gladly recommend it to others.

A Tex like approach is available via Lilypond, though I have not tried it so I have no experience to share.

DidYaWipe1y ago

Ugh. I really wanted to like it, but using it is painful. Editing is bafflingly cumbersome, and in many cases impossible.

And don't dare to take issue with any part of it in their forum, or you'll be banned forthwith. Absolute dicks.

dwheeler1y ago

I'm sad you had that experience. I haven't used the forums. I have created some scores, and I thought it was fine. Ymmv.

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gus_massa1y ago

For context https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finale_(scorewriter)

TheCleric1y ago

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41363231

dncbfwa1y ago

Let be be finale of seem.

samatman1y ago

I am crushingly disappointed by the middle two words of this headline.

grozmovoi1y ago

so... a finale?

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