Janek Warchoł wrote > 2013/12/6 Joseph Rushton Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@webdrak > > What Finale version are you using to generate these examples? > > They weren't created by me; i don't know the version (but the Eja > Mater is probably 2003 or 2005). > >> I hate to say this, but from my point of view (as a Lilypond user and >> enthusiast) I think that rather than favouring Lilypond, this rather >> supports the contention that in general Finale's output is "good enough". >> I >> presume what you have there is untweaked Finale engraving, and many of >> the >> issues you identify are very minor or most likely easily fixed. > > ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > Have you looked at "Eja Mater awful Finale.pdf"? Do you consider the > issues marked in red minor? They actually make it very difficult to > sing the rhythm correctly! > >> If you want a real comparison, give two expert users -- one of Finale, >> one >> of Lilypond -- the same score and give them an hour to engrave as much as >> they can, with the goal that every single bar they engrave is perfect. >> Then >> compare what they achieve. > > Do you have a spare expert Finale user? Because the problem is that > on the *LilyPond* mailing list it's hard to find expert Finale users. > We'd have to hire someone, and that costs money. > > Janek > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list
> lilypond-user@ > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user I could assist with Finale 2014 though I hesitate to call myself an 'expert' in Finale. Power user maybe, but no expert. Does that help? ----- composer | sound designer LilyPond Tutorials (for beginners) --> http://bit.ly/bcl-lilypond -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/engraving-comparisons-and-other-promotional-materials-tp155133p155325.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
