I've long been a fan of PreSonus's Notion (and I say that as someone who has a lot of experience with Sibelius, Finale, and Dorico). It's one of the few produc

I've long been a fan of PreSonus's Notion (and I say that as someone who has a lot of experience with Sibelius, Finale, and Dorico). It's one of the few products out there that pays attention to the "parts of a DAW that let you make sheet music sound good," and I (personally) find the UI easier to use than most. I won't say it's the best thing out there if you need beautifully engraved parts for a large orchestral work and you need super high levels of organization, but I love it for composing. I do agree, though, that no scoring program really let's you have the level of control over the way sheet music is rendered at the level that Spitfire or VSL allow. There's always some kind of disconnect, and I always end up tinkering with things in a full-fledge DAW in the end.