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Of course, since it’s from 2016, it doesn’t mention Dorico, which is the third “big” program alongside Sibelius and Finale. Avid, the owners of Sibelius, laid o

Of course, since it’s from 2016, it doesn’t mention Dorico, which is the third “big” program alongside Sibelius and Finale. Avid, the owners of Sibelius, laid off most of the core Sibelius developers in 2012, and they were later hired by Steinberg, who now produces Dorico. IMO this is a pretty smart move by Steinberg, who make Cubase, which is one of the main DAWs used for scoring (and sheet music is still important for scoring). The other DAW commonly used for scoring is Logic. I ended up purchasing a copy of Dorico Elements. I’m fairly happy with it, but I’ve only ever used Logic, Lilypond, and staff paper to write music before.

thristian 5y ago
It also doesn't mention SCORE[1], which is apparently still big among the more conservative music publishers[2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_(software) [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGo4PJd1lng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGo4PJd1lng
fredley 5y ago
A good rundown of the history of Sibelius, Avid and Dorico is included in this video: https://youtu.be/dKx1wnXClcI https://youtu.be/dKx1wnXClcI
fugalfervor 5y ago
Dorico is a really fantastic piece of software. Lilypond is great for engraving but pretty bad for composing. Sibelius is great for composing but I never liked engraving in it. Dorico is a happy medium, in that it separates the composing workflow from the engraving workflow. They use different interfaces, because they are different tasks. Don't use finale. I did professional engraving in it (for works that were composed using it), and it is a broken buggy nightmare. IIRC, one of my then-employer's clients sued the company that maintains it, because opening a file in a later version of Final resulted in carefully-placed dynamics, text, and articulations moving to different locations. Dozens of hours of lost work.

thristian 5y ago

It also doesn't mention SCORE[1], which is apparently still big among the more conservative music publishers[2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_(software) [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGo4PJd1lng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGo4PJd1lng

fredley 5y ago

A good rundown of the history of Sibelius, Avid and Dorico is included in this video: https://youtu.be/dKx1wnXClcI https://youtu.be/dKx1wnXClcI

fugalfervor 5y ago

Dorico is a really fantastic piece of software. Lilypond is great for engraving but pretty bad for composing. Sibelius is great for composing but I never liked engraving in it. Dorico is a happy medium, in that it separates the composing workflow from the engraving workflow. They use different interfaces, because they are different tasks. Don't use finale. I did professional engraving in it (for works that were composed using it), and it is a broken buggy nightmare. IIRC, one of my then-employer's clients sued the company that maintains it, because opening a file in a later version of Final resulted in carefully-placed dynamics, text, and articulations moving to different locations. Dozens of hours of lost work.