Dear Sam
I received the following very gracious letter from
J.R.Fox who is a member of the Xywrite users group of whch I am a member.
Since he is far more knowledgeable than me I suggest that you contact him
directly.
Avrom Fischer
avromf@xxxxxxxx or af413@xxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 4:25
PM
Subject: Re: non-xywrite question about
ram on an apple.
[J. R. Fox, replying to Avrom Fischer:]
>> As to
the ins & outs of music software itself, I'm afraid I have no
clue.
I don't have detailed knowledge of music
software; but, intending to buy a
program, I did experiment with the free
demo versions of Sibelius and Finale a
few years ago, and I got a perhaps
somewhat subjective impression of the
programs - so I have a nodding
acquaintance with these two programs (in earlier
versions). I am
thoroughly familiar with music notation/theory itself, but have
only a
general impression of the software.
If you like to
tell me what type of work your cantor wishes to do with the
software, I
*may* be able to make tentative suggestions. It may be more
suitable
to pursue this privately, off the list, though, if you wish - or
your
cantor can write to me directly, if he
wishes.
But I am not expert, and my plans didn't
go the way I expected, and thus I
didn't actually buy any music software at
all. So I am limited in the advice I
can offer. But Finale and
Sibelius are quite expensive programs, and, depending
on what your cantor
wishes to do, there is the possibility that less powerful
but cheaper
software may suffice.
Whatever I may suggest, I
urge your cantor to join the mailing lists I
mentioned before - there are
lots of people there far more knowledgeable than I
am. Compared to
them, I am totally superfluous, and your cantor would lose
nothing by
bypassing me and going straight to the mailing lists. (If you are
not
knowledgeable about music yourself, there is little point in you trying
to
discuss the matter on music-related mailing lists - so your cantor
should be the
person to do this, since he knows what he wants to
do.)
If you or your cantor wish to look at the
possibility of researching other
programs, a good page to get links from is
this:
http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/others.htm
There is little detailed information here - just lots of links to
follow.
Regards,
Michael Edwards.
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