What program do TV and film people use?
Posted: 22 May 2016, 20:54
Fred makes a good point in the Steinberg Dorico thread about functionality necessary in the initial release to give a good first impression:
> By "professional users" I'm guessing you mean professional copyists, composers, and publishers who never do any jazz, commercial, pop orchestra, Broadway, Nashville, pop solo piano/lead sheet, or any film/TV work. What percent of the total music notation market could that possibly be? 1%? Less than .01%? Whatever it is, it is a tiny fraction of the market, and even then these aren't guaranteed sales, they will have to convince users to make the switch. It just seems incredibly short-sighted to release it with such a crucial bit of functionality missing.
which reminded me of something I read on the publisher's site of the program I use. Not to advertise that (I'm not affiliated other than a user), but out of curiosity:
> "Most of us in the industry use Overture for our charts." --Jerry Williams, Donnie and Marie Show Orchestra
> "We use your programs to write all of our charts." --Alan Chez - Trumpet, Late Show with David Letterman
Maybe these are just impressions, or maybe these two sources have counted up all the professional users (as in the other thread, not meaning academics but rather 99% of pro users, the film and TV musicians who have to output quantity at speed). If not, who knows what programs, F or S or SCORE or other, these professionals use. Has anyone done a survey?
> By "professional users" I'm guessing you mean professional copyists, composers, and publishers who never do any jazz, commercial, pop orchestra, Broadway, Nashville, pop solo piano/lead sheet, or any film/TV work. What percent of the total music notation market could that possibly be? 1%? Less than .01%? Whatever it is, it is a tiny fraction of the market, and even then these aren't guaranteed sales, they will have to convince users to make the switch. It just seems incredibly short-sighted to release it with such a crucial bit of functionality missing.
which reminded me of something I read on the publisher's site of the program I use. Not to advertise that (I'm not affiliated other than a user), but out of curiosity:
> "Most of us in the industry use Overture for our charts." --Jerry Williams, Donnie and Marie Show Orchestra
> "We use your programs to write all of our charts." --Alan Chez - Trumpet, Late Show with David Letterman
Maybe these are just impressions, or maybe these two sources have counted up all the professional users (as in the other thread, not meaning academics but rather 99% of pro users, the film and TV musicians who have to output quantity at speed). If not, who knows what programs, F or S or SCORE or other, these professionals use. Has anyone done a survey?