NOTATIO

I imagine there will be two camps that fall into place for this discussion: The first will be those who go for "optical importance" and will say that it is more important that the optical alignment lead to something that will not disrupt the reading of the line, which would mean things are...

I like OCTO's best. I think it is because subconsciously, I'm tempted to think and forget and possibly confuse the versions which are so tidy, and avoid collisions with notes in the middle of the staff. Even though it is a bit more spaced out, I think it speaks for itself without much minutiae of co...

There, I used "Dorico" four times in one post, now maybe several hundred more and... I'm proud of you. Way to work through the pain. ;) I must have gotten the wrong impression then about the comments. Of course, if you intend to buy it out the gate, then I would understand if you are conc...

I'm not sure whether these objections to Dorico are founded on necessity, or on current necessities of personal workflows. Also, are we complaining about something not working because it should work, or because it doesn't match our current expectations of productivity within our own programs? I thin...

Unfortunately, different notehedas or colours never, AFAIK, represent hands. There is no need to discover anything exotic when we have enough complex music script. For me , the biggest problem in the example of the OP is wrong beaming and other oddities such as spacing and layout. If I can find a c...

OK then. I'm not familiar with marimba. Maybe another shape then? edit: my first idea was noteheads in a different color. But colors don't photocopy well, and publishers want to keep costs down, I sure that it's better if everything is in black ink. So then I thought maybe different shapes... You a...

Hi! Is this still an open problem? Here's my solution: RH with regular noteheads, LH with x (or some other shape) marimbanotes.png So first of all, it fixes the crazy inconsistent beaming, it's easy to read, it more resembles the music for other instruments. It's easy to see where the 3rd beat is, ...

I think that it is a shame that this worthy product is being pushed into the marketplace prematurely. There does not seem to be overwhelming urgency among consumers, who have been waiting patiently for it; the impatience is all with the sponsoring company. But if Dorico is good enough, it will prob...

This is misleading -- it doesn't talk about the most important part about notation: QUALITY OF OUTPUT. It doesn't matter if the bandwagon uses Finale or Sibelius. Does it look good? I think you are partially right, but if people really answer the survey based on the original criteria--which do you ...

Okay, I stand corrected. I didn't look in detail at the things you just pointed out, and if the forum is saying those kinds of things, maybe there's more happening behind the scenes that is causing such a rift/ruckus. So yes, your response makes a valid point. I hope they "fix" those thing...