I started using Finale right from the beginning at version 1.0 but had to change to Sibelius when Finale just didn’t seem to get a much needed update when Mac OSX went 64-bit. I have been using Sibelius since, even though Finale finally made it to the 64-bit club, but then Dorico made it’s appearance and showed a lot of promise. Sadly though, the initial releases of the program was seriously lacking in some areas and made it difficult for me to make yet a transition. Now in v1.2 most of the issues I had has been addressed and as the title of this post says: You Are Almost there! There are however a few things that has to be added before I can take the plunge. These are:
- Slash Notation
- Measure Repeats
- Other repeats like Dal Segno, D.C, D.C etc
As you probably can tell I write a lot of lead sheets.
Then there are a few things that are not immediately necessary but would be great regardless:
- Guitar Chord symbols that can be added automatically together with chords or alone
- A lyric Window where the complete lyrics could be entered, edited and inserted into the score, similar to Finale
- Support for Audio Units plugins (since Dorico is made by Steinberg I won’t hold my breath)
When the three first functions are added I will make the switch immediately. I hope this will happen in v1.3 (or maybe v1.5). Please keep up the good work. I am really looking forward what you have in store for the future.