#Notion 6 vs sibelius how to
#Notion 6 vs sibelius download

For guitar work however, although there are lots of guitar-like things such as slides, hammer-ons and the like, it can't do a basic barre group (for example if I wanted to put VII-| across the top of a bar or two I'd have to do that via the text tool) although I've filed a feature request for this. For general composition, it's great, and the shortcut keys mean that I can write very quickly. I use Notion - which has recently been acquired by PreSonus. One thing that stops me changing is the fact that I've got so used to Sibelius I can do everything I need pretty quickly so, even if I thought MuseScore was better, I'm not sure I'd want to invest the time in learning it. This has the advantage, of course, of being free but it is also a very well-designed program, especially the recently released version 2.0. I think if I was starting again now I might use MuseScore. I did use Finale for a few years, but once I tried Sibelius I found it much easier to get on with. Once you realise this it's very easy to place things exactly where you want them. I agree with bergmann that it's sometimes necessary to turn off 'magnetic layout' (in Sibelius 7), which you can do for individual objects. I use Sibelius for all my guitar arrangements and find it very flexible. I have unfortunately quite found it particularly fiddly with editings and getting everything exactly where I want it. ReggieGuitar wrote.the only awkwardness being the occasional voicing error which I can generally solve. It usually looks nicer to get more spacing for the specific guitar notation using this on a whole bar or a passages, than to drag the note-heads. Another great plugin to control spacing is called: 'Note Spacing'. Your problems controlling placement of objects where you want them seems to me as a problem you should be able to solve by un-select 'magnetic layout' off, use the 'Inspector' to place your elements using 'x-y coordinates'.

#Notion 6 vs sibelius download

You can find them here free to download and use. In the end I decided to use Sibelius and created some add-ons for guitar. Some years ago I held Sibelius and Finale up against each other - it was older versions than now, but some of the conclusions still holds. Personally I'm looking forward to this product, I believe it can end up being a great program. Soon there will be a new player on the marked - A Steinberg product. MuseScore is great too, but will probably need more work to make your personal style. Sibelius or Finale - both have their advantages and disadvantages and creating scores for guitar need certainly some tweaking in both programs.

#Notion 6 vs sibelius how to

If you are used to Sibelius, your choice should be quite easy - continue use Sibelius and learn how to solve the problems you have in your work.