This article gave me much food for thought, but is short on specifics: Sticking with Sibelius is probably the easiest option, but I an looking at both MuseScore and Notion as leaner alternatives that might do the job.
SIBELIUS FIRST LIMITATIONS SOFTWARE
I don't want to spend endless hours and days tweaking the software instead of composing. Decent MIDI playback is important for aural proofing and giving a prospective performer an idea of the music, but it doesn't have to fool anyone into thinking it's the Berlin Philharmonic. Facile note entry, cut/copy/paste, transpose and alter is important.
I don't care if my score and parts meet the most exacting engraver's standards, as long as they are easy to read and play from. I don't need avant-garde notation, though I do change meter here and there. My focus will be on chamber music (piano, winds, strings), songs and choral music for real people to play and sing. And I especially do not want to get into the trap of renting software that will stop working if I stop paying. I am not pleased with what's happened to Sibelius in the last few years. So I'm faced with the choice of re-learning (and probably upgrading) Sibelius, or perhaps moving on to something else. I am now wanting to get back into composing. I still have Sib 5.2, but haven't used it in a few years-the regular job crowded composition out of my life. I've been a Sibelius user since version 1.4 for Windows. Are there any former Sibelius users here who are satisfied with MuseScore? Or did you find yourself going back to Sibelius?
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