kitekrazy1 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 (edited) https://www.finalemusic.com/ Dorico Pro $149 thru Finale link Edited August 26 by kitekrazy1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trager Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 As far as I know, the Dorico crossgrade goes cheaper than this on sale anyway. I'd say the offer should be better under the circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Quote My computer crashed. Can I authorize on a new computer? Yes, you still have access to download installers from your MakeMusic account page and can authorize on compatible operating systems until August 25th, 2025. Effective August 26th, 2025, it will no longer be possible to reauthorize Finale after installing it on a new computer. I am sick of companies unilaterally breaching the ability to use a purchased license. We need a good (class action?) lawsuit that sets a precedent that companies wanting to turn off their licensing systems should provide a DRM-free copy 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy1 Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 7 minutes ago, trager said: As far as I know, the Dorico crossgrade goes cheaper than this on sale anyway. I'd say the offer should be better under the circumstances. This is the Pro version. I bought it anyway even though I rarely use staff software. I thought about going to the free Muse software. Download a course on Udemy for $10 and your set to go. Interesting Sibelius outlasts Finale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy1 Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said: I am sick of companies unilaterally breaching the ability to use a purchased license. We need a good (class action?) lawsuit that sets a precedent that companies wanting to turn off their licensing systems should provide a DRM-free copy I don't want to be at the moment of desperation to look for illegal means to use it. We shall see what happens. Pretty odd that Finale 95 still works. 32 bit versions of Finale are also stable. They broke a promise that you could import PDF . That kind of software is $300 or some type of sub. Edited August 26 by kitekrazy1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trager Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 31 minutes ago, kitekrazy1 said: This is the Pro version. ... Yes, I think the Pro crossgrade has been $139 on sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy1 Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Meanwhile Steinberg is taking over my system. two systems have OS drive upgrades and hopefully I;m not stuck with useless files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fret_man Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 (edited) 20 hours ago, kitekrazy1 said: This is the Pro version. I bought it anyway even though I rarely use staff software. I thought about going to the free Muse software. Download a course on Udemy for $10 and your set to go. Interesting Sibelius outlasts Finale. Apparently Finale is 35 yrs old while Dorico is only 8 yrs old. So, it makes sense that the older code base is more difficult to support and upgrade, which appears to to be the primary reason for the abandonment. It's too difficult and expensive to keep it useable for future OS and hardware technologies compared to their competitors. It's a competitive issue. Even though Finale can be downloaded and authorized for another year, the writing's on the wall - even if I get a DRM-free version. I may has well go ahead and start using Dorico sooner rather than later. I've used MuseScore quite bit and there's a lot lacking compared to Finale. Still, for basic, uncomplicated notation, it's fine. Some of it is intuitive. Some not so much. Edited August 27 by fret_man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlowg01 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 I feel like the topic for this post should have been, "Finale's Finale-crossgrade to Dorico" Is ironic that Finale is ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fret_man Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 20 hours ago, kitekrazy1 said: <snip> They broke a promise that you could import PDF . That kind of software is $300 or some type of sub. For Finale users it's only $200 but, still, I get your point. OTOH, it's an amazing piece of software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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