This guy criticized MuseScore so well that he became their lead designer. Which is all the more interesting considering he would still choose Sibelius over Dorico (and presumably MuseScore) for...
This guy criticized MuseScore so well that he became their lead designer. Which is all the more interesting considering he would still choose Sibelius over Dorico (and presumably MuseScore) for engraving work. I wonder how much these companies will pay attention to his deep dives... presumably there's not much else out there that brings attention to their products in an appealing, humorous way. I had never heard of Dorico and only had the faintest idea of Sibelius before his videos.
I can't wait for the Finale review... some of Finale is so miserable to use.
I like that he presents applications with very specific uses, it gives him a good way to measure their effectiveness since their use is actually fairly limited.
I like that he presents applications with very specific uses, it gives him a good way to measure their effectiveness since their use is actually fairly limited.
I love these sorts of deep dives into interface designs. It’s super interesting how it exposes how humans interact with graphical interfaces and how "jank" in underlying data models get exposed in...
I love these sorts of deep dives into interface designs. It’s super interesting how it exposes how humans interact with graphical interfaces and how rough edges "jank" in underlying data models get exposed in user-facing elements. The aside about how digital music composition has been influenced by unicode and digital font design was equally fascinating.
Exactly my experience installing Dorico when it was released. Shame it hasn't improved in three years. By comparison, MuseScore has really improved in recent releases. Tons of little UI tweaks and...
Exactly my experience installing Dorico when it was released. Shame it hasn't improved in three years.
By comparison, MuseScore has really improved in recent releases. Tons of little UI tweaks and new workflows. It's clearly turned away from design-by-committee which is making it way more comfortable!
I have different views of some of these janks. For example, with dynamics being impossible to position vertically in the "Write" mode, Tantacrul suggests breaking the Write/Engrave abstraction ― but I think the right solution is to have dynamics aligned vertically by default! You should feel comfortable when entering notation, so they should already look decent when you put them in. You shouldn't want to adjust them!
Or with the positioning of dynamics on a tied note. I think the best solution is to let you drag a marking along e.g. tied quarter notes, even if they're currently notated as a whole note. That is, to allow manipulation along subdivisions, even contrary to the visible notation.
I don't see many fundamental reasons that rhythms should be written contrary to meter and standard notation. The only ones I've thought of are: indicating the precise position of new events (like notes in other staves or dynamics along a single note); and suggesting a meter contrary to the time signature (e.g. emphasizing a hemiola).
This guy criticized MuseScore so well that he became their lead designer. Which is all the more interesting considering he would still choose Sibelius over Dorico (and presumably MuseScore) for engraving work. I wonder how much these companies will pay attention to his deep dives... presumably there's not much else out there that brings attention to their products in an appealing, humorous way. I had never heard of Dorico and only had the faintest idea of Sibelius before his videos.
I can't wait for the Finale review... some of Finale is so miserable to use.
I like that he presents applications with very specific uses, it gives him a good way to measure their effectiveness since their use is actually fairly limited.
I love these sorts of deep dives into interface designs. It’s super interesting how it exposes how humans interact with graphical interfaces and how
rough edges"jank" in underlying data models get exposed in user-facing elements. The aside about how digital music composition has been influenced by unicode and digital font design was equally fascinating.Exactly my experience installing Dorico when it was released. Shame it hasn't improved in three years.
By comparison, MuseScore has really improved in recent releases. Tons of little UI tweaks and new workflows. It's clearly turned away from design-by-committee which is making it way more comfortable!
I have different views of some of these janks. For example, with dynamics being impossible to position vertically in the "Write" mode, Tantacrul suggests breaking the Write/Engrave abstraction ― but I think the right solution is to have dynamics aligned vertically by default! You should feel comfortable when entering notation, so they should already look decent when you put them in. You shouldn't want to adjust them!
Or with the positioning of dynamics on a tied note. I think the best solution is to let you drag a marking along e.g. tied quarter notes, even if they're currently notated as a whole note. That is, to allow manipulation along subdivisions, even contrary to the visible notation.
I don't see many fundamental reasons that rhythms should be written contrary to meter and standard notation. The only ones I've thought of are: indicating the precise position of new events (like notes in other staves or dynamics along a single note); and suggesting a meter contrary to the time signature (e.g. emphasizing a hemiola).