@Tacitus_Kilgore
This is hilarious! And unfortunately, full of potential double entendre.

This commercial from the National Poison Control Center has been burned into my head since childhood.

Any of you remember it?

https://youtu.be/ae0CHAMjYwM

@Queasy
But again, the dead and injured bystanders???

@Tacitus_Kilgore
I expect this kind of thing on the chans and other conspiracy boards. But here?

The call is coming from inside the house.

It's shocking that some people here still think the assassination attempt in Butler, PA was staged. Never mind the one bystander dead and two others critically injured. I guess they were 'acceptable losses' for the photo op?

@dietotaku @Ryanmurphy
Tell me, was the man who died from a fatal GSR part of this conspiracy theory? What about the two others who were critically injured? Were they in on it too?

@BlueStateBabe
If you are looking for a great sampled orchestra library, this one is free and sounds better than a lot of paid ones I've heard. They of course me paid versions of this with more functionality, but the free one does everything I need.

www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover

@InvaderGzim @rpardee @BenA

@BlueStateBabe
Well if you like Garritan sounds, you should be able to use them in any of the other scoring apps provided that they are VST sounds (I believe that is the case). In your playback options of whatever app you land on, you can typically specify a directory where other virtual instruments are stored. Or you can use the sample libraries that come with these other apps.

@InvaderGzim @rpardee @BenA

@BlueStateBabe
How old is older? I don't think you need the latest release for this but probably one of the more recent versions.

Dolet is a plug-in that's been around for many years, and yes you just install it into finale.

@rpardee @InvaderGzim @BenA

Any friend of @evistre is a friend of mine. Welcome!

@MediocreTheropod @greenlamb @RenegadeBAM @Agatha

@BlueStateBabe
The XML files can be imported into any of the other notation apps, but there will always be a few things that don't carry over perfectly, so the PDFs are if you quickly need to print a score and don't have time to import and tweak an XML file in a new app.

To save time, you can do bulk MusicXML conversion in Finale (if you have v.27). See the attached screenshot I grabbed from a forum. If you have an old Finale version, you may need the Dolet plugin.

@rpardee @InvaderGzim @BenA

@BlueStateBabe
No matter where you wind up, here's what I would do right now:

Export all of your Finale files as MusicXML 4.0, and also as PDFs.

@rpardee @InvaderGzim @BenA

@rpardee
I just read the post you linked on the Finale compatibility mode being worked on in MuseScore. I had not heard of this, and that's a really cool idea. I'm going to pass this on to my department. Thanks!

@InvaderGzim @BlueStateBabe @BenA

@InvaderGzim @BlueStateBabe @rpardee @BenA

All that said, there's no way you're running a portable version of this app. It's pretty massive, and that's before you even get into the sample instrument libraries which are another 20 GB at least.

Musescore on the other hand is really impressive for a free notation app. It's never going to replace Dorico for me, but I use it at school, and I'm seriously evaluating it for our district to replace Finale.

@InvaderGzim @BlueStateBabe @rpardee @BenA
I absolutely love Dorico, and it is a clean slate design. But even though it is massively better than the competition imo, it does things very differently than Finale or Sibelius There is a definite learning curve, though their YouTube channel is outstanding in walking you through things. They've even made a video series focused on people switching from Finale.

@InvaderGzim @BlueStateBabe @rpardee @BenA
So, I am heavily invested in this situation. I have made myself point person on evaluating a notation software replacement for my district music department, which has been subscribing to Finale for a long time. Personally, I moved on to Sibelius many years ago, and then when they fired the original developers who got picked up by Steinberg, I jumped over to Dorico and have been solidly there ever since.

@agunn
Lahey's version looks very similar results, but it takes way longer with that very long rise time. It would be handy to set up the dough the day before and bake it the next morning.

Fontanella's version took about 5 hours total. I'm not sure what the scissor cut is for. Maybe just a steam vent?

@Armchaircouch
I'll let you know after I meet her.

@MrGoat
Probably about as much as non-hard kombucha.