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  • General Notion question

    W
    W

    I'm a long time Finale user and am comfortable and proficient with it.  That said whenever I use it with VSL it crashes.  This is of course very frustrating but equally frustrating is that I have to incorporate a sequencer (Reaper in my case) into my workflow to enable playback of my VSL instruments. 

    So my thought was if Notion integrates well with VSL why not port things with music XML from Finale to notion and at least I stay in a notation "realm" with some ability to modify midi data, though I seldom tweak much.

    I guess what I don't know is if I'd have the same problems with Notion and VSL crashing not knowing why it happens with Finale/VSL combo.  The other unknown is what might get lost porting files back and forth as I edit pieces, etc. 

    Does anyone use Notion this way?  Any thoughts? 
  • BillB
    BillB

    Hi Steve,

    Notion is a pleasure to use nad has good VSL integration (with SE). It's much less sophisticated then Finale in terms of noation, but a great tool for composing.

    There's a demo available, so you can check it out. Also, the cost of a crossgrade from Finale is only $50.

    Hope you've been well!

    Bill

    Dorico, Notion, Sibelius, StudioOne, Cubase, Staffpad VE Pro, Synchon, VI, Kontakt Win11 x64, 64GB RAM, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, August Forster 190
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    T

    I use VSL every day with Notion and I rarely have crashes.  As Bill implies, you might find that you can do most work in Notion and use Finale only for final engraving niceties.

    Michael
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    V

    I'm sorry to comment here but I am new.  How does one create a new thread?  I can't find it anywhere...
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    @valland.b said:

    I'm sorry to comment here but I am new.  How does one create a new thread?  I can't find it anywhere...

    At the main topic heading there should be a button to start new thread.
  • andiA
    VSL Team
    andiA

    Hello Steve!

    Our sample libraries can also be used with Finale. It's not normal that Finale crashes when trying to load our instruments with it. Can you send a more detailed description of what you were trying to do and what exctly happens to support@vsl.co.at?

    Best regards,
    Andi

    Vienna Symphonic Library
  • W
    W

    Thank you all for your input.  It's much appreciated. 

    Andi, I'll put something together and send it along.  Yes my preference really is to continue using Finale only so I'd like to figure out the crashing problem.  At least I'd like to know if it's VSL or Finale or neither for that matter. 

     

    Thank you all again
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