On 08/18/2011 12:01 PM, address@hidden wrote:
The rules state that one can only use Sibelius or Finale. Thinking that
this was perhaps an oversight, I contacted the administrator to see if I
could use Lilypond, who replied:
Hmmm. It can be dangerous asking about random software they have never
heard of (obviously they have staff who can use Sibelius or Finale; they
surely don't have staff who can use Lilypond) but what I'm curious about
is why they won't accept merely a PDF.
Do they have any word on that?
I found this rather bizarre, making me think that:
(a) Sibelius and Finale are paying competitions to exclude other
software (unlikely)
(b) People are writing nonsensical rules (likely)
Bear in mind that one thing they may get from Finale/Sibelius is
_playback_, potentially using very high-quality sampled sounds. But I
agree it's most likely stupidity rather than need.
I would want to ask them why they need the Finale/Sibelius files at all
and why the PDF copies they also ask for will not suffice.#