Often it's more satisfactory to use a series of programs that are each expert in one task, like a Sibelius or Finale for notation. I happen to use Encore since I learned it twenty years ago. There can be problems going back and forth, though, such as the MIDI resolution used by each program.

PG Music ads say this about what it will do: "You can print out your finished creation with lyrics, chords, repeats and endings, DC markings and codas, or save it as a graphics file for web publication or to e-mail to a friend." We know there are some weaknesses, including support for true 6/8 and cut time. It's great that Peter has put improving notation on the list for the future.

We've had much the same discussion over at the SONAR forum, where the notation editing has not been changed in a decade. Those of us who use notation do not expect SONAR to be as powerful as Sibelius or Finale; we just expect it will be no worse than other competitive DAW software. BIAB is different, though: Is there any software that can compete with BIAB?

BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.