Originally Posted by Notes Norton
I still have a copy of Encore, which for my needs (head charts) is adequate.

I also have MuseScore, since it's open source, might be my go-to when Encore fails to work.

The open-source crowd is likely to go berserk when MuseScore 5 comes out (next year?). Muse Group has promised that it will be good, something they readily acknowledge that MS4 and previous versions are not.. This means that it will be more like Finale/Sibelius/Dorico and have been on a hiring binge to make it happen. If you’re a notation or AI engineer, they want you and you don’t have to move to Cyprus. It’s a multi-billion dollar company and the acquisition of Hal Leonard last year is the major cog in their plans for world domination. It’s like the Sixth Sense—open source is dead over there but that crowd doesn’t know it yet.

BIAB 2024 Audiophile Mac
24Core/60CoreGPU M2 MacStudioUltra/8TB/192GB Sequoia, M1 MBAir, 2012 MBP
Digital Performer11, LogicPro, Finale27/Dorico/Encore/SmartScorePro64/Notion6 /Overture5