>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Cannam <cannam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Chris> Both do "proper" notation layout, in the sense that they don't just Chris> stick the notes at positions proportional to their times and end up Chris> with a complete mess as some sequencers do (MusE and Brahms for Chris> example, if I remember correctly). Chris> Neither of them does it as well as Sibelius or Finale. That's a matter of opinion. Doing unbarred music in Sibelius is impossible, or close to it, and in Finale it takes a fair amount of tweaking. If you spend the Finale note-value tweaking time on tweaking the spacing parameters in lilypond, you can arguably get a better output from lilypond. -- Laura (mailto:lconrad@xxxxxxxxxxxx , http://www.laymusic.org/ ) (617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139