Going on what's been said in this forum it sounds like it'd easily be worth paying for the upgrade... but would Notion 3 need a better computer to run on than Notion 2? I think another small thing about Sibelius is that you can have different fonts. I've only ever rarely used it but it's quite nice...

Glad you're on board! Sorry to be brief, but without specifics I can tell you that you'll be very pleased with nearly everything you (and nearly everything that has been brought up in the "NOTION3 wish list" thread) mentioned. NOTION3 is going to make some serious waves IMO...specifically...

I would love it if those wonderful folks at NOTION could achieve the same level of sonic beauty as VSL. Some of the short samples are fantastic as is (the stacatissimo are excellent) but the legato and sustained instruments could use a little more depth. I know this is not the primary purpose of NOT...

So I got it into my head that Sibelius 5 and Finale 2009 offered more features to better composer orchestral music. What I found was the following: 1. Both ARE very deep programs with lots of fantastic scoring features 2. Both have varying levels of learning curves. Each interface has its own pros a...

I wish the brass instruments would be a bit brassier. They have a very limited, compressed type sound although still miles better than what comes with Finale 2009. BLECH.