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Finale 2010 |  | From: eMedia
Category: Software
List Price: $600.00
Buy New: $399.99
as of 9/4/2010 04:54 IST details
You Save: $200.01 (33%)
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Seller: imagine-this
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 5404
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Windows 7, Windows XP
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 9 x 2.6
MPN: 00180
Model: FHR10
UPC: 606776001809
EAN: 0606776001809
ASIN: B002C9X4EG
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Powerful music-notation software with extensive note-entry options | | • | Compose, arrange, notate, and print engraver-quality sheet music | | • | SmartMusic support; 300+ Music Education Worksheets; Exercise Wizard | | • | Time-saving tools; percussion notation; record or import audio files | | • | VST/AU support and updated Aria Player; enhanced graphic support |
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Product Description
Compose, arrange, notate, and print engraver-quality sheet music / From Percussion Notation and Chord Entry to Rehearsal Marks and Measure Numbering Percussion Notation -Simplified the process of getting notes on percussion staves to look - and playback - exactly the way you want them to. Automatic Rehearsal Marks - Use a keystroke to enter rehearsal marks and Finale automatically sequences them correctly and dynamically updates them when you delete, insert, or move any rehearsal mark or measure. Music Education Worksheets - Finale now includes hundreds of ready-made, customizable, music education worksheets designed for K-12 students. Chords - Change or delete notes without changing your chords. Attach chords to measures - whether or not they contain notes or rests - and have the chords appear and playback correctly Garritan sounds - Finale now includes more than 350 world-class instrument sounds from the makers of Garritan Personal Orchestra. Free new sounds include organ, a variety of electric guitars, five octaves of handbells, and a brush drum kit Broadway Copyist - Inspired by the golden era of handwritten Broadway scores, the Broadway Copyist hand-written font offers a lighter, classic appearance Graphics Support - Export as. JPEG, and. PNG and import as. JPEG,. PNG,. BMP, and. GIF in addition to previously supported formats of. TIFF,. EPS New Smartscore Lite scanning interface enables you to specify the instrumentation so that your staves will automatically be properly transposed and configured for playback. Also new are transparent selection handles, exporting lyrics to a word-processing document, and improved help documentation Finale now supports all third-party VST/AU Instruments and Effects, providing users with unlimited sonic possibilities. Updated for Finale 2010, the Garritan Aria Player simplifies the process of changing MIDI channel assignments Measure Numbers - Control measure
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| Customer Reviews:
 Longtime Finale Users Beware! April 8, 2010
Music Is Everything (Colorado Springs, CO USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've used Finale since 1995, producing hundreds of arrangements and compositions, engraving music for other composers and arrangers, and even creating a theory textbook. Generally speaking, Finale has been an excellent product, and I've never found anything that couldn't be notated using this program. However, recent updates have become less and less stable as the program has gotten more complex. Even with a new computer, Finale 2008 and 2009 were having trouble playing back large scores and would occasionally crash for no reason. Finale 2010 reorganizes many notational inputs and is much smoother graphically, but after a few months' use, I found a terrible problem: Finale 2010 would crash when I tried to open complex files created on earlier versions of of the program! That means I can't access some of my older work to make changes or even print out a new copy. After the crash, Finale 2010 wouldn't start again until I restarted the computer.
I contacted MakeMusic about this and sent them one of the files that wouldn't open. They agreed that Finale 2010 crashed when trying to open the file and acknowledged that the file still opens well in Finale 2008. Their advice was to identify all files with this problem, export them as XML files and import them into Finale 2010. The problem is that I have so many files (thousands!) that it would take weeks to attempt to open every single file, especially if the program keeps crashing and I have to restart the computer over and over. The other option was to keep older versions of Finale on the computer, but that would take up a lot of hard drive space and file managing could get problematic. So, at the moment, I'm considering downgrading to Finale 2009 and never updating again!
Since the Sibelius notation software has emerged as competition for Finale, my impression is that MakeMusic is releasing more and more "upgrades" that aren't thoroughly tested, and this issue is simply a deal-breaker. In concept, the program is still very good, and if you're just getting started, it's still the standard in notation software, but I cannot recommend this version of Finale to longtime users.
 The best version yet. (I have been using Finale since 1990) March 19, 2010
David A. Morehead (Lockport, IL 60441)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a very powerful program. Yes, there is a learning curve. That is because it can do so much. I have been using Finale for 20 years now and I assure you this is the best version so far.
It comes with plenty of tutorial videos so it is easy to get started right away. If you run into any snags there is an excellent forum available at [...]. Many expereinced Finale users monitor the board and you will usually get an answer to your question in less than a few hours; sometimes, in a few minutes.
Don't beleive all the Sibelius marketing hype. It is no easier to use than Finale. Just make sure you watch the tutorial videos and you will get up to speed in no time. Once you learn it, there is nothing you can't do.
Goto Makemusic's website and download the demo. You have 30 days to try it out and see if you like it. Make sure you watch all the tutorial videos first and then the program will make much more sense to you.
If you can't afford Finale at this time, you can purchase PrintMusic for much less money and then upgrade to Finale at a later time when you need more features. Printmusic is a scaled down version of Finale. It offers a decent amount of options but can get limiting if you are working on scores that are larger and more complicated.
If you have any questions, ask them on the Finale forum. You will get an answer right away.
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