Finale - Advanced music notation software: create, edit & print sheet music

Finale is a music notation program that will give you complete control over every aspect of the printed page while providing powerful control over MIDI input and output.

Here are some key features of "Finale":

￭ Record/Import Audio
￭ More Garritan Sounds
￭ Cut/Copy/Paste Improvements
￭ New Selection Tool
￭ Integrated Sound Libraries
￭ Enhanced Setup Wizard
￭ Document Styles
￭ Colored Noteheads and Boomwhackers Tube Sounds
￭ ScoreMerger
￭ Improved Scanning with SmartScore Lite & MusicXML
￭ Expanded MusicXML Support
￭ Expanded Human Playback Support
￭ More Powerful Templates
￭ HyperScribe recording observes repeats
￭ Linked Parts
￭ Video Support
￭ Latin Percussion
￭ Integrated KONTAKT Player 2
￭ Mac Intel Support – Universal Binary
￭ Quick Change
￭ Improved Authorization
￭ Vertical Collision Remover
￭ Studio View and Powerful Mixer
￭ TempoTap
￭ Integrated KONTAKT Player and Garritan Sounds
￭ Textured Paper
￭ Chord Analysis and Resize Noteheads (automatically)
￭ Create Coda Systems, Mid-Measure Repeats, Split Measures
￭ Embedded Graphics
￭ Handbells Used Chart
￭ Support of Native Instruments VST/AU Players
￭ Row-Loff Marching Percussion Sounds
￭ Engraver Tuplets & Spacing Controls
￭ Intelligent Repeats
￭ Launch Window
￭ SmartMusic Accompaniment Wizard
￭ Record Continuous Data in HyperScribe (incl. sustain pedal)
￭ Third-Party SoundFont Support
￭ Human Playback
￭ Create an Audio CD – Save as .WAV/.AIFF/.MP3
￭ SmartMusic SoundFont
￭ FinaleScript
￭ Expanded Simple Note Entry
￭ Smart Cue Notes
￭ Drum Groove
￭ Improved Guitar Tab
￭ Educator Templates
￭ Exercise Wizard
￭ SmartFind and Paint
￭ Engraver Slurs
￭ Band-in-a-Box Auto Harmonizing
￭ MicNotator
￭ Share Files with Free Finale NotePad


Requirements:

￭ G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.4 or higher (Mac-Intel or Power PC).
￭ CD or DVD-ROM drive.
￭ 800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
￭ Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan Sounds/Kontakt Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
￭ 400MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 1.6GB hard drive space is required for all Garritan sounds.

Optional
￭ MIDI interface
￭ MIDI input and/or playback device
￭ Printer
￭ Scanner
￭ Microphone required for use of MicNotator


Limitations:

￭ Note that demos do not save files and can only print the first page of a file with a "demo" watermark.
￭ A sample mp3 file is provided in place of the Garritan Instrument Sounds.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Streamlined workflow
· Garritan sounds
· Aria Player: the next generation
· Expanded SmartMusic support
· Tapspace Virtual Drumline sounds
· Multiple page editing
· Full VST/AU instrument support
· Many more enhancements.