Finale 2010 Notation Software , Academic
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Finale 2010 – the world’s most powerful music notation software – lets you express your creativity and love of music. Compose, arrange, notate, and print engraver-quality sheet music.
What’s New in Finale 2010
Percussion Notation
We've 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. Graphics Support
Export as .JPEG, and .PNG and import as .JPEG, .PNG, .BMP, and .GIF in addition to previously supported formats of .TIFF, .EPS.
Broadway Copyist
Inspired by the golden era of handwritten Broadway scores, the Broadway Copyist hand-written font offers a lighter, classic appearance.
VST/AU Support & Updated Aria Player
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 number alignment, positioning, and fonts separately in your score and linked parts. Scanning Improvements and More
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.
Features
Getting Started
Getting started is easy. Whether you’re setting up your score or watching a QuickStart Video, Finale guides you to perfection.
Entering Notes
Enter notes your way – from MIDI to your mouse, from scanning to Finale’s exclusive MicNotator®, no other software offers you more note entry options.
Adding Markings, Lyrics, and More
Finale automates and streamlines the process of entering everything besides notes, too.
Hearing Your Music
Finale includes world-class instrument libraries and several innovative tools to make sure your music sounds as good as it looks.
Sharing Your Music
In addition to printed pages and audio files, Finale helps you create electronic documents that anyone can edit, print, and save. No one offers more ways to collaborate and share your music.
Educator Tools
With exclusive features like SmarMusic® support, customizable music education worksheets, and the Exercise Wizard, Finale offers music educators more ways to save time.
Time Savers
Save time with Linked Parts, Multiple Page Editing, and other innovative features that automate tasks and streamline your workflow.
Composing and Arranging Tools
Exclusive idea-generating features and essential tools like transposition and range checking are all included.
Production and Sequencing Tools
Finale is able to open or save as a standard MIDI file to work in conjunction with the industry’s most in-demand production and sequencing programs. Video support and Finale’s built in mixer are just two of many tools inside of Finale that help you prepare your score for final production.
Engraver Tools
Finale is the industry standard because it offers ultimate control of the printed page.
Finale System Requirements
Finale 2010 for Windows®
* XP/Vista/Windows 7 (64-bit compatible).*
* DVD-ROM drive.
* 800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
* Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Aria Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
* 500MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 2GB hard drive space is required for all VST/AU sounds included with Finale 2010.
Finale 2010 for Macintosh®
* G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.4-10.6 (Mac-Intel or Power PC).*
* DVD-ROM drive.
* 800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
* Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Aria Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
* 600MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 2GB hard drive space is required for all VST/AU sounds included with Finale 2010.
Optional
* MIDI interface
* MIDI input and/or playback device
* Printer
* Scanner
* Microphone required for use of MicNotator®
* A soundcard (including a DirectSound AS20 recommended driver) is required for playing the Garritan sounds in Windows.
* Better processor and hard drive speed is required for simultaneous use of more VST/AU instruments.
Authorization
Finale requires that you authorize the software within 30 days after installation. You are allowed to install Finale on two operating systems (multiple licenses excluded).
File Compatibility
Finale family software can open files in the same or newer software version, but files created in a newer version cannot be opened in an older version unless converted via MusicXML.
System requirements vary for additional products by Garritan and other manufacturers.
*Mac OS 10.6 and Windows 7 are supported in Finale 2010a, a free downloadable update for registered Finale 2010 users.
