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From Our Research Team:

Create and Share Music Notation!

Finale 2010 is your creative hub for all-things music notation. You can expect an incredibly fluid workflow, with note-entering possibilities in nearly any form imaginable: by mouse, computer keyboard, MIDI controller, microphone, even scanned-in sheet music. Once compositions are in Finale 2010, you get to hear them back played by the instruments you intended, through world-class sounds that come included. Finale has long been a leader in the field, and this latest version offers a ream of enhancements to improve your results. Let MakeMusic Finale 2010 be your final destination for music notation.

MakeMusic Finale 2010 Music Notation Software at a Glance:

• What's new in Finale 2010 — enhanced workflow, more powerful than ever
  
• Enter notes the way you want — mouse, MIDI, microphone, or scanner
  
• Includes a host of amazing-sounding classic and modern instrument sounds
  
• Record supporting audio tracks right into Finale
  
• Supports VST and AU plug-ins, for unlimited sonic possibilities
  
• Customize your scores using a range of fonts, colors, and styles
  
• Share your projects by printing, saving as audio, or exporting MIDI
  
• Full of 300+ classroom-ready worksheets

What's new in Finale 2010 — enhanced workflow, more powerful than ever
This latest version of MakeMusic Finale is the most powerful version yet — not only designed to help improve your music notation results, but to help improve your workflow. How does Finale 2010 make your creative work easier? Vast areas of Finale have been updated for Finale 2010. Vast areas of From Percussion Notation and Chord Entry to Rehearsal Marks and Measure Numbering, common tasks have been automated and simplified to save you time and to easily make your music perfect. Find out more about Finale 2010's capabilities below.

Enter notes the way you want — mouse, MIDI, microphone, or scanner
With Makemusic Finale 2010, you've got the power to enter in notes the way that you choose. If you're working from a basic keyboard/mouse setup, you can easily enter them in by clicking. Finale 2010 also supports note entry from a MIDI keyboard — or any other MIDI device. Just play the notes on the keyboard and watch your music appear onscreen. You can even just set the tempo, play your song, and watch as Finale 2010 puts it all into notation in real-time. If you're writing brass or woodwind parts, you can use Finale's exclusive MicNotator features to play notes right into Finale. You can also import your existing MIDI, MusicXML, SmartScore, or Finale family notation files. Last, but not least, you can scan in your existing sheet music or handwritten scores — a big time-saver.

Includes a host of amazing-sounding classic and modern instrument sounds
A range of sounds come with Finale 2010, so you can compose your pieces — then hear them played back by the instruments you intended. To start, you get more than 350 world-class instrument sounds from the Garritan Personal Orchestra, spanning piano, choirs, drums, guitar, organ, handbells, marching percussion, and more. Brand-new to Finale 2010 are a variety of church organ sounds, electric guitar, more handbells, steel guitar, and a brush drum kit. On top of all of those sounds, you also get more than 100 sounds from Tapspace Virtual Drumline, and additional Row-Loff Marching Percussion Sounds. You can use the included Garritan Aria Player to take charge of your sounds.

Record supporting audio tracks right into Finale
Give arrangements authenticity and life with a real vocal or instrumental track. Record or import a mono or stereo audio file to enhance playback and open up a world of possibilities. For example, with Finale 2010, you can record a vocal track to a soprano aria, add trumpet solo to a jazz chart, import a stereo mix of a rock band and build a horn arrangement, import audio for transcription/takedown, create learning files for choir students with accompaniment and sung text, and more. With Finale 2010, you can even import an audio recording of music, use the TempoTap feature to line up notation barlines and times, then add additional orchestration.

Supports VST and AU plug-ins, for unlimited sonic possibilities
The entire world of VST/AU effects are now at your disposal for the most powerful sounding Finale ever. From the included Ambiance Reverb plug-in, to the plug-ins that come with current Macintosh operating systems, to the untold numbers of free and commercially available options, Finale 2010 has opened the floodgates for ultimate sonic shaping within Finale. You can apply effects to individual instrument libraries as well as add up to three mastering level effects on your entire mix.

Customize your scores using a range of fonts, colors, and styles
Choose from a wide variety of styles or create your own to instantly personalize the appearance of new Finale 2010 documents. There are a range of music fonts available to give your compositions a taste of your personality. You can even choose from over a dozen different paper textures and colors, so your onscreen page is easy on the eyes and aesthetically pleasing when you're entering in notes or doing any editing.

Share your projects by printing, saving as audio, or exporting MIDI
Get your ideas into Finale 2010 to shape them up, then share your compositions with the world using any of Finale 2010's many music-sharing options. For start, you can easily print music to the page to have instant, easily legible scores. You can also take your songs, use the built-in sounds (or your own AU/VST plug-ins) and create MP3/WAV/AIFF audio files to e-mail or post online. Other options include exporting music as a graphics file, exporting MIDI or MusicXML files, or posting your tracks at the free Finale Showcase website.

Full of 300+ classroom-ready worksheets
Finale 2010 now includes more than 300 ready-made, customizable, music education worksheets. Designed for K-12 students of general music, theory, band, orchestra, and choir, these educator-approved worksheets help teach basic elements of music. Just a few examples of worksheets include ones covering the circle of fifths, grand staff and note names, sharps and flats, counting and rhythms, scales, chords, intervals, rounds, and more. Plus, because the worksheets are provided as Finale 2010 files, it's easy to customize them to your specific needs and print them out, or distribute them via email to be printed with the free Finale Reader. Used in conjunction with Finale 2010's powerful Exercise Wizard, these worksheets provide educators with instant access to thousands of pages of printable and editable materials for their students.

MakeMusic Finale 2010 Music Notation Software Features:

• Streamlined user interface
  
• Setup Wizard instantly configures your score
  
• Enter music your way: MIDI keyboard, Computer keyboard or mouse, MicNotator (simply play a brass or woodwind instrument), Scan existing sheet music
  
• Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing
  
• Exercise Wizard - instantly generates practice pieces - for your entire band, orchestra, or choir
  
• Video Support - import video plus send and display SMPTE
  
• Record or import an audio track for unprecedented realism
  
• More than 350 world-class Garritan instrument sounds
  
• More than 100 sounds from Tapspace Virtual Drumline
  
• Human Playback makes your music sound like musicians are playing it
  
• Integrated Garritan Aria player
  
• Save Audio Files
  
• Create SmartMusic accompaniments
  
• More than 300 customizable and printable Music Education Worksheets
  
• Free, downloadable Finale Reader lets you share your Finale files with anyone
  
• Linked Parts

MakeMusic Finale 2010 System Requirements for Windows

• Windows XP/Vista 32-bit (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.

MakeMusic Finale 2010 System Requirements for Mac

• G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.4 or 10.5 (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.

MakeMusic's Finale 2010 makes it easier than ever to create and share music notation!

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