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Finale 2007 from MakeMusic, Inc.(Product/service evaluation)
Finale 2007 from MakeMusic, Inc. (www.finalemusic.com; 1(800) 843-2066), Macintosh and Windows XP compatible. Suggested retail price $600.00. Academic/Theological price $350.00. Upgrade from Finale 2006 $119.95.
As a long-time user and teacher of Finale music notation software, I eagerly await each new subsequent version. In the past, some upgrades have been monumental, some not as significant. However, there are several improvements to Finale 2007 that place it in the first category.
Finale allows the user to either set up a music document manually, to use a variety of pre-defined templates, or to use the Setup Wizard. With the wizard, simply enter the requested information, click "Finish," and the wizard builds the score to your specifications.
Once the score is on the screen, there are many ways to input notes. "Simple Entry" allows the user to choose note values from a palette and then click the staff to place the notes one by one. "Speedy Entry" combines the power of a MIDI keyboard to speed up the process of notating music. Using this tool, you play and hold notes on a MIDI keyboard, then press a number key on the computer keyboard to choose the note value. I find this tool especially useful if I already know what I want to notate or when entering chords. Other tools allow real-time entry of notes--you play and ...
- MakeMusic, Inc. Releases Finale 2007; Linked Parts, Video Features and...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 7, 2006 700+ words
...creative options. Users of Finale 2007 will experience...Robust Performance with Linked Parts Undisputed as the most...notation software, Finale 2007 raises the bar...productivity features including linked parts. Finale now offers the ability...
- Finale 2007 offers powerful new features: MakeMusic.(PRODUCT NEWS)
- Magazine article from: Music Trades October 1, 2006 700+ words
...INC. HAS released Finale 2007 for Macintosh and...and educators. The new Linked Parts feature offers the ability...allow differences. Only Finale offers complete control...ability to create separate linked parts from a divisi staff in...
- MakeMusic, Inc. Releases Finale 2009.
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 17, 2008 700+ words
...control and power that have made Finale the first choice for professional...plug-in can be used with Finale * Simplified and expanded creation...files - including support for linked parts - a huge time-saver for music...anniversary is extraordinary, and Finale 2009 is a fitting tribute...
- MakeMusic, Inc. releases finale 2007.(Music Merchandise)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: American Music Teacher December 1, 2006 700+ words
...unprecedented creative options. Finale 2007 offers the ability to...to allow differences. Only Finale offers complete control, with the ability to create separate linked parts from a divisi staff in the...between the part and score. Finale 2007 is the first music notation...
- Finale 2007: Makemusic, Inc.
- Magazine article from: District Administration Patton, Carol September 1, 2006 700+ words
...major upgrade of the company's music notation software. Finale now offers the ability to automatically create and format...differences. The software has the ability to create separate linked parts from a divisi staff in the score or to show different enharmonic...
- Finale 2001.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
- Magazine article from: Macworld BREEN, CHRISTOPHER January 1, 2001 700+ words
...Music Technology releases an $80 to $120 upgrade to Finale, its venerable music-notation program. Some of these upgrades--the leap from Finale 98 to Finale 2000. for example--have enhanced the program in...
- Finale.(Finale 2000)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
- Magazine article from: Notes LEFKOWRTZ, DAVID June 1, 2001 700+ words
Finale (2000) music notation software. Coda...with Professional Composer, I began using Finale version 1.05, and I can now say that...standing relationship is that some of Finale's minor faults loom disproportionately...
- Finale 3.0.1. (music-notation software) (Reviews) (Evaluation)
- Magazine article from: Macworld Fenno, Richard December 1, 1993 700+ words
...List price: $749. MW Rating **** Finale was the first Macintosh product to perform...True Macintosh Path. People objected to Finale's learning curve and its confounding...years and several versions, the result is Finale 3--the new standard against which all...