MakeMusic Finale PrintMusic 2011

MakeMusic Finale PrintMusic 2011 is the fast, easy way to bring your music to life with professional results.  From the creators of Finale, the world’s leading music notation software, PrintMusic is perfect for arrangers, composers, teachers, band and choir directors, church musicians, students, and other musicians.

MakeMusic Finale PrintMusic 2011 New Features:
-Improved Lyric Entry and Spacing - Lyrics are more easily entered, instantly appear exactly as they’ll print out, and are automatically
  spaced with engraver precision.
-Easier Staff Layout - New Staff Layout capabilities make it simple and intuitive to hide, move, and edit staves.
-New Fonts - Hundreds of new font characters are included for percussion, mallet and handbell graphics.
-Handbells Used Chart - PrintMusic can automatically create a chart at the top of your handbell music that lists every bell used.
-Music Education Worksheets - PrintMusic now includes more than 150 ready-made, customizable music education worksheets and
  flashcards.
-Improved Pickup Measures and more - Pick-up measures automatically insert the correct rests when you start your score, improved file
  support for multiple-user environments, and updated screen display colors.

MakeMusic Finale PrintMusic 2011 lets you get started right away. The Setup Wizard configures key and time signatures, transpositions, pickup measures, and more - instantly. Want an engraved or handwritten look? Select a document style to personalize the appearance of your music.

Finale PrintMusic’s Launch Window saves you time by putting everything at your fingertips. Choose to scan existing sheet music or work from provided templates. You can also create a score with up to 24 staves from scratch with PrintMusic’s Setup Wizard – which configures things like instrument transpositions so you don’t have to. Use the textured paper backgrounds to make your on-screen page easy on the eyes and apply document styles to personalize the look of your scores.

Using Simple Note Entry, click notes onto the staff or use MIDI to indicate pitch. Or enter notes with the numeric pad and keys ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ ‘D’ ‘E’ ‘F’ and ‘G.’ But entering notes is just the start. You can also:
-Change octaves
-Enter rests
-Add accidentals
-Create triplets
-Add grace notes
-Add notes in a chord to an existing note
-Enter articulations on the fly or ‘lock in’ an articulation to place on several notes
-Change the key or time signature simply with key commands
-Add expressions like dynamics or tempos
-Enter a rhythmic pattern using a single note and then re-pitch the repeated notes using your MIDI or computer keyboard
-Keystrokes are intuitive and a special key map for laptop users is provided.

MakeMusic Finale PrintMusic 2011 allows an unlimited number of lyric verses and automatically spaces the lyrics to match the notes they’re attached to. Lyrics are more easily entered, instantly appear exactly as they’ll print out, and are automatically spaced with engraver precision. Also new is automatic verse numbering.  In PrintMusic, expressions include dynamics, tempo markings, rehearsal marks, technique text like arco and pizzicato, and expressive text. Selection, entry and placement of expressions or articulation markings is quick and intuitive. Once in your score, they are easily moved.

The powerful Selection Tool has inherited all the functionality of the former Mass Edit Tool. Adapted for selecting measure regions, the Selection Tool is now PrintMusic’s universal editing utility.  With the selection tool you can:
-Cut, copy or paste music
-Change time and key signatures and clefs
-Transpose
-Add repeats
-Adjust expressions, change bar lines, and more
-Accomplish more without changing tools
-Get what you need faster from streamlined menus.
-Keep your momentum going with more powerful contextual menus and intuitive new keystrokes.
-Get it done using the Selection Tool or other tools that support copy/paste, measure additions, transposition, measure layout, and much
  more.

MakeMusic Finale PrintMusic 2011 has over 128 sounds with minimal system requirements (compatible with nearly any computer) which offers consistent playback when your PrintMusic files are heard in Finale NotePad, and other MakeMusic products. You can also combine these sounds with the selection of included Row-Loff Marching Percussion Sounds.

PrintMusic supports all third-party VST/AU Instruments and Effects, providing users with unlimited sonic possibilities. (VST/AU libraries are sold separately.)  But that’s not all. PrintMusic also offers more features to fine-tune your music including a mixer with integrated sequencer controls, and Human Playback, which makes even notes entered with a mouse play back with the nuance of live performers.

MakeMusic Finale PrintMusic 2011 can import and export MusicXML 2.0 files – right from the File menu and the Launch Window. Unlike MIDI files, MusicXML allows you to transfer the sounds and graphical elements in your file to other applications including older versions of PrintMusic.

Finale PrintMusic takes the work out of composing and arranging and lets you concentrate on the inspiration.
-Transpose to any key and for any instrument.
-Extract parts for your performers when you’re done writing your score.
-Automatic Rehearsal Marks dynamically update when you delete, insert, or move measures in your score. PrintMusic automatically
  sequences them correctly regardless of what order you enter them.
-Handbells Used Chart – PrintMusic can automatically create a chart at the top of your handbell music that lists every bell used.

Running low on inspiration? PrintMusic offers arrangers idea-generating tools to save time and suggest creative options.
-Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing – Automatically turn your melody into two or three voice harmony.
-Drum Groove – Easily add custom drum parts in a variety of styles. Add to the list of available styles by placing any MIDI file into the
  Drum Groove folder.

MakeMusic Finale PrintMusic 2011 Main Features:
-PrintMusic lets you compose and arrange the way you want. Easily put notes on the page with these flexible options:
-Click notes into place with a mouse – and hear them as you do.
-Play your MIDI keyboard with a metronome and watch your music appear on screen in real time.
-Enter notes in step-time from your computer or MIDI keyboard.
-Scan your music with SmartScore Lite (included).
-Import MIDI and MusicXML files.
-Play a brass or woodwind instrument into a microphone using our exclusive MicNotator.
-Your compositions sound great with PrintMusic’s advanced playback features:
-Free Software Synthesizer with 128 instrument sounds and marching percussion sounds from Row-Loff.
-Human Playback to give your music nuance, as if performed by live musicians.
-Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing adds harmonies to your melodies.
-Save your music as an audio file to burn CDs or save on an iPod.
-Powerful mixer fine-tunes your playback.
-Create up to 24 staves and print your score or parts: Finale technology ensures world-class output.
-Unlimited number of lyric verses. Lyrics are automatically spaced with publisher-quality precision.
-Transpose to any key and for any instrument.
-Add dynamics, tempos, percussion notation, chord symbols, guitar fretboards and tablature, articulations, handbell graphics, and more.
-Share your music with others using the free, downloadable Finale Reader.
-QuickStart videos show you how – on your computer screen – and a quick reference guide for common tasks is included.
-Arrange full ensembles and extract individual parts
-Play your music with professional sounds and nuance
-Share your music with iPod-ready MP3 files

MakeMusic Finale PrintMusic 2011 System Requirements:
-Finale PrintMusic for Windows
  -XP/Vista/Windows 7 (64-bit compatible)
  -800X600 minimum monitor resolution
  -CD-ROM drive
  -Minimum 512 MB RAM recommended
  -350 MB hard drive space required for software and user manual
-Finale PrintMusic for Macintosh
  -G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.5-10.6 (Mac-Intel or Power PC)
  -800X600 minimum monitor resolution
  -CD-ROM drive
  -Minimum 512 MB RAM recommended
  -450 MB hard drive space required for software and user manual
-Authorization
  -PrintMusic requires that you authorize the software within 30 days after installation. You are allowed to install PrintMusic on one
    operating system (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.
-Optional items (sold separately)
  -MIDI interface
  -MIDI input and/or playback device
  -Printer
  -Scanner
  -Microphone required for use of MicNotator