Finale's PrintMusic 2010 lets you create printable scores and play back
your work, all in an easy-to-use format. Enter notes into PrintMusic
2010 via a MIDI keyboard controller, microphone, or with your computer
and mouse, or you can also scan scores into PrintMusic 2010. Among the
new features are automatic rehearsal marks, a simplified percussion
notation process, imroved scanning, and improved chord input. You get
support for third-party VST/AU instruments and effects, too. Compose,
arrange, and edit scores with unbelievable ease with the intuitive and
user-friendly PrintMusic 2010!
Getting started
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.
Note entry
There
are a variety of ways available as a means of note entry into
PrintMusic 2010. Enter notes with your computer keyboard and/or mouse,
or play your MIDI keyboard — with or without a click track — and watch
your music appear on-screen in real-time. Use your MIDI keyboard in
combination with your computer keyboard and mouse to enter notes and
chords.
Use the exclusive and innovative MicNotator to play notes into your microphone with a brass or woodwind instrument.
Existing
sheet music can be scanned, and PrintMusic 2010 also supports the
importation of MIDI, MusicXML, SmartScore, or Finale family notation
files.
Adding markings, lyrics, and more
PrintMusic
allows an unlimited number of lyric verses and automatically spaces the
lyrics to match the notes they're attached to. PrintMusic's Set-up
Wizard includes Tablature (in standard tuning) for Guitar and Bass.
Tablature can be generated automatically by dragging standard notation
onto a Tab staff, or you can create it from scratch by typing numbers
directly into the Tab. All notes space themselves automatically as
they're entered and you can add dynamics, tempos, and percussion
notation to your score. PrintMusic also automates other tasks like
entering slurs, repeats, codas, and tuplets. You also get the Broadway
Copyist handwritten font, which gives your scores a lighter, classic
look.
Metronome Markings are now easier to create and
dynamically linked to playback so changes to the metronome marking
affect your score's playback tempo. PrintMusic offers standard, German,
and Roman Numeral chord symbols, and you can select from a library of
chord suffixes to indicate harmonic analysis. Don't like manuals?
PrintMusic's QuickStart Videos guide you through the process of putting
your music on the page. PrintMusic also includes comprehensive help
that is contextual, interactive, and searchable.
Hearing your music
PrintMusic
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. Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing adds harmonies and melodies.
You can even add more sounds, because PrintMusic gives you full VST/AU
instrument/effects support. PrintMusic also offers more features to
fine-tune your music including a mixer with integrated sequencer
controls, and Human Playback, which even makes notes entered with a
mouse play back with the nuance of live performers. You can save your
music as an audio file to burn to CDs or put on a music player.
Sharing Your Music
Print
professional-quality sheet music using PrintMusic 2010. Create MP3,
WAV, or AIFF files quickly and easily — press one button and save your
PrintMusic files into an audio format for recording onto an audio CD or
save as MP3 to play on an iPod, or export MIDI or MusicXML files.
Create textbooks, worksheets, or quizzes by exporting music into a word
processing program. PrintMusic allows you to save entire pages as a
TIFF file. You can also import TIFF graphics into your score. Imported
graphics are embedded to make it easy to share your files. Post your
music at the Finale Showcase, a free site hosted by MakeMusic where
people can see, play, and print your music.
Composing & arranging tools
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. Running low on inspiration? PrintMusic offers composers and
arrangers idea-generating tools to save time and suggest creative
options.
Automatically turn your melody into two or three voice
harmony, and 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.
PrintMusic's Selection Tool takes the guesswork
out of editing nearly anything on the page. Intuitive cut/copy/paste
enhancements ensure that you always get the results you seek — the
first time. Don't like something you tried? Multiple Undo lets you
reverse any number of changes you made in the current session (even
past the point you saved your score).
Features:
- Streamlined Workflow for creation, entry, moving, and editing of dynamics, tempo indications, and other text and markings.
- Drag and Drop Expressions
- Automatic rehearsal marks with instant updating
- Includes Broadway Copyist handwritten-style font
- Improved chord input
- VST/AU instrument and effects support
- Import/export JPEGs
- Superior Scanning with SmartScore Lite, including triplet recognition and better results when scanning polyphonic music
- Easier Expression Editing — quickly change dynamics, tempo markings, and other expressions while retaining positioning
- Enter notes with computer keyboard, MIDI keyboard, or by playing wind instrument
- Create MP3, WAV, or AIFF files
- Export MIDI or MusicXML files
- Quickly and easily manipulate your score
System Requirements
PrintMusic contains the Windows and Mac versions on the same CDrom. You do not need
to specify which operating system you have when ordering.
PrintMusic For Windows
Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, 256MB RAM, 300MB drive space.
PrintMusic For Mac
G4 or higher, OS 10.4 or higher, 256MB RAM, 300MB drive space