Finale PrintMusic 2009
by MakeMusic!
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Software Summary
Manufacturer: MakeMusic!Brand: MakeMusic!
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2008-10-15
Platform: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X Intel, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Model: MM00168
Product features:
- Compose and hear your music with this intuitive software solution.
- 5 ways to compose: Via MIDI keyboard, with MicNotator, clicking notes with a mouse, via step-time from comp or MIDI keyboard, scanned with SmartScore Lite (included)
- New for 2009: More streamlined workflow, Drag-and-drop expressions, Intuitive metronome markings, Scanning improvements, Updates to MusicXML, & Improved Engraver slurs
- Instantly configures key and time signatures, transpositions, pickup measures, more
Software Reviews of Finale PrintMusic 2009
Customer Review: Go for it!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a nice piece of software.
For those of you who are new to music notation software: you use the mouse to enter notes into staves; you select note length (and any accidentals) from a menu. Once you move to a new bar or measure, or to a different part, the measure you were working on is completed with rests. You can select staccato or accents or arpeggiation or whatever using a menu; mark a barline with a repeat (both at beginnings of repeats and at the ends); first and second endings, dynamics (soft and loud), and metronome marks. Most delightfully, the software "plays" the music back for you, using MIDI and your PC speakers, automatically, on request. (There is a "play" menu, with play/pause, stop, etc.)
For those who have used notation software: PrintMusic2009 works as well as any, and the Mp3 files it creates are a little better than those created by PrintMusic2010, which might have something to do with the MIDI instruments loaded into the two different machines I use the software on. I've had a great old time, creating all sorts of chamber and orchestral works, and having the MIDI system play them back for me. (Some of these are on YouTube, after I have made them into video clips.)
There is a weird problem with layers. You're allowed up to 4 layers per staff; there are little tabs at the bottom that move you from one layer to another. (This way you can have several voices on the same staff, e.g. tenor and bass.) Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to copy two voices from separate staves into a single staff, e.g. for a keyboard accompaniment. Should be a no-brainer, but apparently copy and paste only works with all layers selected at once. Once I learn to select just one layer, I'll be totally in business.
Obviously, not having experience with other music notation software (except briefly with Capella 1995), I can't speak to the issue of what other software does better then PrintMusic. The printed scores come out looking just nice. There are the usual annoyances when notating, e.g. dotted notes which alternate with undotted notes: the dotting is sticky, which means that once you turn it on, it stays on. So each pair of dotted and undotted note has to be individually dotted and undotted. When going full blast in compound time, obviously, everything is cool.
Well, that's as much as I can remember.
Description of Finale PrintMusic 2009
Finale PrintMusic? is the fast, easy way to bring your music to life - with professional results. The Setup Wizard helps you create scores of up to 24 staves. Note entry is a breeze, whether you enter with a mouse, MIDI device, microphone, or scanner. Human PlaybackT makes your music sound like it's being performed by live musicians. PrintMusic? includes a software synthesizer with over 128 professional grade instrument sounds, plus Marching Percussion from Row-LoffT, and can save MP3s for making your own CDs. Enter notes with a mouse, MIDI keyboard, microphone, or scanner. Play your composition, print publisher-quality sheet music, or make MP3s for CDs of your musical creations. You'll be proud of the results you get with PrintMusic?.Graphics Software
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