We have two new Finale music software applications in stock (Finale Songwriter and
Finale PrintMusic). Both programmes are Mac (OSX 10.4-10.6) and Windows compatible (XP/Vista/Windows 7). Finale PrintMusic retails at £77.95, Finale SongWriter is a bargain at £39.95.
Finale PrintMusicFinale PrintMusic is the perfect solution for arrangers, composers, teachers, band and choir directors, church musicians, students, and other musicians.
PrintMusic allows you to:
Arrange full ensembles and extract individual parts
Play your music with professional sounds and nuance
Share your music with iPod-ready MP3 files
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 Finale's exclusive MicNotator®.
Create up to 24 staves and print your score or parts: Finale® technology ensures world-class output.
Your compositions sound great with PrintMusic's advanced playback features:
Free Software Synthesizer with 128 instrument sounds and marching percussion sounds from Row-Loff.
Add more sounds with full support of VST/AU instrument and effects libraries (sold separately).
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.
Finale SongWriter
Finale SongWriter is perfect for songwriters, band and choir directors, church musicians, students and other musicians.
SongWriter allows you to:
Experiment with Melodies
Click notes onto the staff and hear their pitches drag notes up and down to find the pitches you want.
Play a MIDI keyboard and see the music appear instantly.
Import and export MIDI and MusicXML files.
Add multiple lyric verses.
Explore Different Arrangements
Try any tempo.
Transpose to any key.
Type a chord name to hear how it sounds and see its guitar fretboard.
Select automatic drum grooves for different styles.
Add automatic harmonies.
Experience Your Songs
Print great-looking sheet music.
Save MP3 files to create audio CDs or to play on an iPod.
Hear your songs with a professional software synthesizer and over 128 sounds, no hardware required!
Use Human Playback to make songs sound like they're performed like live musicians.
Share your music with others using the free, downloadable Finale Reader.