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Finale 2011 offers you the power, flexibility and freedom to create any music you can imagine. From lyrics and staff layout to Garritan sounds and new fonts, Finale 2011 is more intuitive and efficient. Finale provides easy access to everything you need to compose, arrange, play, and print music. Whether you're creating orchestra film scores or .MP3 files for your iPod, your music comes alive with Finale. Preferred by musicians worldwide Finale is the world standard for music notation software. More than 2.5 million professional and aspiring musicians, composers, engravers, arrangers, and educators use the Finale family of notation products. Finale is for everyone Finale 2011 provides you with the power, flexibility, and freedom to create any music you can imagine. Instead of forcing you to adapt your creative process to the software, Finale adapts to you. The result? You can quickly and easily turn your inspiration into applause. The most note entry options Play a MIDI keyboard, use a mouse and computer keyboard, scan existing music, capture a brass or woodwind performance, or import a variety of files. Learn more. Linked Parts and more Finale saves you time with Linked Parts, Multiple Page Editing, Save Audio Files, Drum Groove, ScoreMerger(TM), Video Support, and more. SmartMusic Support and Music Education Worksheets Exclusive SmartMusic support, over 800 customizable Music Education Worksheets, and the ability to share files with students via Finale NotePad(R) or the free downloadable Finale Reader(TM) are just a few of the many reasons Finale remains the first choice of music educators worldwide. Learn more. World-Class Sounds More than 375 instrument sounds from the renowned makers Garritan Personal Orchestra, 100+ sounds from Tapspace Virtual Drumline, AND support for external sound libraries means Finale offers the very best in playback. Learn more. Finale Exclusives Finale is the only music notation software program that lets you record or import a mono or stereo audio file to enhance playback, includes Band-in-a-Box Auto-harmonizing, has Human Playback, and more. What's New in Finale 2011 ? - 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, groups, and brackets. Work in any order you wish, and never lose a note. - Garritan sounds — Finale now includes more than 375 world-class instrument sounds from the makers of Garritan Personal Orchestra. Free new sounds include bass trombone, brass section, children's choir ahs, flute section, electronic drum kit and more. - Music Education Worksheets — Finale now includes more than 800 ready-made, customizable music education worksheets and flashcards. New this year are jazz improvisation worksheets and more than 100 titles of classroom repertoire. - New Fonts — Hundreds of new font characters are included for percussion, mallet and handbell graphics. - Finale AlphaNotes Font — Created for use with beginning music students, the Finale AlphaNotes font places note names or solfège syllables inside noteheads. - Expanded Percussion Playback — Last year we simplified the process of getting notes on percussion staves to look – and playback – exactly the way you want them to. This year Finale 2011 makes it easy to switch between pitched and non-pitched percussion anywhere in your score. - Updated Aria Player — The Garritan Aria Player simplifies the process of changing MIDI channel assignments. Updated for Finale 2011, the Garritan Aria Player has an integrated Ambience reverb and the ability to save Ensembles. - Instant Capo Chords — Automatically add capo chords to your music with the freedom to control whether they replace or appear in addition to non-capo chords. - 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 a new Quick Reference Guide that shows you how to complete common tasks quickly and easily in Finale. Finale 2011 for Windows(R) System Requirements - XP/Vista/Windows 7 (64-bit compatible). - DVD-ROM drive. - 800x600 minimum monitor resolution. - Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended). - 600MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 2GB hard drive space is required for all VST/AU sounds included with Finale 2011. Finale 2011 for Macintosh(R) System Requirements - G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.5-10.6 (Mac-Intel or Power PC). - DVD-ROM drive. - 800x600 minimum monitor resolution. - Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended). - 750MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 2GB hard drive space is required for all VST/AU sounds included with Finale 2011.
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