| Finale PrintMusic 2010 | 
| From: MakeMusic!
List Price: $99.95
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Platforms: Windows Vista, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Windows 7, Windows XP
Media: CD-ROM
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Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.8
MPN: 8046818
Model: PHR10
UPC: 606776001915
EAN: 0606776001915
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| Features:
| - | Music software for arrangers, composers, teachers, students, and other musicians | | - | Play MIDI keyboard and see music appear instantly; import/export MIDI and MusicXML files | | - | Share songs with free, downloadable Finale Reader; save MP3 files for an iPod | | - | Free software synthesizer with 128+ instrument sounds; Human Playback | | - | Composing and arranging tools; multiple-undo option; quick-start videos for getting started |
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Finale Mm00191 Printmusic(R) 2010
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| Customer Reviews:
 Wonderful, but could be just a bit better!!!! February 12, 2010
Archimedes (Pennsylvania)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I agree with all the positive remarks above. I'm simply going to suggest some different ways the Finale gang could do their interface! The program has obviously been created by musicians, rather than a team of musicians and ordinary folks. Musicians tend to learn one way of doing things, and twist everything around to do it that way, even if it isn't the easiest. Consequences are:
Page setup is just a little different than in most editing/wordprocessing programs. I think the similarities between Printmusic and something like Word, for instance, are greater than the differences, but the page setup is significantly different.
The way "handles" work are just a little too hard to figure out. (Handles are the little gaphical square points from which you can grab something, like a box, as you do in Excel or Powerpoint.) In Printmusic, there is a handle that's associated with a system, for instance. ("System" = one full bunch of music lines bundled together. For instance your page could contain two full lines of music (2 systems), each of which has, say, five staffs, for some 5-voice piece.) But there are so many of these handles floating around that it's difficult to guess which one goes with what. Potentially the same problem exists with Powerpoint, for instance, but one is never at a loss. In Excel, too, when you click on a graph, there are handles for the box, then handles for the axes, and handles for the elements of the graph, etc etc. Ideally some way of handling "handles" will emerge, but I don't think Finale has got it yet.
But the pro's far outweigh the cons; I can get slurs in exactly the way they should be; courtesy accidentals (which you throw in for extra clarity, for instance returning from some modulation); the playback is awesome, if only I understood the finer points of MIDI; the printed output is gorgeous.
Staffs, transposing instruments, clefs, there's just a lot of control over everything. (I did, however, not find out how to switch instruments, if you change your mind and want to replace a violin with, for example, a flute. You can make it sound like a flute, you can label the staff "Flute", etc, but somehow Printmusic seems never to forget that it started out being Violin.
Note: "A4" and "Letter" are not the same; make sure that you choose the same in both the Page Setup in the File menu, as well as the Page Setup in the Page Setup Menu (! What's that all about???)
A really nice piece of software.
Arch
 Second only to Finale December 22, 2009
Dcf
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was looking for a music notation program that would allow me to write full orchestral scores that sounded and played back as realistically as possible. When looking into the Finale products, this included human playback and VST plugin support. In the 2009 versions, this would have been the expensive Finale only. But I didn't need the Garritan Personal Orchestra (I already have it as a standalone program and VST library) that comes with Finale, and some of the extra features in the expensive Finale were not THAT necessary to me.
I was previously looking at the Printmusic 2009, but I just couldn't bring myself to purchase that, since I really wanted that VST plugin support (the SoftSynth integrated sounds are good, but I don't think they're realistic enough). The 2010 version of Printmusic is much more powerful than the 2009 version. It includes the VST Plug-in support so you don't have to use the integrated sound library if you want to go with a more realistic sound library. I use the Garritan Personal Orchestra library as a plug-in which has an excellent sound. As with previous versions of Printmusic, it also includes the Human Playback feature which is a must have in my opinion.
I do mouse-click note entry, and this works well for me. Sure, it's SLOW, but it suits my needs. I'm not in a hurry when putting together lines. I can't comment on the Hyperscribe technology since I've never used it (probably never will).
There are a couple limitations (i.e. things keeping it from perfect) to this SW so far as I've seen. But neither of these would warrant a lower rating. One is that you can only use 24 staves (expensive Finale has unlimited). This isn't too bad because you can always double up instruments (such as horns I, II, and III) onto on a single staff, etc. so you can still get a full orchestra sound if you want. The other limitation is on the human playback. There is a tab selection on the menu for "customize", but it is always grayed out, so you're left with the human playback capabilities which are built into the system, but there are a lot to choose from and they are good. Hopefully, they will include the customizable playback feature in the future.
In all, this product is the best to get if you don't want the expensive Finale. Aside from the full Finale version, I think this one is better than any other Finale product. It's powerful and it's very easy to use!
un ottimo software December 15, 2009
Zurlo Teodorico (Roma, Italia)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
se si cerca un software di notazione musicale adatto al 98% delle esigenze quotidiane Finale Print Music 2010 è la soluzione;
economico, potente, non avido di risorse, completo, ricco di dotazioni che si spingono fino all'integrazione di un modulo di scansione per l'acquisizione delle partiture stampate, viene offerto ad meno di un quinto del prezzo di campioni come lo stesso Finale o il suo diretto antagonista Sibelius (entrambi potentissimi ma sovradimensionati per l'utente medio) complimenti quindi a chi ha pensato a questa modulazione di prodotto.
consigliatissimo
Teodorico Zurlo
Roma, Italia
Amazing Product December 12, 2009
Scott Reeves (North Texas USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am a retird professional musician that now works in upper-level network management. This is the best product for the price that I haev ever seen! Absolutely, no doubt. You must try it.
Title title December 4, 2009
Braden Bost (Seattle, WA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I've had this for roughly a month and I love it. Let me go through my uses and skill level so you understand what I've needed so you can determine if this is the right one for you. (I spent a lot of time debating since there's such a huge price difference between this and the full version, or even Allegro).
First - understand that you can always update your version to Allegro or full via the Finale website for the difference in price. That helped me be even more comfortable with my purchase.
I am a musical hobbyist and (very) part-time instructor. I use Finale to write out my musical ideas so I can mess around with other instruments and parts which I may not have available or even know how to play. Often, being able to SEE what I've written allows me to arrange better--some people need to hear and play, and I am not like this. At least not yet. I also love taken written songs and creating new arrangements for them. I'm a big geek so I love arranging video game songs on piano or guitar. It's so easy to find midi files online and I just open the file in Print Music and viola! I have the whole song written out. Saves me hours upon hours of listening and re-listening and frustration until I'm tired of the song. If I had to find a gripe, the only one would be that the tabbing tool is poorly put together, and that sucks since my primary instrument is guitar. But honestly it doesn't ruin anything, it's just annoying (I'd ding it .01 stars for that if I could).
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