Finale 2010 Academic with Training DVD

This Academic edition of Finale 2010 has the same features and capabilities of the retail version, and is shipped to you in a factory sealed retail box. However, this version is $360 below the retail price because of an educational discount.

With this Academic edition you will be able to install Finale 2010 on up to two computers, Mac or Windows.

The best tools are designed by the people who use them. Introducing Finale 2010 – the world standard in music notation software. Compose, arrange, notate, and print engraverquality sheet music that plays back with world-class sounds. Finale continues to lead the way, helping you reach perfection faster.

• Streamlined user interface is more efficient, intuitive, and consistent

• Setup Wizard configures your score beautifully in seconds

• Enter your music into Finale using a MIDI keyboard, computer keyboard, mouse, mic, or scanner

• Scan existing sheet music directly into Finale. From there you can change the key, edit, and save as a Finale file

• Linked Parts – intelligently links your score and parts to save you time

• More than 300 customizable and printable Music Education Worksheets

• Video Support – import video, plus send and display SMPTE time code

• TempoTap™ – conduct your own tempo changes

• Playback – here are just a few reasons why Finale’s sound is unsurpassed:
  o Record or import an audio track for unprecedented realism
  o More than 350 world-class Garritan instrument sounds – and more
  o More than 100 sounds from the acclaimed Tapspace Virtual Drumline™
  o Human Playback® makes your music sound like live musicians are playing it – even if you entered your notes with a mouse!
  o Integrated Garritan Aria player
  o Full support for VST/AU instruments AND effects
  o Powerful Mixer (real-time control of volume, panning, patch, and more)

• Save Audio Files (including .MP3) to create CDs or save to an iPod®

• Document Styles let you instantly personalize the appearance of new documents

• Colored Noteheads and integrated Boomwhackers® tuned percussion tube sounds

• Supports Windows XP/Vista and Mac 10.4 & 10.5

Why is Finale the world standard? These exclusive features are not available in any other music notation software:

• Record or import an audio track

• Create SmartMusic® accompaniments

• Band-in-a-Box® Auto-Harmonizing – automatically generates up to 6-voice harmonies for your melodies

• Exercise Wizard – instantly generates up to 50,000 practice pieces for your band, orchestra, or choir without entering a single note

• Studio View™ – an all-in-one environment for multi-track music creation

• Free, downloadable Finale Reader® lets you share your Finale files with anyone who can then print, play, edit, and save!

• MicNotator® lets you enter notes by playing your brass or woodwind instrument

• Don’t like manuals? Watch a QuickStart Video on your computer instead!

Finale 2010 Beginner Level – Music Pro Guide (DVD)

The refinements found in Finale 2010 benefit beginning and advanced users alike by streamlining common tasks to make them more intuitive and more efficient, while retaining all of Finale's power. While this new Music Pro Guides DVD focuses on the beginning user, it also offers many faster and easier ways of using Finale for those who learned Finale using earlier versions.

Host Tom Johnson is a Product Specialist from MakeMusic, with more than 20 years of experience demonstrating Finale's awesome potential. Throughout the program, Tom offers additional tips and techniques that are vital to getting the most out of your Finale experience.

If you're interested in getting up to speed quickly on Finale 2010, this program is definitely for you! Run time: 1 hour, 18 minutes.

Topics covered include:

• Getting Started

• quickly and easily begin new scores and discover key concepts to understanding Finale.

• Entering Music

• enter notes using a mouse, computer keyboard, MIDI keyboard, scanner, and by importing MIDI files.

• Adding Details

• transform notes into music with the addition of articulations, slurs, expressions, chords, and more.

• Formatting

• Finale's ability to create anything on the page is unrivaled. With the essential formatting tricks you'll learn here, you'll be ready to tackle a wide variety of common projects.

• Sharing Your Music

• share your music with others by printing your score or parts, creating .WAV and .MP3 files, saving MIDI files, exporting SmartMusic® accompaniments, and more.