MakeMusic, Inc. Announces Finale 2008
June 27 2007 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
MakeMusic, Inc. (Nasdaq:MMUS) unveiled Finale 2008 today. The
latest upgrade to the world�s best-selling music software offers
unprecedented playback options, major productivity enhancements and
even more control for the perfect page. Enhanced Playback Music
comes to life with recorded/imported audio and newly integrated
sound libraries: Finale can now record/import a mono or stereo
audio file to enhance playback. No other notation software offers
this capability. More than 250 world-class instrument sounds from
the makers of the acclaimed Garritan Personal Orchestra are
included free. In addition to orchestral instruments are
saxophones, trumpet and trombone mutes, jazz bass and drums,
guitar, marching percussion, world instruments and more. See the
full list at www.finalemusic.com. Multiple sound libraries now work
together seamlessly. Combine all the included sounds, add Native
Instruments-supported libraries (available separately), hear them
all in playback and save the results in an audio file. Increased
productivity The latest interface improvements offer intuitive
efficiency and allow users to accomplish more without changing
tools: Copy music, adjust expressions, transpose, add repeats and
much more � all with one tool. Intuitive keystrokes can select
measures or partial measures horizontally and vertically � without
visiting a menu. Multiple tools support copy/paste, measure
additions, transposition, measure layout, auto-orchestration and
much more. Streamlined menus, more powerful contextual menus and
intuitive keystrokes. New ScoreMerger� easily combines parts into a
score AND joins multiple scores/movements into one document � even
if they don�t contain the same number of staves, or have different
instrumentation (another Finale exclusive). Perfect pages The
professional quality sheet music you expect from Finale, now faster
and with more options: Document Styles can instantly personalize
the appearance of new documents, controlling text and music fonts,
all libraries, text, graphics and page layout. Enhanced Setup
Wizard offers more options and control and provides intelligent
page layout � automatically adjusting system position, size and
space between staves � to reduce white space on the page. Colored
noteheads have multiple applications and are especially popular in
elementary education. Select Boomwhackers� tuned percussion tubes
from the Setup Wizard, and Finale automatically configures the
noteheads with the Chroma-Notes� colored music system and ensures
this staff plays back integrated Boomwhackers sample sounds.
Additional new features include Vista Support, improved scanning,
new and fully searchable help documentation, expanded MusicXML
support, Human Playback� support for additional sound libraries and
much more. �The missing feature in notation software is the ability
to add an audio track,� stated John Paulson, chief executive
officer of MakeMusic, Inc. �By adding this audio feature in Finale
2008, you can hear your songs come to life with a real vocalist, or
hear your concerto performed by a real instrumentalist. Finale
differentiates itself from competitors with this exciting new
capability.� Pre-orders are now being taken; Finale 2008 will begin
shipping in July 2007. For more information visit
www.finalemusic.com. About MakeMusic, Inc. MakeMusic, Inc. is a
world leader in music-education technology whose mission is to
enhance and transform the experience of making, teaching and
learning music. Among its leading products are Finale�, the world�s
best-selling music notation software, and SmartMusic�, the complete
music practice system that features Intelligent Accompaniment� and
the world�s largest interactive accompaniment library. MakeMusic
maintains its corporate headquarters in Minneapolis. The company
can be reached at www.makemusic.com.
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