Overview

Finale® 2010 Professional Edition Software DVD-ROM
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 engraver quality sheet music that plays back with world-class sounds. Finale continues to lead the way, helping you reach perfection faster.

Redesigned for 2010
Vast areas of Finale have been updated for 2010. From Percussion Notation and Chord Entry to Rehearsal Marks and Measure Numbering, common tasks have been automated and simplified to save you time and to easily make your music perfect.

World-Class Sounds
More than 350 instrument sounds from the renowned makers of Garritan Personal Orchestra, 100+ sounds from Tapspace Virtual Drumline, AND the ability to add any VST/AU Instrument or Effect Plug-in means Finale offers the very best in playback.

Record/Import Audio
Give arrangements authenticity and life with a real vocal or instrumental track. Only Finale lets you record or import a mono or stereo audio file to enhance playback.

Entering Notes
From MIDI to your mouse, from scanning to Finale’s exclusive MicNotator, no other software offers you more note entry options.

SmartMusic Support and Music Education Worksheets
Exclusive SmartMusic support, over 300 customizable Music Education Worksheets, and Finale’s Exercise Wizard are just a few of the many reasons Finale remains the first choice of music educators worldwide.

Linked Parts and other Timesavers
Finale includes dozens of time-saving tools like Linked Parts, Multiple Page Editing, Band-in-a-Box Auto-harmonizing, ScoreMerger™, SmartFind and Paint, and more.

New Features

	Percussion Notation We've simplified the process of getting notes on percussion staves to look – and playback – exactly the way you want them to.		Automatic Rehearsal Marks Use a keystroke to enter rehearsal marks and Finale automatically sequences them correctly and dynamically updates them when you delete, insert, or move any rehearsal mark or measure.
	Music Education Worksheets Finale now includes hundreds of ready-made, customizable, music education worksheets designed for K-12 students.		Chords Change or delete notes without changing your chords. Attach chords to measures – whether or not they contain notes or rests – and have the chords appear and playback correctly.
	Garritan sounds Finale now includes more than 350 world-class instrument sounds from the makers of Garritan Personal Orchestra. Free new sounds include organ, a variety of electric guitars, five octaves of handbells, and a brush drum kit.		Graphics Support Export as .JPEG, and .PNG and import as .JPEG, .PNG, .BMP, and .GIF in addition to previously supported formats of .TIFF, .EPS.
	Broadway Copyist Inspired by the golden era of handwritten Broadway scores, the Broadway Copyist hand-written font offers a lighter, classic appearance.		VST/AU Support & Updated Aria Player Finale now supports all third-party VST/AU Instruments and Effects, providing users with unlimited sonic possibilities. Updated for Finale 2010, the Garritan Aria Player simplifies the process of changing MIDI channel assignments.
	Measure Numbers Control measure number alignment, positioning, and fonts separately in your score and linked parts.		Scanning Improvements and More New Smartscore Lite scanning interface enables you to specify the instrumentation so that your staves will automatically be properly transposed and configured for playback. Also new are transparent selection handles, exporting lyrics to a word-processing document, and improved help documentation.

Finale System Requirements

Finale 2010 for Windows®