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MakeMusic! Releases Finale Songwriter.


MakeMusic, Inc., 6210 Bury Dr., Eden Prairie Eden Prairie

A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300.
, MN 55346; Finale SongWriter is available for Windows and Macintosh computers; www.finalemusic.com; www.makemusic.com.

MakeMusic! Inc. announced today the release of Finale Song Writer, the latest addition to its family of innovative music notation software. Finale Song Writer allows users to quickly and easily compose and arrange music, hear their work and print premium-quality sheet music.

Created for songwriters of all levels, including those who may be new to notation software, Finale Song Writer offers a large array of powerful but easy-to-use features. Notes can be entered via a computer keyboard, a MIDI keyboard A MIDI keyboard is a piano-style digital keyboard device used for sending MIDI signals or commands to other devices connected to the same interface as the keyboard. MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface (protocol).  or by importing MIDI files A MIDI sound file that contains MIDI messages. MIDI files used in DOS and Windows have a .MID extension. A variation of this format is the RIFF MIDI file, which uses the .RMI extension. . Users can effortlessly add key and time signatures, lyrics, chords, guitar fingerboards, markings and musical instructions.

Additionally, Finale Song Writer can automatically generate two--and three-voice harmonies and drum grooves. The software also allows the user to create and edit guitar and bass tablature tablature (tăb`ləchr), in music, a generic system of musical notation indicating actions that the player must take, rather than "representing" the music itself that will result , save MIDI files and create MP3 files. Musicians can experiment with more than 129 professional instrument sounds (a free professional software synthesizer A software synthesizer, also known as a softsynth or virtual instrument is a computer program for digital audio generation. Computer software which can create sounds or music is not new, but advances in processing speed are allowing softsynths to accomplish the same  is included). Songs sound like they're being performed by live musicians thanks to "Human Playback."

For more information, contact MakeMusic! Inc.
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Title Annotation:Music Merchandise
Publication:American Music Teacher
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2005
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