MakeMusic Releases Powerful Upgrade to Finale Music Notation Software.MINNEAPOLIS -- World-class Garritan sounds, ground-breaking tools for teaching composition and arranging, and a host of impressive new features distinguish the new release MakeMusic(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:MMUS) announced today the release of Finale(R) 2006, music notation software for Macintosh(R) and Windows(R) computers. Finale, the world's premiere notation software, sets a new standard with powerful new features designed to enhance how musicians compose, arrange, notate no·tate tr.v. no·tat·ed, no·tat·ing, no·tates To put into notation. [Back-formation from notation.] Verb 1. and teach music on a personal computer. Users of Finale 2006 will experience: --Dramatically improved music playback. Thanks to partnerships with other leading companies, Finale 2006 includes a built-in Kontakt(R) Player from Native Instruments Native Instruments was founded in 1996 in Berlin, Germany by Stephan Schmitt and Volker Hinz with a goal to bring real-time sound synthesis to home computers. Their first product encompassed the modular nature of vintage sound synthesis in software form, originally titled (R) (experts in VST VST VLT (Very Large Telescope) Survey Telescope VST Vietnam Standard Time (Gmt+0700) VST Virtual Studio Technology (Midiware music production technology) and AU technology) and the Garritan Personal Orchestra(R) Finale Edition, which features more than 100 studio-quality instrument sounds. --Breakthrough tools for teaching and learning music composition. Finale 2006 advances music education with the revolutionary new Studio View(TM). By integrating key sequencer See MIDI sequencer. (music) sequencer - Any system for recording and/or playback of music via a programmable memory which stores music not as audio data, but as some representation of notes. tools into each music staff, users can teach music composition and arranging using standard music notation rather than complex computer symbols. This unique combination of professional notation and sequencer features is paired with a powerful mixer for real-time control Real-time control is a popular term for a certain class of digital controllers. For effective digital control, it is critical that sample time be constant. Real-time control achieves nearly constant sample time. See also
--Professional controls for absolute creative freedom. Robust features like TempoTap(TM) allow users to control the nuances of rubati, accelerandi, and ritardandi with the tap of a finger. These fine distinctions are captured in real time, while Finale plays the music, and automatically recorded for future performances. Tools such as Engraver Copy and Paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. make professional-level editing easy. One dialog box controls all aspects of cut and paste To move an object from one location to another. When the operation is complete, there is nothing left in the original location. It may refer to relocating files from one folder to another or to relocating selected text or images from one document to another. (even between documents). Personal settings are automatically saved. "Finale 2006 represents a revolution in the way students will learn composition and arranging," stated John Paulson, MakeMusic President. "Its intuitive new controls, notation-based interface, and Garritan sounds provide an ideal platform for the creation, evaluation, and perfection of songs, arrangements, and compositions - for composers at all levels of experience." Finale 2006 expands the musical possibilities even further with an array of tools and features: Mid-Measure Repeats, Split Measures, Create Coda Systems, Chord Analysis, Resize Verb 1. resize - change the size of; make the size more appropriate size - make to a size; bring to a suitable size rescale - establish on a new scale Noteheads Automatically, Handbells Used Charts, support for a wide variety of Native Instrument VST/AU players, Textured Paper, Embedded Graphics, Music XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. Import and Export (for Windows and Macintosh), Auto Slur Melismas, Score System Divider, Enhanced Human Playback(TM), Embedded Fonts in Mac EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. files, Smart Shape Libraries, Auto Resize When Printing, Orff Instruments in Setup Wizard, Auto Insert Copyright Symbol, New Key Signature Context Menu, Composite Library Files, Mass Edit Context menu, and much more. Visit www.finalemusic.com to explore all these new features in detail. About MakeMusic Inc. MakeMusic(R) 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(R), the world's best-selling music notation software, and SmartMusic(R), the complete music practice system that features Intelligent Accompaniment(R) and the world's largest interactive accompaniment library. MakeMusic maintains its corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company can be reached at www.makemusic.com. |
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