Finale 2008 Retail - WIN/MAC (Software)

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MakeMusic, Coda Music Technology

Finale 2008 - Finale® is the world standard for creating,editing and printing sheet music. Used by more educators,composers,students,performers and music ministers than any other notation program.

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Powerful Productivity: Combined with your creative vision
Finale is the most powerful tool for turning ideas into music. Hundreds of features are at your fingertips in Finale’s intuitive interface, making it easier to bring your music to life faster. New for 2008 – more efficient cut/copy/paste/insert and other interface improvements to streamline workflow.

Creative Control: If you can imagine it.
Finale can help you create it. More choices and options mean unlimited musical possibilities. Create anything, and perfect the smallest detail. New for 2008 – Record or import an audio track - a Finale exclusive.

State of the art: Professional-quality instrument playback
Superb playback thanks to the integrated KONTAKT™ Player 2. Rich sounds provided by the makers of the Garritan Personal Orchestra®, included for free. With Finale, you get the best in everything for your music. New for 2008 – more world-class Garritan sounds and integrated sound libraries.

Finale is the world’s best-selling music notation software, preferred by professional musicians, composers, engravers, and educators.

This is the most complete of the Finale notation programs and includes a vast number of convenient, powerful features. Finale 2008 music notation software allows all composers, from beginners to renowned professionals, to let their creative minds take over and get music onto paper quickly and easily. No composer wants to focus on the musical notation process rather than the music itself, and with Finale 2008 you don't have to. Finale's intuitive nature provides automatic note spacing and lyric placement, smart hyphens, real-time transcribing, and much more.

Check out some of the great features of this music engraving software to see how Finale 2008 will simplify your composition process, providing creative freedom you may not have experienced before. From initial music notation to editing, playback, printing, engraving, and saving, Finale is the notation software that is flexible enough to provide a truly unique composition experience.


System Requirements

Finale 2008 for Windows

• Windows XP/Vista 32-bit.
• CD or DVD-ROM drive.
• 800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
• Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Kontakt Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
• 400MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 1.6GB hard drive space is required for all Garritan sounds.

Finale 2008 for Macintosh®

• G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.4 or higher (Mac-Intel or Power PC).*
• CD or DVD-ROM drive.
• 800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
• Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Kontakt Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
• 400MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 1.6GB hard drive space is required for all Garritan sounds.

Optional

• MIDI interface
• MIDI input and/or playback device
• Printer
• Scanner
• Microphone required for use of MicNotator®
• A soundcard (including a DirectSound driver) is required for playing the Garritan sounds in Windows.

*Please note that the Rhythm Section Generator is not available for Macintosh.