cosc12tf@jetson.uh.edu (01/31/91)
I heard that Finale is very good musical software for both professional and non-profesional musician. Can someone send a me a description of Finale along with the price and hardware/software requirements. I'll VERY VERY appreciated. Thanks in advance. Scorpio
drdave@buhub.bradley.edu (David L. Vessell) (02/01/91)
In <8384.27a6d8ec@jetson.uh.edu> cosc12tf@jetson.uh.edu writes: >I heard that Finale is very good musical software for both professional >and non-profesional musician. Can someone send a me a description of >Finale along with the price and hardware/software requirements. I'll VERY >VERY appreciated. >Thanks in advance. >Scorpio From the February '91 issue of Keyboard: Coda Finale 2.5 Description: Notation software. Requirements: Macintosh Plus or better, 2 Mb RAM, hard disk OR IBM AT or compatible (286 processor or better) or Yamaha C1, Windows 3.0, Windows-compatible mouse, hard disk. 2 Mb of RAM recommended. Features: Many input modes including MIDI transcription. Supports non-standard time and key signatures, multiple meters and clefs, nested tuplets, unusual stemming, beaming, and noteheads, "intelligent" chord symbols, user-created symbols, much more. Printing: PostScript output with Finale's Petrucci font or Adobe's Sonata font. Includes Seville font for guitar fingerboards. Additional PostScript fonts available for jazz symbols, figured bass, MIDI expressions. PC version supports PostScript printers, HP Laserjet II & compatibles, Epson-compatible dot-matrix. Playback: Multi-channel. Most symbols can be made to play back, including tempi, repeats, staccatos, dynamics, etc. Users can create their own symbols and executable shapes. MIDI program changes, controllers, pitch-bend supported. List price: $749. Contact: Coda Music Software, 1401 E. 79th St., Minneapolis, MN 55425 -1126 (800) 843-2066, (612) 854-1288 Pros: Full set of notational tools. Excellent live transcription capabilities. Excellent printed output. Improved documentation. New MIDI tools. Cons: Inconsistent, complex interface. Makes many rigid assumptions about music. Hard to learn. --------------------------------- The preceding was the review synopsis for Finale from the February issue, the one with Ray Manzarek on the cover. The review itself is seven or eight pages. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- **dR.Dave** ....making the world safe for intelligent dance music. David L. Vessell Bradley Univ. Peoria, IL drdave@buhub.bradley.edu "I'm not a theatre major. I'm not even a theatre minor. I just have this obsession with power tools...." --Kory Komala =============================================================================
mir@opera.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski) (02/02/91)
In article <8384.27a6d8ec@jetson.uh.edu>, cosc12tf@jetson.uh.edu writes:
%% I heard that Finale is very good musical software for both professional
%% and non-profesional musician. Can someone send a me a description of
%% Finale along with the price and hardware/software requirements. I'll VERY
%% VERY appreciated.
Finale 1.1.1 demo can be ftp-ed from ucsd.edu. It is about 950Kb.
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Adam Mirowski, mir@chorus.fr (FRANCE), tel. +33 (1) 30-64-82-00 or 74
Chorus systemes, 6, av.Gustave Eiffel, 78182 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines CEDEXkkothman@weber.ucsd.edu (Keith Kothman) (02/05/91)
In article <7717@chorus.fr> mir@opera.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski) writes: >In article <8384.27a6d8ec@jetson.uh.edu>, cosc12tf@jetson.uh.edu writes: >%% I heard that Finale is very good musical software for both professional >%% and non-profesional musician. Can someone send a me a description of >%% Finale along with the price and hardware/software requirements. I'll VERY >%% VERY appreciated. > >Finale 1.1.1 demo can be ftp-ed from ucsd.edu. It is about 950Kb. >-- The current version of Finale is 2.5, which offers significant improvements over 1.x. Find a music store that sells MIDI gear and take a test drive on the current model. Keith Kothman _____________________
mir@chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski) (02/05/91)
In article <4576@network.ucsd.edu>, kkothman@weber.ucsd.edu (Keith Kothman) writes: %% In article <7717@chorus.fr> mir@opera.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski) writes: %% >Finale 1.1.1 demo can be ftp-ed from ucsd.edu. It is about 950Kb. %% %% The current version of Finale is 2.5, which offers significant %% improvements over 1.x. Find a music store that sells MIDI gear and %% take a test drive on the current model. 2.5 for Mac, but 1.1 for IBM PC, according to Jan 91 Keyboard add. -- Adam Mirowski, mir@chorus.fr (FRANCE), tel. +33 (1) 30-64-82-00 or 74 Chorus systemes, 6, av.Gustave Eiffel, 78182 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines CEDEX
asaxon@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Allan Saxon) (02/06/91)
The curent ver. for FINALE for the ibm is 2.0 new release. I don't know yet what the changes are, but I was told it's at least at the level of the current Mac ver. Allan -- ============================================================================= | Allan Saxon | asaxon@jarthur.claremont.edu | (714) 625-1948 | | Harvey Mudd College | asaxon@hmcvax.claremont.edu | | =============================================================================