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From: drdave@buhub.bradley.edu (David L. Vessell)
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Subject: Re: FINALE_INFO?
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Date: 1 Feb 91 06:51:11 GMT
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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.

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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.


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