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Finale |
Finale Allegro |
Finale PrintMusic! |
Finale SongWriter |
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£299/£219*
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£129 |
£59.99 |
£39.99 |
| Current Version |
2006 |
2005 |
2006 |
2005 |
| Overall power and flexibility. |
Very High |
High |
Medium |
Entry Level |
| Ease of Use. |
Easy |
Very Easy |
Easier |
Easiest |
| Multi-user Discounts (licenses for more than one user per serial number). |
Site Licenses** & Lab Packs |
Lab Packs available |
Lab Packs available |
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Can open files created by same or earlier versions of NotePad, SongWriter, PrintMusic!, Allegro, Guitar or Finale.
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| Number of Staves. |
Unlimited |
32 |
24 |
8 |
| Video Tips on CD that shows you how to get started. |
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| Lyric Verses Allowed. |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
6 |
| Automatic Chord Symbols and Guitar Fret boards. |
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| Create Non-standard key signatures |
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No |
No |
No |
| Chromatic and diatonic transposition |
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| Transpose to any key, scale, interval or instrument anywhere. |
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Standard keys only |
Standard keys only |
Standard keys only |
| Step-time (one note at a time) from mouse/ touchpad. |
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| Step-time (one note at a time) from computer keyboard. |
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| Real-time (as you play) entry from MIDI device/keyboard. |
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| Real-time entry from an acoustic single-note instrument. |
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No |
| Real-time entry without a click track (Hyperscribe). |
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With click track only |
With click track only |
| Import/Export MIDI files. |
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| Imports SmartScore, Encore, and Rhapsody files. |
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No |
| SmartScore Lite Music Scanning technology included. |
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No |
| Pre-designed templates. |
68 |
50 |
31 |
No |
| Save as an audio file |
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| Save as SmartMusic Accompaniment |
With Wizards & Markers |
With Wizards & Markers |
No |
No |
| Human Playback (multiple styles) |
User customizable |
Standard Style Only |
Standard Style Only |
Standard Style Only |
| Includes 100+ Garritan studio quality sounds |
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No |
No |
No |
| Support of Native Instruments VST/AU players |
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No |
No |
No |
SmartMusic SoundFont
(128 sounds included Free) |
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| Instant Orchestration (Explode feature). |
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No |
No |
| Studio View and Mixer |
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No |
No |
No |
| Conduct tempo changes with Tempo Tap |
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No |
No |
No |
| Allows multiple/3rd party music fonts. |
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Limited |
Maestro/ Jazz |
No |
| Number of Staff lines available. |
0-100 |
0, 1,5 or 6 |
1 or 5 |
5 plus tablature |
| Import any TIFF (both platforms), WMF (Windows only), or PICT (Mac only). |
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No |
No |
No |
| Export page as a TIFF or PICT file. |
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| Export any section of a page as a TIFF or PICT file. |
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No |
No |
No |
| Ability to edit MIDI data. |
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No |
No |
| Over 50 Plug-ins that save time like Automatic Tablature, Range Checking, etc. |
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No |
No |
No |
| Band-in-a-Box Auto Harmonisation |
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Limited to 2 or 3 voices |
Limited to 2 or 3 voices |
Limited to 2 or 3 voices |
| Row-Loff Marching Persussion Sounds |
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No |
| Exercise Wizard |
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No |
No |
No |
| Create Finale Performance Assessment Files |
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No |
No |
No |
| Chord Charts w/Slash Notation |
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| Automatically adds Drum Grooves |
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| Compound or additive time signatures. |
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Compound only |
Compound only |
| Staff Optimization - automatically hides non-active staves. |
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No |
No |
| Tablature |
user customizable |
user customizable |
Standard Guitar and Bass only |
Standard Guitar and Bass only |
| Percussion Notation |
can create perc. Maps |
can create perc. Maps |
perc. staves have fixed mapping |
perc. staves have fixed mapping |
| Extract Parts |
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No |
| Special Tools |
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No |
No |
No |
| Page and Scroll View |
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Page View Only |
| Page Layout Controls |
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Limited |
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