Finale PrintMusic is the fast, easy way to bring your music to life with professional results. From the makers of Finale®, the world’s leading music notation software, PrintMusic is perfect for songwriters, students, teachers, church musicians, and band leaders.
Print publisher-quality sheet music.
Easy Set-up
Get started right away. The Setup Wizard configures key and time signatures, transpositions, pickup measures, and more - instantly. Want an engraved or handwritten look? Select a document style to personalize the appearance of your music.
Easy Entry
PrintMusic lets you compose the way you want. Easily put notes on the page with these flexible options:
Play your MIDI keyboard with a metronome and watch your music appear on screen in real time.
Play a brass or woodwind instrument into a microphone using our exclusive MicNotator®.
Click notes into place with a mouse – and hear them as you do.
Enter notes in step-time from your computer or MIDI keyboard.
Scan your music with SmartScore® Lite (included) and import MIDI and MusicXML files.
Incredible Sound
Your compositions sound great with PrintMusic’s advanced playback features:
Free Software Synthesizer with 128 instrument sounds and marching percussion sounds from Row-Loff™.
Human Playback™ to give your music nuance, as if performed by live musicians.
Band-in-a-Box® Auto-Harmonizing adds harmonies to your melodies.
Save your music as an audio file to burn CDs or save on an iPod.
Powerful mixer fine-tunes your playback.
More
Print your score or parts: Finale® technology ensures world-class output.
Unlimited number of lyric verses.
Add dynamics, tempos, chord symbols, guitar fretboards and tablature, articulations, and more.
QuickStart Videos show you how – on your computer screen.
System Requirements
Finale PrintMusic for Windows®
Windows XP/Vista 32-bit
800X600 minimum monitor resolution
CD-ROM drive
Minimum 256MB RAM recommended
235 MB hard drive space required for software and user manual
Finale PrintMusic for Macintosh®
G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.4 or 10.5 (Mac-Intel or Power PC) *
800X600 minimum monitor resolution
CD-ROM drive
Minimum 256MB RAM recommended
270 MB hard drive space required for software and user manual
Optional
MIDI interface
MIDI input and/or playback device
Printer
Scanner
Microphone required for use of MicNotator®
Authorization
PrintMusic requires that you authorize the software within 30 days after installation. You are allowed to install PrintMusic on one operating system (multiple licenses excluded).
File Compatibility
Finale family software can open files in the same or newer software version, but files created in a newer version cannot be opened in an older version unless converted via MusicXML.