Product Description

From the makers of Finale®, the world's leading music notation software, PrintMusic® is the fast, easy way to bring your music to life - with professional results. The Setup Wizard helps you create scores of up to 24 staves. Note entry is a breeze, whether with a mouse, MIDI device, microphone, or scanner. Human Playback¿ makes your music sound like it's being performed by live musicians. PrintMusic includes a software synthesizer with over 128 professional grade instrument sounds, plus Marching Percussion, and can save MP3s for making your own CDs. Also, it now runs natively on Intel- and PowerPC Macs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4296 in Software
• Brand: MakeMusic
• Model: PHR 07
• Released on: 2006-11-21
• Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OS X
• Format: CD-ROM

Features

• Easy Note Entry: From MIDI Keyboard, playing brass or woodwind instrument into your microphone, or scanning sheet music
• Incredible Sound: 128 Instrument Software Synthesizer, Human Playback¿, Band-in-a-Box® Auto-Harmonizing, Automatic Drum Grooves
• Download MIDI files and see them notated instantly
• Transpose to any key and for any instrument
• Beautiful, engraver-quality printed pages

Customer Reviews

Simple enough for my Daughter
This review is not thorough; instead, I just wanted to let potential buyers know that we purchased this software as a Christmas present for our eleven-year-old daughter and she has been able to use the basic features to play self-composed songs on her keyboard see them appear as printable sheet music on the computer--without assistance. She is very pleased and says this is her favorite gift.... I had read several reviews and wanted something simple and bug-free enough for my daughter to use without a tremendous learning curve. I also wanted a program which would produce the notes on the computer screen in real-time as she played--which this program does (and several others do not). So far we are pleased, but I have not yet gotten to delve into all the capabilities of this software and test them.
Note that you will need a USB/MIDI adapter cable--not included. For this we also purchased the USB Teach Me Piano Kit from Amazon which comes with the needed cable/adapter plus some software we might use to start our younger kids on piano with.

Great Value for the love of Music
This is a very nice program, the Tool boxes around your composition are neatly organized and clear to see. Very professional. I was pleased to see the selections of Instruments & voices etc to get started right away. No sounds from the gods but plenty enough to compose in my opinion. Its simple and fast, you know how it is, when the idea flows, you don't need any holdups. At least I work in haste and have to go fast before the moment escapes.... The Keyboard and my Mac work flawless together. Plug and play with a simple Keyboard controller and your good to go. It will take midi signals and notate as you go along and play. It will however not function as a midi playback sequencer for your instruments and various keyboards. It also offers scanning of sheetmusic with Smartscore and MicNotator where you play into the Mic. A small booklet and a quick reference guide come with the package. I like this Company a lot (btw you can download the Finale Notepad for free!!!) and I hope they will come out with a new Allegro version soon. To read more info visit finalemusic.com.

Great Product & Support!
There is a slight learning curve as you learn what the software "wants" you to do, but once you get it, it's SO superior to pencil & paper! I primarily use it to do simple lead sheets, but it will do so much more. I had an issue that the manual & online support didn't address (although it is excellent) and got prompt, friendly answers from Finale Tech Support. Highly recommended!