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Finale 2009 MusicPad Pro - Your portable digital sheet music library

Music begins with Finale.

Finale 2009 – the world’s most powerful music notation software – lets you express your creativity and love of music. Compose, arrange, notate, and print engraver-quality sheet music.

Entering Notes
From MIDI to your mouse, from scanning to Finale’s exclusive MicNotator, no other software offers you more note entry options.
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SmartMusic Support and Other Educator Tools
Only Finale can create SmartMusic accompaniments and Finale 2009 makes it easier than ever with support for linked parts, repeats, and more. With the Exercise Wizard, Studio View to teach composition, educator templates, and more, Finale is the first choice of music educators worldwide. Learn more.

Read a Review
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Pictures at an Exhibition – Modest Mussorgsky (.mp3)

Garritan Sounds
Finale now includes more than 300 world-class instrument sounds from the makers of Garritan Personal Orchestra, ranging from orchestral instruments to choirs, jazz brass to marching percussion, handbells, world instruments, and more.

New Orleans Blues featuring Debbie Duncan (.wav)

Record/Import Audio
Give arrangements authenticity and life with a real vocal or instrumental track. Only Finale lets you record or import a mono or stereo audio file to enhance playback.
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Linked Parts and Other Timesavers
Finale’s introduction in 1988 represented a revolution in saving time. Today we take it for granted that you don’t have to start over if you decide to add another bar on page one. Finale offers a variety of time-saving tools like linked parts, multiple page editing, ScoreMerger™, and more.

Finale System Requirements

Finale 2009 for Windows®

Windows XP/Vista 32-bit.
DVD-ROM drive.
800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Aria Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
400MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 2GB hard drive space is required for all VST/AU sounds included with Finale 2009.

Finale 2009 for Macintosh®

G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.4 or 10.5 (Mac-Intel or Power PC).
DVD-ROM drive.
800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Aria Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
512MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 2GB hard drive space is required for all VST/AU sounds included with Finale 2009.

Optional

MIDI interface
MIDI input and/or playback device
Printer
Scanner
Microphone required for use of MicNotator®
A soundcard (including a DirectSound AS20 recommended driver) is required for playing the Garritan sounds in Windows.
Better processor and hard drive speed is required for simultaneous use of more VST/AU instruments.

Authorization
Finale requires that you authorize the software within 30 days after installation. You are allowed to install Finale on two operating systems (multiple licenses excluded). More.

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.
*Macintosh OS Leopard Users: Finale 2009 supports Mac OS 10.5. If you are using Finale 2008, download the Finale 2008b maintenance update for compatibility with Macintosh OS 10.5. Click here for additional Macintosh OS 10.5 compatibility information.
Please note that the Rhythm Section Generator is not available for Macintosh.
System requirements vary for additional products by Garritan and other manufacturers. More.