NOTATION
SOFTWARE - COMPARISON CHART |
| |
Finale® |
Finale
Allegro® |
Finale
PrintMusic® |
Finale
SongWriter® |
| |
$600/$350* |
$199 |
$99.95 |
$49.95 |
| Overall
power and flexibility |
Very
High |
High |
Medium |
Medium/Entry
Level |
| Macintosh®
Support OS |
10.3.9
and higher (Mac-Intel Support-Universal Binary) |
10.2
and higher |
10.3.9
and higher (Mac-Intel Support-Universal Binary) |
10.2
and higher |
| Windows®
Support |
2000/XP |
98/ME/2000/XP |
2000/XP |
98/ME/2000/XP |
| Multi-user
Discounts (licenses for more than one user per serial number) |
Site
Licenses &
5-station Lab Packs |
5-station Lab Packs |
5-station Lab Packs |
-- |
| Can
open files created by same or earlier versions of all products on this chart |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Number
of staves
|
Unlimited |
32 |
24 |
8 |
| Video
Tips on CD that show you how to get started |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Lyric
verses allowed |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
6 |
| Automatic
chord symbols and guitar fretboards |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Create
non-standard key signatures |
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Chromatic
and diatonic transposition |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Step-time
entry (one note at a time) from mouse/touchpad |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Step-time
entry (one note at a time) from computer keyboard |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Real-time
(as you play) entry from MIDI device/keyboard |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Real-time
entry from an acoustic single-line instrument |
X |
X |
X |
-- |
| Real-time
entry without a click track (HyperScribe®) |
X |
X |
With
click track only |
With
click track only |
| Import/Export
MIDI files |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Import
SmartScore, Encore, and Rhapsody files |
X |
X |
X |
-- |
| SmartScore®
Lite Music Scanning |
X |
X |
X |
-- |
| Video
Support (Movie Window and SMPTE support) |
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Pre-designed
templates |
68 |
50 |
31 |
-- |
| Save
as audio file |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Save
as SmartMusic® Accompaniment |
Yes-
with Wizard and Markers |
Yes-
with Wizard and Markers |
-- |
-- |
| Human
Playback® (multiple styles) |
User
customizable |
User
customizable |
Standard
styles only |
Standard
styles only |
|
Includes 100+ Garritan studio-quality sounds with KONTAKT™ Player
2 |
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Support of Native Instrument VST/AU players |
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
SmartMusic
SoundFont
(128 sounds included free) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Latin
Percussion Rhythm Sounds |
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Row-Loff™
Marching Percussion Sounds |
X |
X |
X |
-- |
| Instant
Orchestration (Explode feature) |
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
StudioView™ and Mixer |
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Exercise
Wizard |
X |
X |
-- |
-- |
|
Conduct tempo changes with TempoTap™ |
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Allows
multiple/3rd party music fonts |
X |
Limited |
Maestro/
Jazz |
-- |
| Number
of staff lines available |
0-100 |
0,
1, 5 or 6 |
1
or 5 |
5
(plus tablature) |
| Import
any EPS or TIFF (both platforms), WMF (Windows only), PICT (Macintosh only) |
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Export
page as an EPS, TIFF or PICT file. (PICT is Macintosh only) |
X |
TIFF
or PICT only |
-- |
-- |
| Export
any section of page as an EPS, TIFF or PICT file (PICT is Macintosh only)
|
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Ability
to edit MIDI data |
X |
X |
-- |
-- |
| Over
50 plug-ins that save time like Range Checking, FinaleScript®, etc. |
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Band-in-a-Box®
Auto Harmonizing |
X |
Limited
to 2 or 3 voices |
Limited
to 2 or 3 voices |
Limited
to 2 or 3 voices |
| Chord
Charts w/Slash notation |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Automatically
adds Drum Grooves |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Compound
or additive time signatures |
X |
X |
Compound
only |
Compound
only |
| Staff
Optimization - automatically hides inactive staves |
X |
X |
-- |
-- |
| Percussion
Notation |
Can
create perc. maps |
Can
create perc. maps |
Perc.
staves have fixed mapping |
Perc.
staves have fixed mapping |
| Tablature |
User
customizable |
User
customizable |
Standard
guitar and bass only |
Standard
guitar and bass only |
| Link
and/or Extract Parts |
Both |
Extract
only |
Extract
only |
-- |
| Special
Tools |
X |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Page
and Scroll View |
X |
X |
X |
Page
view
only |
| Page
Layout Controls |
X |
X |
X |
Limited |
