eMedia Print Music 2006 Win/Mac

by MakeMusic!

Product Features

• Entry-level music notation software with faster note entry
• Create, play back, and print publisher-quality sheet music up to 24 staves
• Easily print, e-mail, or save; post score on Internet; export MIDI files
• Smart expressions make tempo markings easy; QuickStart video tips
• Human playback and SmartMusic sound font; Mac OS X native

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BX441W
• Item model number: MM000125
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 20, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,313 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #42 in Software > Video & Music > Software > Music Creation & Sequencing
  • #62 in Software > Video & Music > Software > Sound Editing
  • #76 in Software > Video & Music > Software > Notation & Composition

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Finale PrintMusic is the fast, easy way to bring your music to life--with professional results. You can do everything you need to create, play back, and print publisher-quality sheet music, up to 24 staves. From the makers of Finale, the world’s leading music notation software, PrintMusic is perfect for songwriters, students, teachers, church musicians, and band leaders.

Features:

• Easy to learn: QuickStart video tips show you all the basics right on your computer screen.
• Easy to get started:
  • MIDI Real-Time: notate as you play using any MIDI device.
  • Acoustic Real-Time: notate single-line melodies as you play your acoustic instrument.
• Easy to put your notes on the page:
  • Our exclusive MicNotator accurately enters notes played on your acoustic instrument.
  • Our simple entry palette lets you hear your notes as you "click" them into place.
  • Use HyperScribe to enter notes from your MIDI keyboard.
  • Speedy note entry "clicks" in notes from your computer keyboard or MIDI keyboard.
• Easy to hear your music: just click the Play button and hear your music with all the feeling, phrasing, and nuance you intended.
• Easy to print, e-mail, or save: you can even print in color, post your score on the Internet, and export MIDI files.
• New in PrintMusic:
  • Human playback and SmartMusic sound font
  • Faster note entry
  • Smart expressions make tempo markings easy
  • Mac OS X native

Product Description

PrintMusic! is simply the best entry level notation software. Consider it a word processor for printing music notes instead of text. Designed for the less demanding user, PrintMusic! is easy to use and fun to learn. It was developed for the budding composer and works with both MIDI and Acoustic instruments. No other notation software provides output of such exceptional quality for such a low price. You can do everything you need to create, play back and print publisher-quality sheet music, up to 24 staves. Special Set-up Wizard helps you create a full score for your music composition. If only Mozart had this! Use HyperScribe to enter notes from your MIDI keyboard Speedy Note Entry clicks in notes from your computer keyboard or MIDI keyboard Print in color, post your score on the Internet and export MIDI files Smart Expressions make tempo markings easy Works with Windows PC and Macintosh computers - PC - Windows 98/2000/NT/Me/XP, Monitor with 800x600 resolution, CD-ROM drive, 256MB RAM Minimum (depending on OS), 200MB hard drive space required for software and user manual / Macintosh - G4 and OS X recommended. OS 10.2 and higher or 9.0.4 - 9.2.2 (9.2 recommended), monitor with 800X600 resolution, CD-ROM drive, 256MB RAM recommended (128 MB may be sufficient in OS 9), 200 MB hard drive space required for software and user manual.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Powerful but Difficult to Learn, July 11, 2006

By 

T Clementi - See all my reviews

This review is from: eMedia Print Music 2006 Win/Mac (CD-ROM)

This application is capable of producing sheet music of publishable quality and playing it back, including named chords, but can be frustratingly difficult to learn. Little about it seems intuitive or works the way one would think: many of the operations require you to remember special keyboard-mouse combinations or perform unusual actions such as double-clicking and holding down the mouse button on the second click or selecting the same menu option twice. Unfortunately there is no searchable online help - only a PDF user manual with a table of contents and a 'How Do I' section. The manual does contain links to other sections but there is no index and no way to return to the table of contents easily. There is a searchable Windows help file included but it does not appear to contain much information. Having said that, once you have learned the basics and familiarized yourself with its many quirks, the program is quite powerful. It also allows you to create templates for particular instrument configurations and start from a template when beginning a new piece. I have not tried the scanning, MIDI or microphone-entry features. You should know that you must register the software with the vendor online or by phone within 30 days of installing it, and that the registration process requires you to furnish personal information about yourself such as your name and email or mailing address. In addition, the numeric key which is returned to you at the time of registration works only on the computer on which you installed the software. According to the manual, if you change any of the hardware on your computer the software may no longer work and you will have to repeat the registration process.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not nearly as good as the (much cheaper) competition. Avoid!, July 10, 2006

By 

waldeaux "waldeaux" (Somerville, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: eMedia Print Music 2006 Win/Mac (CD-ROM)

I saw this software in a Mac store and based upon the features listed on the box, I bought it. The limitations for this version of the software are extreme: you can't make your own chord diagrams, you can't score more than a few instruments and play it back (there's apparently a limit of MIDI channels allowed) - getting around both of these problems require the most expensive version of the product --- and the "upgrade" cost is $400! The manuals aren't particularly helpful, either.

As a comparison, check out Harmony Assistant which for $70 has all the features of Print Music 2006 and much much more (actually it's closer in features to the pricey upgraded version from Print Music).

14 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Supposed to be great software, but it flopped for me, December 31, 2005

By 

Paul Wake (Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: eMedia Print Music 2006 Win/Mac (CD-ROM)

Finale--the maker of this software--has a free, downloadable notation software program you can download. Their other products, including this one, are all fancier versions. My son wanted a version that was too expensive for us, but had marching band percussion sounds. Then this year MakeMusic added percussion sounds to Finale PrintMusic 2006. I bought it immediately (at a university bookstore, actually), as it had many amazing features at a good price (one can input notes through a microphone, by scanning sheet music that the program will then read, by MIDI from a keyboard, etc.). But I can't get any of those features to work. When I scan in black and white, it says it thinks I scanned in color and it won't read it. My son played his trumpet into the microphone, and what showed up onscreen was largely unrelated to what he played. Most frustrating, I can't get my keyboard and the software to work together to input notes effectively. I borrowed a different keyboard--a Yamaha Clavinova--and it did actually input notes to the software, so I thought maybe my Yamaha PSR keyboard was the problem, although I read that the UNO interface I was using has problems with some Yamaha keyboards. But even though I was able to get notes to the software with the Clavinova instead of the PSR keyboard, the software didn't notate them especially well. Upon switching to a Yamaha MIDI interface, my PSR does enter a note every time I push a key (instead of once every several seconds), but again the software doesn't notate it accurately. It has also skipped measures when I input lyrics. I'm sure others have had great experiences with this software, but I wish I'd stayed with the free Notepad software and just kludged along.