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Allegro Overview

Start Fast - Allegro’s new Launch Window puts all of Allegro's power a single mouse click away.

Create New Music - Click on Setup Wizard, choose the instruments or voices you want (or select an ensemble), specify the key and time signature, type in a title and composer's name and Allegro automatically sets up your score for you. Save your score as a default document or choose from dozens of templates.

Add Notes - Allegro gives you more options for getting music on the page. Enter notes by:

• Clicking the mouse
• Typing on your computer keyboard
• Playing your MIDI keyboard
• Playing an acoustic instrument
• Scanning existing sheet music
• Importing a MIDI file
• All notes, lyrics, slurs and ties automatically space to fit the music.

Tweak It - Easily edit all of your MIDI data. Transpose; add lyrics, chord symbols and guitar fretboards; place dynamics, articulations and slurs; extract parts and do everything else you’d expect from a professional level otation program—right at your fingertips.

Or Don't Tweak It - Allegro includes a number of tools that make your music sound great without a lot of tweaking:
Human Playback™ plays your music as you would want it to be performed, with dynamics and phrasing, even if you enter notes with a mouse.
Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing adds two- and three-voice harmonies to your melodies.
Add Drum Grooves automatically (and the list of available grooves and styles is easily expanded).

Features

Launch Window puts the power of Allegro within a single mouse-click

Setup Wizard and pre-designed templates help quickly create new music

QuickStart Videos show you how—on your computer screen

Enter notes with your mouse, computer keyboard, and/or MIDI keyboard (including sustain pedal), in step- or real-time

Add articulations, expressions, clefs, key and time signatures all without changing tools

Capture a single-line melody using Allegro’s exclusive MicNotator®

Scan sheet music with SmartScore® Lite (included) and import (or export) MIDI files

Automatically add two- and three-voice auto-harmonization from

Automatically add Drum Grooves (and easily expand your choices of styles)

Exercise Wizard instantly creates warm-ups for the whole band, orchestra or choir

Create SmartMusic accompaniments for use with the award-winning SmartMusic® practice system (SmartMusic Subscription Required)

Play back with SmartMusic sounds (included, complete with Row-Loff™ marching percussion sounds) or via external MIDI devices

Human Playback™ adds expression, phrasing, swing and dynamics—automatically

MIDI tool allows you to edit your MIDI data

Transpose, edit page layout, add chord symbols, guitar fretboards, guitar tablature, lyrics, slash or rhythmic notation

Print your score or parts: Finale technology insures world-class output plus the ability to view, edit and play via NotePad (a free download) or any other current Finale notation software

Save as audio file (including MP3) to create CDs

Export TIFF and PICT graphics files

Save as MIDI file

System Requirements

Macintosh - G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.2 and higher.
Windows - Windows 98/2000/ME/XP.
Both - 128MB RAM minimum, 256MB RAM recommended. 200MB hard drive space (200MB additional hard drive space required to lead user manual). CD Rom Required
Optional - MIDI interface, MIDI input and/or playback device, printer, scanner, higher-quality computer microphone for use of MicNotator®.