Finale Productivity v. 5.1 by Bill Duncan
npc Imaging - July 2007 (v. 5.0.1 January 2010, v 5.1 February 2010). ISBN 978-0-9706231-2-6 (ISBN10: 0-9706231-2-7)
Following the untimely death of highly-respected computer-based music engraver Bill Duncan in 2006, it seemed as if
his incredible Finale Productivity toolset would no longer be available to the music community.
However, we are proud to announce that we have been granted the rights by the trustees of Bill's estate to publish
his work and are now making available version 5.0 of Finale Productivity in almost unmodified form, as Bill left it
for posterity but now with some updates to the actual fonts. The package consists of a 182-page book and a hybrid Macintosh/Windows
CD-ROM, which contains all the Fonts, Templates, Key Maps, Tips and other tools, plus a PDF copy of the book. We are glad
to consider this publication the third in our series of music reference materials, which now includes
Andrew Stiller's incredible Handbook of Instrumentation and The Art of Music Engraving and Processing
by Ted Ross, both on CD-ROM. A special bundle package is available, including all three titles. See below for ordering
information.
Finale Productivity v. 5.1 features include:
Changes from Earlier Versions of Finale Productivity
New Font List for Version 5.0.1
The 22 new music fonts include:
VERTICAL ARTICULATION fonts:
Brackets and Rolls (arpeggios with and without arrows) - calibrated in steps from 1 to 20 (Brackets) and 1 to 40
(Rolls). With "Articulations" enabled in "Automatic Music Spacing", these will space automatically, avoiding
collisions with barlines and other notes. And because they are articulations, they can be defined to position
automatically to the note they are attached.
CHORD fonts:
Allows for a much cleaner "look" as well as to enable the correct entry of vertically-aligned Altered Bass and
Compound chords. Finale won't let you do that easily. Works with TGTools chord auto-align feature. Also, these
fonts support several viable Chord styles.
TEXT fonts:
Drop-shadow enclosed text for Rehearsal markings.
Plain enclosed text for situations where individual enclosures are not available.
Serif and sans-serif lyrics fonts also included.
MUSIC CHARACTER fonts:
Special harp notation.
Tempo markings and transitions that allow complete tempo expressions to be entered as a single text string,
including tuplet brackets and transitions with arrows.
HAIRPINS font - many short hairpin expression combinations as single characters.
User comment, as posted in the Coda Finale/Macintosh forum...
"Unsolicited testimonial: I've used Bill's fonts for about 6 months and they're all excellent. The Chord font
addresses the problem you're trying to solve, but maybe better than that is the Chord suffix library that's part of
the package. Over a hundred suffixes predefined, some very complex. I've had to create exactly one, and that was
just a matter of duplicating/modifying an existing suffix. Other fonts are problem specific: harp notation,
brackets, "rolls" (arpeggio squiggles), time signatures, metronome marks, shaded rehearsal boxes, unshaded boxes,
lyrics. All wonderful. (The harp font, "Salzedo" is a tour-de-force. Bill reproduces a few pages of one of
Salzedo's books, chock full of specialized notation and instructions, mostly with this font and text blocks. The
instructions of how to master text blocks to the extent that one can use Finale for extensive musical textbooks
is worth the price of the font alone. Must be seen to be believed!) You owe yourselves an early Christmas present:
buy yourself (or have Santa buy one for you) Bill's "Productivity Package". It's completely changed the way I work
with Finale, and I've been a user for about 10 years. Besides all the fonts, Bill offers 50 of his personal
templates and a wealth of professional tips and practical advice. Set aside the bread from your next gig to treat
yourself to some of Bill's work; you won't regret it! End of commercial....
-Jim Roberts, professional copyist, DC
Our price: $150.00
The Finale Productivity package is now available again.
Please select either "within USA" or "outside USA" below...
Ordering within the USA...
Our price: $150.00 + $9.95 shipping
Total: $159.95
Ordering from outside the USA...
Our price: $150.00 + $40 shipping
Total: $190.00
