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		<title>MakeMusic Acquires Garritan&#8230;..still behind the competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet This was sort of a shock, but I guess it is to be expected. Minneapolis – December 20, 2011 – MakeMusic, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMUS) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Garritan Corporation, the world’s leading provider of software musical instruments. Under the terms of the agreement, Garritan Corporation will become a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fantastic Free Finale Plug-ins</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Use Finale? On Mac? Need some cool Plugins? Then check out finaletips.nu. Jari has ported over most of his fantastic plugins to Mac. Plugins like his top line notation plugin already have saved me a few keystrokes already. Go check them out. They are absolutely free.]]></description>
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		<title>Best Practices For Preparing Music for an iPad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet I spent most of new years day going through binders and either scanning or shredding (sometimes both) music I have. I was amazed at how many binders of things I had, and a LOT of it consisted of my II-V patterns and various exercises I wrote for myself. Anyhow, if I had the finale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finale 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 07:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Not to be outdone by Sibelius, MakeMusic announced Finale 2010. Actually, lets reword that. Failing to incorporate any of the ideas presented in Sibelius 5, and failing to come up with anything new and interesting, MakeMusic announced Finale 2010. Ok, so, what is new for the $99.95 pre-order price? Not much at all. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EWI Firmware &amp; TGTools Updated</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Two quick updates. For all you Akai EWI 4000 owners, Akai released new firmware for it. Version 2.4 is out. Not a lot of differences according to the readme other than Oboe and Flute fingerings. TGTools, the essential plugin for Finale users finally received an update to work with Finale 2009. Version 2.5 doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MakeMusic CEO Resigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet I came across this today. Minneapolis – November 24, 2008 – MakeMusic Inc. (Nasdaq: MMUS), a world leader in music notation and education software, today announced that John Paulson has resigned from his positions as co-chief executive officer and director. Mr. Paulson will serve as a consultant for the company for a transitional period. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MakeMusic To Charge For Finale Notepad 2009 Downgrade</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet MakeMusic announced today that they are going to be charging for Finale Notepad 2009, which for almost 8 years has been a free product. &#8220;In the next few weeks we plan to release Finale NotePad 2009 with even more features, including an all new Expression Tool and the ability to import/export MusicXML files. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finale 2009 &#8211; Defining Mediocrity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Continuing it&#8217;s yearly practice, MakeMusic announced Finale 2009. Basically, they are not raising the bar at all, again, with this. For $99, you finally get: Engraver Slurs fixed (which really should have been fixed 5 years ago) a Baritone Sax in the included Garritan sounds (plus, vintage electric piano, electric guitar, electric bass, vibraphone, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Florence Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Legendary Big Band arranger, composer, pianist, and Finale user Bob Florence died today. &#8220;From: ALEX ILES Date: May 15, 2008 6:51:24 PM CDT Subject: [Trombone-l] Bob Florence I am very sad to report the passing of pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Bob Florence. He died this afternoon after a long illness. He was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Finale School</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet I use Finale for notation. True, I did buy Sibelius when they were offering that sweet upgrade price. But, honestly, I haven&#8217;t used it. I haven&#8217;t had the time to learn it. I&#8217;d rather spend it learning, oh, Logic Studio, or ProTools. I like to complain about Finale, cause I use it daily. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PDF Files</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gustavho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet I have a simple question:  How do you make this great pdf files? I would like to make my own practice regime, and I´ve been trying with the musicTex and is quite a hassle to find the right settings. I would like to know your way. E&#8216;s Reply: I am a long time user [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finale Users Defecting To Sibelius</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet There has been a LOT of discussion on the Finale List (which is NOT managed by the company) about the disappointment with Finale 2008. I decided to pass on 2008. To stir things up, Sibelius is offering a 50% off trade-up program. It is sad to see so many veterans of Finale, people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finale Productivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet When the author of the Finale Productivity package]]></description>
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		<title>Passing on Finale 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet MakeMusic came out with a new version of Finale. 2008. Looking at the lackluster feature list, I&#8217;m am passing on the update. Basically, the only items that sound remotely interesting are the Cut/Copy/Paste Improvements, and ScoreMerger (taking a bunch of files and putting them together). All the other stuff, the Record/Import Audio, More Garritan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pimped Out Studio</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet The idea, which I have had for years, was to have a digital studio where I didn&#8217;t go through reams of paper every year. I finally did it. Using an iMac, and it&#8217;s video spanning capabilities, I made a digital music stand. While the technology has been there, the costs were way too high. [...]]]></description>
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