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![]() ![]() In Book 2, I liked the creepy moments before the newest game started (Audrey and Dee's experiences were my favorites), but the game itself was largely forgettable. The horror aspects in the first book were a bit cheesy, but still decent. It was a bit much, but I suppose it fit with the "Persephone and Hades" vibe that the story was going for. Smith trilogy" sort of character: the gorgeous blonde girl who was loved by everyone and viewed by everyone as being very good and kind. Smith's writing was as compulsively readable as I remembered it being, although it felt a bit dated, especially during the first book, and the computer scenes in the second book made me laugh a bit. Even though I'd adjusted my expectations for this reread, the trilogy's ending was still a bit disappointing. In reality, it's more like YA horror with romantic elements, or maybe a YA horror love story. I can tell you right now that the reason Teen Me was so disappointed was because I approached this trilogy as paranormal romance. I don't think I ever reread the Forbidden Game trilogy, though, and all I could remember about it was that it starred a hot evil guy and had a disappointing ending. She was my go-to author for YA paranormal romance, and I loved several of her books enough to reread them multiple times. Smith was one of my top favorite authors when I was a teen, despite her book's frequently ugly covers (seriously, the original Night World covers were hideous, although they were at least more memorable than the current "face on a black background" omnibus covers). They end up in a deadly amusement park, and this time around Julian isn't the only threat they need to worry about. In the third book, Jenny and her friends must travel to the Shadow World for a rescue attempt. In the second book, everyone tries to adjust to the consequences of Book 1, and Julian's back for another game. The one putting them through all of this is Julian, an evil but handsome being who wants to make Jenny his. It seems like harmless fun, until the game becomes real, and Jenny, Tom, Zach, Dee, Audrey, Michael, and Summer are all trapped in the house and forced to face their fears if they want to survive. The game turns out to be a paper house, with paper figures you can draw on to look like the various players, and paper cards on which the players are expected to draw their worst fears. In the first book, Jenny is doing some last minute preparation for her boyfriend Tom's birthday party and stumbles across a mysterious game store, where she buys a game in a blank white box. This omnibus edition includes all three books in the trilogy. Inventory No: 20110030.The Forbidden Game is a YA horror trilogy with romantic elements. Category: Fiction Romance & Women's Fiction ISBN/EAN: 9781847387387. The Game is real, and these friends must play through - and the only way to win is to face their most secret fears. And he will do anything to claim the beautiful Jenny as his prize. Julian is in charge, making their darkest nightmares reality. Suddenly they are in a dark world where Julian, the gorgeous guy who sold Jenny the game, rules as Prince of the Shadows. Because when Jenny and her friends try to play the Game, it comes to life. But what was supposed to be an evening of friends, fun, and games, becomes a night of danger, drama, and obsessive love. ![]() ![]() *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: It all started with a board game. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. ![]() *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Simon & Schuster, UK, 2010. ![]() ![]() ![]() ^ Flip4Mac v3.0 release notes – Telestream.^ 'Telestream releases Flip4Mac 3.0 including new multi-format video player' (September 2012) – Digital Production Buzz.^ 'Flip4Mac 2.1 adds Intel Mac support' by Jim Dalrymple (July 28, 2006) – Macworld.^ Flip4Mac v3.3 User Guide – Telestream.^ Flip4Mac's technical specifications – Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) support – Telestream.^ Windows Media Components for QuickTime – Microsoft.^ 'Microsoft bails on Windows Media Player for Mac' by Jim Dalrymple (January 14, 2006) – Macworld.^ 'Music stops for Mac Windows Media Player' by Ina Fried (January 12, 2006) – c|net.^ 'Microsoft confirms: WMP for Mac dead' by Nate Mook (January 12, 2006) – BetaNews.^ 'Windows Media content goes Mac OS X' by Digital Trends Staff (January 11, 2006) – Digital Trends.^ 'Microsoft quietly ditches WMP for Mac' by Ed Oswald (January 11, 2006) – BetaNews.^ Flip4Mac's technical specifications – Telestream.^ a b Why is Telestream charging for Flip4Mac Player? – Telestream.^ a b c d Flip4Mac v3.3.7 release notes – Telestream.^ 'Telestream Flip4Mac offers WMV encoding on Mac' by Brad Cook (December 6, 2004) – Macworld.^ 'Telestream Flip4Mac brings Windows Media encoding to the Mac' by Telestream (December 6, 2004) – Wayback Machine.As a replacement Telestream advises users to try their Switch4Player software. The software is no longer supported higher than OS X El Capitan (10.11).Several updates include re-supporting Mac OS X Snow Leopard (after the support being removed in 3.0), and natively supporting OS X Yosemite (10.10) and OS X El Capitan (10.11). Flip4Mac 3.3 was released on May 2014 with several minor 3.3.X updates with 3.3.7 being the latest update.Flip4Mac 3.2 was released on May 2013 with support for dramatically improved load time for ASF (.wmv.It also includes the ability to export videos to iTunes from Flip Player. Flip4Mac 3.1 was released on February 2013 with support for the third generation MacBook Pros, MacBooks (relaunched version of the original MacBook line), and iMacs with Retina display.It also includes Flip Player, a new multi-format video player with the ability to play the most common Windows Media formats. Flip4Mac 3.0 was released on September 2012 with support for 64-bit improvements as well as Gatekeeper.Flip4Mac 2.1 was released on July 2006 with support for Intel-based Macs.Windows Media Video (WMV) is a video data compression technology developed by Microsoft. ![]() ![]() ![]() When you return to your fork on, you will see the changes that you have just merged into your fork. Once you have conformed the merge, all of the changes from your colleague’s repo are in your repo. Click on the green button at the bottom of the pull request page that says Merge pull request.Open up the pull request if it is not already open on GitHub.The next section of this page explains how to merge a pull request. When you create this pull request, you will see what files will be updated in your fork.Īfter creating the pull request, you need to merge the pull request, so that the changes in your colleague’s repo are merged into your fork. You can also sync individual branches within a repo using this same approach. Note that the fork is the base (the repo being updated). In this case, the user lwasser is updating her fork of the the practise repo from the earthlab-education/practice-git-skillz repo. On the new page, click on Create pull request once more to finish creating the pull request.Īn animated gif showing you how to sync a GitHub repo on.IMPORTANT: You need to click on the text compare across forks to be able to select the base and head forks appropriately.On the new page, choose your fork as the base fork and the original repository (e.g.Click on the New pull request button to begin the pull request.On this web page, create a pull request by following these steps: if you created a fork in previous chapter on version control with git). To update your fork on, navigate in your web browser to the main page of your forked repository (e.g. How To Sync or Update Your Forked Repo Using the Github Website The following sections review how to complete these steps. Run the git pull command in the terminal to update your local clone.Create a pull request on to update your fork of the repository from the original repository, and.To sync your forked repo with the parent or central repo on GitHub you: Sync Your Forked GitHub Repo Using A Reverse Pull Request Remember that multiple people may be adding to this repo at any given time. When you fork a repo that is being actively worked on by other people, it is good practice to periodically update your fork with updates. This lesson will focus on syncing your fork using a reverse pull request approach on. When you update your local clone, you will then need to push the changes or commits back up to your fork on. ![]() You can manually set or pull down changes from the central repo to your clone locally.If you update your fork this way, you will then have to PULL your changes down to your local clone of the repo (on your computer) where you are working. However, in this case, your fork becomes the base and your colleague’s repo is the head. A reverse pull request will follow the same steps as a regular pull request. You can perform a “Reverse Pull Request” on GitHub.There are a few ways to update or sync your repo with the central repo (e.g. Two Ways to Sync A Repo - Command Line and on GitHub You can also see that this fork is BEHIND the parent repo by 1 commits. Notice that you can tell by the upper left hand corner of the repo that this fork is owned by lwasser. Your repo being in sync refers to your fork having all of the commits or changes to the code and files that have been made to the parent repo. It is important to ensure that your fork is in sync with your colleague’s repo, ideally before making a new pull request to that repo. Your colleague and others in your group may be updating code while you are working. Your colleague’s repo is the final home for the code and content that you are working together on collaboratively. Pretend that you are working on a fork of your colleague’s repo. An Example Workflow Where Syncing Is Important If you sync your files regularly, you will ultimately reduce the risk of a merge conflict. When git does not know how to resolve a conflict, it will ask you to manually fix the conflict. which changes to keep and which to remove). Git does not know how to resolve the conflict (i.e. Syncing Your GitHub Repo Reduces the Chances of a Merge ConflictĪ merge conflict occurs when two people edit the same line in a file. Keeping your fork in sync with the central repo will reduce the risk of merge conflicts (a topic that you will learn more about in a later chapter). It is important keep your fork up to date or in sync with those changes as you work. When you are collaborating with others on a project, there are often changes being made to the repo that you (and others) are contributing to. Update your local clone of your forked repository (repo) using git pull.Sync your fork of a GitHub repo using. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once the design is decided upon (and it has to work with current computers, phones, etc., without slowing down communications between Internet 2 devices), someone has to come up with more money than the current national debt of the US to put it into place. (I'm not invited to sit on committees any more - I'm retired and out of the industry.) Maybe by the middle of the century. The idea is being talked about - that's as far as it's gotten, AFAIK. Internet 2 is going to be designed for speed. So even if an email from the NY office had to go via trans-Atlantic cable to England, then to Europe, then to Asia, then via trans-Pacific routes to San Francisco, it would still get there (in a week or so). The internet was designed for "eventually", not "immediately" - IOW, for the IRS to be able to keep collecting taxes even if half the country was destroyed by a nuclear war. You could build your own internet if you have a few quadrillion dollars lying around not doing anything - otherwise, no, there's nothing you can do. (It slows down during the summer too, when school is out.) The internet normally slows down starting around the day before Thanksgiving and doesn't speed up again until school starts after the new year. Think 70mph interstate during a particularly heavy rush hour. All the millions of new computers will be on the internet slowing it to a crawl. ![]() ![]() (If you can watch a Youtube video without a pause - on any computer - on Christmas morning, you'll lucky. If you're experiencing what I was experiencing get them to replace it just be prepared for possible 10-12 business day wait.That's called buffering, and it's caused by the fact that the data isn't coming down the internet fast enough for the picture to keep playing. So it was NOT a connectivity, either hardware or wifi signal on my end, it was indeed the unit but WHY did it work fine at the Apple Store? Local Apple store diagnosed & tried the unit at the store & NO PROBLEM? So confused because I thought for SURE at the store it would still be an issue. Bought a brand new mesh wireless router, still problem. Brought bedroom ATV4K downstairs & did NOT have the issue. Just a reminder, I went through every possible "at home" fix, new HDMI cable, switched power cables, switched ATV4K box from living room to bedroom & still had the issue. No delays, no freezes all videos' playback at very beginning with pic & sound, including commercials, which I could have done without but oh well it's still fixed. They said 3-5 business days, ended up being 12 business days!!!! Hooked it up & all is right again. ![]() Not sure WHY the ATV4K worked at the Apple Store? Just odd? But now I'm not 100% convinced that a brand new APTV will solve the issue? If it doesn't then the only thing I can point to is the connection to my Sony Bravia 55". Here’s how: Open the YouTube app and tap on the profile icon in the upper right corner. Bought a new wireless router (I was using the old Apple Airport Extreme up until last week) & even with updated wireless router still had the problem. If YouTube keeps pausing, try disabling the Data Saver feature. I bought a new HDMI cable, still had the problem. Took the AppleTV from the master bedroom & played it in the living room & didn't have the issue so it wasn't the TV connection as far as I can tell. I replicated the same issue in my master bedroom TV. But I took a video on my iPhone just in case to show that it's an actual issue & they agreed so since I had Apple Care they offered to give me a brand new one & it's on order now. They hooked up it & of course with my played perfectly on several different videos & formats. I took my ATV 4K to the Apple store to get checked out. I think videos' with less than HDR resolution played normally right when chosen but maybe it's the 1080 & high resolution that has a "connection" issue. I just tried it & the first video popped up instantly, "YEAH FIXED"!.But no, because I tried it on a few more videos & still the same issue. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nobody can be surprised about the reluctance of many users to switch over to W10, even being a free updated. With this Windows, Microsoft returned to the path of success after the failure of Vista, and in view of what appeared later, it wouldn't be crazy to state this is probably their best product to the date. It has been one of the most popular and most highly adopted operating systems developed by the guys at Redmond, lightyears ahead of Windows 10, offering visual, performance and security improvements.Įasier to use and with many more possibilities. And you can download Windows 7 for PC since October of 2009 to replace Windows Vista. Looking past the UI and getting stuck in is the best way to see how this software works and the power it can give you to download files at your current download speed, and not one that a particular file host has limited.Windows is without a doubt the most used operating system in the world on personal computers, a long way in front of Mac OS X and Linux, despite the fact that every year somebody comes up with the brilliant idea that it's going to be the year of Linux on the desktop. Managing all downloads from one source and having control over various elements around them gives you the freedom to optimize how to use your bandwidth best. ![]() ![]() JDownloader sets out to provide a specific service, and it does it well. For most users, knowing the host is a given, but if you're downloading multiple files at a time and there is an error with one of them, this allows you to narrow down where the original file is located quickly. The host will also be visible, so you know where the file originates. You will then be able to see the file name, where it is being saved too, the size of the file, and the availability. Once added to JDownloader, it will become apparent how the software works, and the UI will open up to provide more information. The easiest way to get past this roadblock is to download your first file from a file host. The user interface can be the first roadblock to understanding how to access the functionality on offer for many users. Many users may find the user interface to be intimidating on the offset. To reiterate, this is normal if you download the file from credible sources but remain cautious and aware if you are downloading it from an external source.Īs open-source software, JDownloader focuses more on providing a fleshed-out experience with its core functionality rather than making its software user-friendly. This adware is often picked up as unwanted or malicious when it is a method to display ads and earn revenue from downloads. ![]() This is because JDownloader contains adware, a method that enables the software to remain free to use. Keep in mind that JDownloader may be flagged as an unwanted program, or you may be given a security risk depending on if and what anti-virus software you have downloaded. Users should always be wary of downloading tools, software, and other file types from non-credible websites. Perhaps not the ability to do it, but users can, at any time, view what has been added to the software, provided that you are downloading JDownloader from a credible source. Using open source also means injecting malicious files or viruses into the download is significantly more challenging. You can then pause each download, specify download order, download multiple files simultaneously, and even automatically overcome CAPTCHA requests.įor the most part, JDownloader operates on open source, which means anyone can view the code and files behind the program. Once opened, you can use JDownloader to manage any online download. Similarly, users can request a new IP address to overcome download limits from file hosts too. JDownloader helps prevent this bottleneck through its download manager. Long, arbitrarily delayed downloads strain the resources available to surf the web, play games, or use the software. However, this can become a bigger problem for users who work from home or those who actively need to use the internet while a download is active. From the outset, this can seem like a temporary delay. Download speeds are throttled to frustrate users and force them into paying to remove these limitations. These functions provide an immediate solution to the problems associated with file hosting systems. The downloader allows you to start, stop and pause downloads, allocate bandwidth limitations, and auto-extract archives, among other more advanced functions. JDownloader, like many download managers, enables you to take control of the content you're downloading online without having to rely on file hosting services. ![]() ![]() One quibble I have at this stage is the app misspells the word “energy” as “eneregy” in the goal description. I’m all for taking your health in your own hands, but ultimately there are times when we need consult with experts, and I applaud this app for encouraging that. Also if you try to set too extreme of a weight loss goal the app will give you a warning about the dangers and recommend you change your goal and consult with a doctor or dietician about the safety of your plan. I feel like a lot of apps have traditionally focused on weight loss more than maintaining or gaining weight, so for Cronometer to put that option up front is promising. While I can’t speak to it personally, this seems like it could be useful as being pregnant and nursing can certainly affect your weight throughout the day as well as your diet, necessary calories, and your health goals.Īfter putting in your physical details, the apps will ask you to set your goal, mainly whether you want to lose, maintain, or gain weight. If you’re a woman using the app, you also have the options under the sex tab to list whether you’re pregnant and/or nursing. You sign up with an email address and password, and give it your physical details like your sex, age (by providing your birthday), as well as your height and weight. Starting Out, Setting Goals, and Interface: With that out of the way, let’s talk about Cronometer. I may do a review of that in the future, but it’s just going to serve as a comparison point given it’s also one of the biggest nutrition/calorie tracking apps on the market. Also, the other app that I have used in the past is MyFitnessPal so that is my frame of reference for this. While I’m focusing on the free version, I will be making some comments about the paid version when relevant. ![]() ![]() There is a paid subscription that removes ads and also adds a bunch of features. For one, I’m only reviewing the free tier, which is supported by ads. One of apps I’ve been trying out is Cronometer, and wanted to provide my thoughts on it.Ī few notes going in. Whether you’re following a specific diet, just tracking calories, or wanting to track your macros, there are many apps to help you keep track of this information. Generally speaking one of the best ways to get healthier is to start with your diet. With the new year in full swing, one of the most common resolutions is to improve ones health. ![]() ![]() ![]() Previously the researchers have been able to use their principles to analyse a railway accident in the Clayton Tunnel near Brighton when the telegraph was introduced in 1861. The interaction between the shifting colour squares and the logical deductions of the Sudoku puzzle solver is a good illustration of the unusual quality of this "Empirical Modelling" approach. It is of particular relevance for artificial intelligence, computer graphics, and educational technology. The interplay between logic and perception, as it relates to interactions between computers and humans is viewed as key to the building of better software. The method can be applied to other creative problems and he is exploring how this experimental modelling technique can be used in educational technology and learning. For doctoral researcher Antony Harfield it is a way of exploring how logic and perception interact using a radical approach to computing called Empirical Modelling. However the colour Sudoku is more than just a game to the University of Warwick Computer Scientists. ![]() Sudoku players can test this for themselves at: (NB page requires Flash 9) Players also can gain additional clues by changing the colour assigned to the each digit and watching the unfolding changes in the pattern of colours. If a black square is encountered then a mistake has been made. More usefully an empty square that has the same colour as a completed square must contain the same digit. This gives players major clues as darker coloured empty squares imply fewer number possibilities. ![]() The empty square's colour is the combination of the colours assigned to each possible digit. Empty squares are coloured according to which digits are possible for that square taking account of all current entries in the square's row, column and region. Squares containing a digit are coloured according to the digit's colour. The colour Sudoku adds another dimension to solving the puzzle by assigning a colour to each digit. ![]() ![]() ![]() I have some left to blend into something worthy in the near future, and will he sure to get more next time I'm back.Īnyway, thought I'd make this thread for anyone doing research in the future. Weve been in love with Strata since it was an experimental hop and youll definitely be seeing it more in the rotation. it pairs great with mosaic despite the similarities (sort of how galaxy and vic's secret pair well), but this hop seems like it could pair well with virtually anything and contribute something good. it's pungent but not quite as pungent as mosaic SKU: 22-Strata-US-90-X1 Availability: 5 In stock Product Type: Domestic Hops 14.99 USD 14.99 per pound Size Quantity: Subtotal: 14.99 USD Pickup available at Michigan Hop Alliance Warehouse Usually ready in 2 hours View store info Strata Pellet Hops (2022) 1 Pound 14. Tell us how much you want to spend on wine and well customize. Late hot side additions using Strata will help bring out layers of rounded-tropical plus bright. ![]() While Strata hops have very intense fruity aromas, if we had to pick one specific aroma it was stronger with, it would be tropical. Yet also caresses your palate with a cool, clean finish. Strata hops burst onto the scene in 2018, and quickly has become one of the most sought-after hops by craft brewers. ![]() Mosaic can get pretty resinous and piney sometimes, and while I've only used strata once, it seems like the dank edge doesn't have any sharpness to it, and is entirely overripe fruit, papaya, weed, and similar descriptors of 'dank' Our wine club gives you a chance to experience different wines based on region, taste, and price. Currently only available in the brewery’s Hoppy Sample Pack, Cold Torpedo delivers that tropical punch you want from a winning combination of old-world and new-world hops such as Chinook, CTZ, El Dorado, and Motueka. the differences from mosaic are that it leans more towards strawberry than mosaic does (which I guess leans more towards blueberry but always got more of a 'general berry's quality than blueberry specifically), and the dankness is softer. Strata Hops Beer2ozPellets12016 TEMPORARY SALE PRICING NOW IN EFFECT - Strata Hop Pellets 1 oz - 2021 Crop Year. I'd say these two hops are more alike than any other two I've tried. It’s brewed with Citra and Strata hops as well as lactose, vanilla, and. But fans love beers like Hop Butcher Blazed Orange Milkshake. So we brewed this Imperial IPA with a colossal dose of Cascade, Chinook, Citra and Strata hops in hope of coaxing Claude out to join us for a pint. At this point here's what I can say about strata. Per LB CAD US Grown Strata, formally known as X-331, is Indie Hops first hop variety to be released out of the Oregon State Aroma Hop Breeding Program. The Beer: Milkshake IPAs definitely aren’t for everyone. Word has it that after years of terrifying sailors and feasting on salmon he acquired a taste for hops. I made a rye IPA featuring a bit of mosaic cryo in the whirl for support, and a massive dry hop of strata (they seemed like they'd pair well, as they have many descriptors in common). The Yakima valley produces 75 percent of the nation’s hop crop every year and is the world’s top hop producing region.After looking forward to getting my hands on some strata hops for several years, I was finally able to get back to the US and was thrilled to pick some up from the good folks at Yakima Valley Hops. Washington state’s Yakima valley is home to one of the most fertile and productive hop growing regions in the world. YVH believes that small craft brewers and homebrewers are the true innovators in the market. ![]() Yakima Valley Hops was founded in 2012 and considers itself a premium hops supplier to the small craft brewery and homebrewer. Complex layers of aroma, strong disease resistance, and vigorous growing habit led X-331 to rise to the top of an impressive group of competitors. Formerly known as X-331, is the progeny of an open pollinated Perle located at an Oregon State University experimental field in Corvallis, Oregon. Strata was the first variety to be released from the Indie Hops breeding program. You can find Strata in Fantastic Haze Imperial IPA frm Sierra Nevada, Sky Kraken from Fremont Brewing and Voodoo Ranger American Haze by New Belgium. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is "smart" enough to spell an enharmonic pitch when secondary dominants are used in a piece.įor the majority of Western tonal music, Finale chooses the correct spelling for chords of the tonic and dominant keys correctly, but when the music wanders to tonal regions further away from the tonic, Finale tends to make enharmonic "spelling" mistakes by treating chords as if they belonged to the tonic key in some way. ![]() In other situations, without careful advance user customization, the program makes what can be described as good guesses, especially in the area of enharmonic spelling of newly entered data generated from a MIDI keyboard, while respecting the current key signature. This tool also provides the ability to reposition several classes of score object directly, and more recent versions of the software have implemented extensive contextual menuing via this tool.įinale automatically manages many of the basic rules of harmony and music notation, such as correct beaming, stem direction, vertical alignment of multiple rhythmic values, and established rules for positioning noteheads on chords. A more generalized selection tool is also available to select large measure regions for editing key and time signatures, or transposing, among other uses. ![]() With the corresponding tool selected, fine adjustment of each set of objects in a score are possible either by clicking and dragging or by entering measurements in a dialog box. On the screen, Finale provides the ability to color code several elements of the score as a visual aid on the print-out all score elements are black (unless color print-out is explicitly chosen). Thus, the operation of Finale bears at least some surface similarities to Adobe Photoshop. Several of Finale's tools provide an associated menu just to the left of the Help menu, available only when that particular tool is selected. Alongside these tools, additional controls are available to view or hide up to four superimposed layers of music that can be entered onto any particular staff, for purposes of organizing multiple contrapuntal voices on the same staff. Functionalityįinale's tools are organized into multiple hierarchically organized palettes, and the corresponding tool must be selected to add or edit any particular class of score element, (e.g., the Smart Shape tool to generate and edit trill lines and dynamics "hairpins" (so-named because the symbols resemble hair pins) the Staff tool to add and edit the parameters of individual staves). Finale's current default music notation font is Maestro. A Setup Wizard, an alternative method of starting a project, consists of a sequence of dialogs allowing the user to specify the instrumentation, time signature, key signature, pick-up measure, title, composer, and some aspects of score and page layout. The default Untitled document is a 31-measure piece for a single treble clef instrument. Discontinued versions include Finale Guitar, Notepad Plus, Allegro, SongWriter, and the free Finale Reader. These include PrintMusic and a freeware program, Finale Notepad, which allows only rudimentary editing. MakeMusic also offers several less expensive versions of Finale (currently available for Microsoft Windows only), which do not contain all of the main program's features. ![]() In addition, most scorewriters, including Finale, are able to use software-based synthesizers to "play" the sounds of the notated music and record the music-an especially useful feature for novice composers, when no musicians are readily available, or if a composer cannot afford to hire musicians. A scorewriter is to music notation what a word processor is to text, in that they both allow fast corrections (via the "undo" button), flexible editing, easy sharing of content (via the Internet or compact storage media), and production of a clean, uniform layout. Finale is one of a number of types of software used by composers, songwriters and arrangers for creating sheet music, including the score for an entire ensemble (e.g., orchestra, concert band, big band, etc.) and parts for the individual musicians. Finale has been regarded as one of the industry standards for music notation software. First released in 1988, version 26 was released in 2018. Finale is the flagship program of a series of proprietary music notation software developed and released by MakeMusic for the Microsoft Windows and macOS operating systems. ![]() |
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