Finale

New Features in Finale 2009:

- Categorized Expressions -- Finale's new Expression categories allow all markings of a similar type (e.g. dynamics) to share font, positioning, and staff list settings.
- New Expression Positioning -- Expression positioning is now part of every expression category's definition, and can also be assigned individually.
- Drag-apply Expressions -- You can now click and drag over multiple staves to apply expressions en masse.
- Simplified Staff Lists -- Staff lists are now part of expression categories, which makes editing, copying, and assigning expressions that apply to the full score easier.
- Easier Metatool Assignment -- You can now assign several metatools at once in the Expression Selection dialog box.
- Attachment Indicators -- Each expression is now equipped with an indicator that displays its attachment point on the staff (relative to the beat or measure). Expressions can now be dragged to different beats, measures, or staves to change their attachment point.
- Selection Dialog Box Zooming and Resizing -- New "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" buttons, and resize functionality have been added to Finale's selection dialog boxes for easier navigation. Some dialog boxes that benefit from this are the Expression Selection dialog box, Articulation Selection dialog box, and Shape Selection dialog box.
- Multiple Page Viewing and Editing -- Finale now displays more of your score at once with multiple pages accessible for convenient editing.
- Finalescript 2.0 -- Finale's scripting language is now capable of calling virtually any command, whether in a dialog box, menu, or list. Press any button, check any check box, or enter a value into any text box. With an integrated dictionary and dynamic text coloring, creating powerful scripts is easier than ever.
- Updated Human Playback -- Human Playback Enhancements include user interface improvements, compatibility with the Aria player, a new technique set supporting Finale 2009's open VSTAU abilities, and additional fixes and improvements. Plus Human Playback options are now found in Finale's MIDI menu, making access to different styles – as well as techniques and preferences – much more accessible.
- New Aria Player -- The Garritan Aria Player is included FREE and is fully integrated into Finale 2009. It offers superior sound, more control, and a vastly improved user playback experience.
- Full VST/AU Instrument Support -- Use any VST instrument plug-in and accompanying instrument libraries.
- Improved Playback Performance -- With new ASIO drivers, Finale's playback engine has been retooled to allow for higher playback quality.
- Updated SmartMusic Accompaniment Creation -- Creating SmartMusic Accompaniments (.SMP files) has never been easier with improvements to both Finale's saving mechanism and SmartMusic's interpretation capabilities.
- Updated Music XML -- With support for MusicXML 2.0, +90 new features and a more transportable compressed file format, sharing documents between notation programs and between different versions of Finale is more accurate than ever.
- Tapspace Virtual Drumline Sounds -- Finale now includes a library of performance-quality marching and concert percussion sounds by Tapspace.
- Garritan Sounds -- Additional Garritan sounds include baritone sax, vintage electric piano, electric guitar, electric bass, vibraphone, handbells, mellophone group, baritone group, additional marching percussion cymbals, and more.
- Enhanced VST/AU plug-in management -- Now specify which VST/AU plug-ins load, eliminating conflicts and assisting troubleshooting.

Fixes in Finale 2009:

Exercise Wizard
- The session specific Items To Copy no longer affects the Exercise Wizard (i.e. if notes are not selected to be copied, the exercise will no longer be empty [no notes present]).

Expressions
- Copy Multiple no longer causes Expressions to be duplicated.
- The Begin Playback at 'Position in Measure' setting of the Expression Assignment dialog box now functions properly.
- Default file extensions are no longer uppercase.
- The "Allow Individual Edits Per Score" setting no longer causes expressions to jump when selected or nudged.
- The mouse cursor is now hidden while dragging Expressions.
- Unnecessary full redraws no longer occur when using the arrow keys in the - Expression Selection dialog box.
- Unmodified keys (i.e. D) no longer modify objections in the selection dialog box.
- In an overfilled measure, you can now assign expressions to beats outside the normal time signature.

Human Playback
- Fermatas no longer hang some files during playback with Human Playback.
- Human Playback now considers tempo when applying tempo changes to "rit." expressions.

Miscellaneous
- The Mass Edit Tool can no longer be accessed by using the traditional tool palettes.

Ossia
- Ties in the source measure are no longer ignored in ossia measures.

Page Layout
- Scrolling no longer deselects Page Layout handles.
- Horizontal scroll now works at low view percentages.

Page View
- Show Postscript Preview no longer only shows one page.

Playback
- The window frames for VST plug-ins are no longer resizable.
- With HP set to None, Measure expressions with key velocities no longer playback incorrectly.

Scroll View
- Setup Wizard's default time signature is now 4/4 (instead of C).

Setup Wizard
- The mnemonic for the Measure control no longer indicates the letter A.

Selection
- The Expression Designer in Finale for creating SmartMusic Marker Expressions no longer uses the 1-100 scale for IA instead of 1-10.
- A warning appears no longer while trying to do a SmartFind and Paint function recommending you turn on partial measure selection.
- Selection between optimized staves no longer produces unexpected results.

Smart Shapes
- Custom Smart Shapes no longer cause certain files to hang.
- Slurs attached to notes with articulations no longer draw and print with unduly high slur contours.

Staff Tool
- Staff styles are no longer duplicated on Paste Multiple.
- Applying a staff style no longer causes manuscript paper to be absent from pages 2 and up.
- Chord symbols on staves set to a chromatic transposition are now transposed properly.

Requirements
G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.4 or 10.5 (Mac-Intel or Power PC).*
DVD-ROM drive.
800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Aria Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
512MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 2GB hard drive space is required for all VST/AU sounds included with Finale 2009.

Finale 2008b includes increased compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard (addressing an isolated freeze upon exit) and insures that adjustments to Stem Line Thickness (defined in Document Options-Stems) are applied properly to exported EPS graphics.

Requirements
G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.4 or higher (Mac-Intel or Power PC).
CD or DVD-ROM drive.
800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
Minimum 256MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Kontakt Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
325MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 1.6GB hard drive space is required for all Garritan sounds.

- Compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard - Support for Macintosh OS 10.5 including Spotlight and Quick Look.
- Improvements to saving audio files with Garritan and other VST/AU sounds: Saving an audio file is no longer done in real-time. The process is now quicker on fast machines, and slower machines will produce better-sounding results.
- Further enhancements to cut/copy/paste - Copying stack items more intelligently when the destination document has a different number of staves, retaining tablature string alterations when copying and pasting, and more.
- Improved placement of lyrics hyphens, especially in tight spacing.
- Several improvements to Finale Script, MIDI file tempo data, EPS graphics, ScoreMerger, Rebar Music, and more.

Requirements
G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.4 or higher (Mac-Intel or Power PC).
CD or DVD-ROM drive.
800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
Minimum 256MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Kontakt Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
325MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 1.6GB hard drive space is required for all Garritan sounds.

- Enhanced Playback
Music comes to life with recorded/imported audio and newly integrated sound libraries:
Finale can now record/import a mono or stereo audio file to enhance playback. No other notation software offers this capability.
More than 250 world-class instrument sounds from the makers of the acclaimed Garritan Personal Orchestra are included free. In addition to orchestral instruments are saxophones, trumpet and trombone mutes, jazz bass and drums, guitar, marching percussion, world instruments and more. See the full list at www.finalemusic.com.
Multiple sound libraries now work together seamlessly. Combine all the included sounds, add Native Instruments-supported libraries (available separately), hear them all in playback and save the results in an audio file.

- Increased productivity
The latest interface improvements offer intuitive efficiency and allow users to accomplish more without changing tools:
Copy music, adjust expressions, transpose, add repeats and much more – all with one tool.
Intuitive keystrokes can select measures or partial measures horizontally and vertically – without visiting a menu.
Multiple tools support copy/paste, measure additions, transposition, measure layout, auto-orchestration and much more.
Streamlined menus, more powerful contextual menus and intuitive keystrokes.
New ScoreMerger easily combines parts into a score AND joins multiple scores/movements into one document – even if they don't contain the same number of staves, or have different instrumentation (another Finale exclusive).

- Perfect pages
The professional quality sheet music you expect from Finale, now faster and with more options:
Document Styles can instantly personalize the appearance of new documents, controlling text and music fonts, all libraries, text, graphics and page layout.
Enhanced Setup Wizard offers more options and control and provides intelligent page layout – automatically adjusting system position, size and space between staves – to reduce white space on the page.
Colored noteheads have multiple applications and are especially popular in elementary education. Select Boomwhackers® tuned percussion tubes from the Setup Wizard, and Finale automatically configures the noteheads with the Chroma-Notes colored music system and ensures this staff plays back integrated Boomwhackers sample sounds.
Additional new features include Vista Support, improved scanning, new and fully searchable help documentation, expanded MusicXML support, Human Playback® support for additional sound libraries and much more.

Requirements
G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.4 or higher (Mac-Intel or Power PC).
CD or DVD-ROM drive.
800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
Minimum 256MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Kontakt Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
325MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 1.6GB hard drive space is required for all Garritan sounds.

- Enhanced Mac Intel Scanning Support - Updated to a universal binary format, Finale's SmartScore® Lite scanning utility now runs natively on Intel-based Macs.
- Updated Human Playback - New Human Playback features now provide additional choices for instrument, technique, action, and filter settings in the Instruments Technique & Effects pane including full support for Garritan Stradivari Violin. Also, diminuendos on long ending notes can now be disabled.
- New Help System - Finale's contextual help system has been updated for compatibility with Intel-based Macs.
- Updated Context Menu functionality for Windows, Enhanced Baseline Triangles, and more.

Requirements
G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.3.9 and higher.
CD or DVD-ROM drive.
800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
Minimum 256MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds / Kontakt Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
200MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 800MB is required for all Garritan sounds.

- Mac Intel support (Universal Binary)
- linked parts: Create a score and Finale generates and formats all the parts – automatically. Change something in a part and Finale updates the score simultaneously
- video support
- latin percussion
- integrated Kontakt Player 2
- improved Human Playback
- Quick Change
- Update Brackets & Groups
- Improved Authorization
- Vertical Collision Remover
- Updated Playback Controls
- Improved Pickup Measures
- Cross-Staff Augmentation Dots
- Enharmonic Spelling in Chromatically Transposed Staves

Requirements
G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.3.9 and higher.
CD or DVD-ROM drive.
800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
Minimum 256MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds / Kontakt Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
200MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 800MB is required for all Garritan sounds.

Fixes :

Edit Menu :
- The Repeat End marker for the first set of Repeats is now appears when you have back to back simple repeats without repeat endings.
- "Play Only on Pass" is now checked with a value of 1 by default for Repeat Ending markers.
- Repeat End markers are no longer entered incorrectly when automatically creating/updating repeats. (Windows only)
- The Beginning Rehearsal Mark setting is not retained while switching to some pages of the Edit SmartMusic Markers dialog box. (Macintosh OS X only)
- A Wait For Note markers can now only be added to notes (not rests) in the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. (Macintosh OS X only)
- Grace Notes in SMP files no longer display in the Wait For Note dialog box in Add SmartMusic Markers.
- Wait for Note SmartMusic Markers are now placed correctly on the first bar if there is a pickup measure.

Measure Tool :
- In Finale 2005a, while inserting measures into some files converted from an earlier version, a message no longer appears that indicates the file is damaged.

Plug-ins :
- Human Playback: Sixteenth note tuplet percussion (e.g. snare drum) rolls delineated by a roll articulation no longer stutter during playback at fast tempos with some Human Playback styles. - Human Playback: Notes with decrescendo hairpins (>) no longer increase in volume suddenly just prior to release.
- Human Playback: Playback no longer stumbles when it encounters fast notes with hairpins.

Requirements
- OS 10.2 and higher
- CD-ROM drive
- 800x600 minimum monitor resolution
- 128MB RAM minimum
(256MB RAM recommended)
- 200MB hard drive space required for software and user manual

- Finale Performance Assessment (FPA) Utilizing SmartMusic technology to be further differentiated from its competitors, Finale 2005 can create music files which students can see and play in the revolutionary FPA application (now available as a free download at www.finalemusic.com). Students can practice the music at any tempo, hear how it is supposed to be played, and even be assessed with red and green notes which show them what they did wrong and how to do it right. Students can also record themselves for instant feedback and self-evaluation. The recordings can be saved to disk or e-mailed to teachers along with the grade FPA gave their performance.
- Engraver Tuplets Default tuplet positioning looks great (even when tuplets begin with rests) and tuplets automatically reposition when notes are moved on the staff. Tuplet brackets avoid staff lines and rests and follow the angles of stems and notes. Many new automatic positioning and editing enhancements have been added.
- Create SmartMusic Accompaniments A new SmartMusic Wizard makes it easier than ever to create accompaniments with advanced features for solo works, exercises, warm-ups, and more, for use in the classroom or for student use at home.
Row-Loff Marching Percussion Sounds Dozens of high-quality marching band sounds are included free with Finale 2005.
- Human Playback Enhancements Users can now combine multiple Human Playback styles in a single piece and edit the results with the Finale MIDI tool. Additionally, Human Playback has more control and new features for 2005 the result is that music plays back with more lifelike nuance than ever before.
- Macintosh/Windows on a single CD together For the first time ever, both Finale for Macintosh and Finale for Windows are found on the same CD. Those who have a Windows computer at work and a Macintosh computer at home have all they need with a single purchase.
- Intelligent repeats, grace note and other music-spacing improvements, expanded Setup Wizard, new TG Tools plug-ins, transportable staff lists, the ability to record continuous data in HyperScribe, and third-party sound font support are among the many other new features

Requirements
- OS 10.2 and higher
- CD-ROM drive
- 800x600 minimum monitor resolution
- 128MB RAM minimum
(256MB RAM recommended)
- 200MB hard drive space required for software and user manual

EPS Export support

EPS Export support

- Finale 2004b is designed for use with OS 9.x (in addition to OS X 10.2 or greater).
- New File Maintenance dialog box allows you to remove duplicate library elements. Remove Deleted Items and Test File Integrity features are also found here. (Look in the Options Menu/Data Check submenu).
- Many fixes

- Finale 2004b is designed for use with OS 9.x (in addition to OS X 10.2 or greater).
- New File Maintenance dialog box allows you to remove duplicate library elements. Remove Deleted Items and Test File Integrity features are also found here. (Look in the Options Menu/Data Check submenu).
- Many fixes

- enhanced simple note entry
- smart word extensions
- smart page turns
- smart cue notes
- smart hyphens
- layer improvements
- automatic expression placement
- beam across barlines plug-in
- cross-staff beaming plug-in
- mixed fonts in expressions
- human playback
- smartmusic sound font
- smartmusic accompaniment enhancements
- drum groove plug-in
- save as Audio CD file
- improved MicNotator
- FinaleScript (write macros for Finale)
- Mac OSX support
... and much more

- New Interface
- New Document and Program Options
- New Spacing Options
- New FREE SmartScore Lite Scanning
- Time Saving Templates
- New Rhythm Section Generator
- New Rhyming Dictionary
- Reinventing TAB

Requirements
- System 7.6.1 or higher
- PPC
- Finale 2001