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.

Système requis
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.

Système requis
G4 ou plus recommandé
Mac OS X 10.4 ou plus
Processeur Intel ou PPC
RAM 256MB minimum (1GB ou plus recommandé pour Garritan sounds/Kontakt Player)

- 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.

Système requis
G4 ou plus recommandé
Mac OS X 10.4 ou plus
Processeur Intel ou PPC
RAM 256MB minimum (1GB ou plus recommandé pour Garritan sounds/Kontakt Player)

- 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.

Système requis
G4 ou plus recommandé
Mac OS X 10.4 ou plus
Processeur Intel ou PPC
RAM 256MB minimum (1GB ou plus recommandé pour Garritan sounds/Kontakt Player)

- 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.

Système requis
G4 ou plus recommandé
Mac OS 10.3.9 ou plus
minimum 256MB RAM (1GB ou plus recommandé)

- support Mac Intel (Universal Binary)
- parties liées: mise à jour instantanée des parties séparées depuis la partition et inversement
- support vidéo
- percussions latines
- Kontakt Player 2 intégré
- Human Playback amélioré
- Quick Change
- autorisation améliorée
- fonction de suppression de collision verticale
- amélioration des contrôles de lecture
...

Système requis
G4 ou plus recommandé
Mac OS 10.3.9 ou plus
minimum 256MB RAM (1GB ou plus recommandé)

Nombreuses corrections de bugs, concernant le menu Edit, l'outil Mesure, le plug-in Human Playback

Système requis
Mac OS X 10.2 et plus
- 128 MB RAM (256 MB conseillé)

- Finale Performance Assessment (FPA) : Finale 2005 peut créer des fichiers musicaux que les étudiants peuvent lire et jouer grâce à l'application FPA (disponible en téléchargement gratuit sur www.finalemusic.com). Ceci permet aux étudiants de modifier le tempo, de visualiser leurs fautes, de s'enregistrer pour auto-évaluation.
- amélioration de la gestion et de l'affichage des triolets et autres subdivisions irrégulières
- amélioration de la fonction Human Playback
- répétitions intelligentes
- améliorations de la gestion des espacements
- nouveau plug-in TG Tools
- listes de portées déplaçables
- possibilité d'enregistrer des données continues dans HyperScribe
- support des polices tierce-partie
...

Système requis
Mac OS X 10.2 et plus
- 128 MB RAM (256 MB conseillé)

Export EPS

Export EPS

Cette mise à jour dispose d'une nouvelle fenêtre de gestion des fichiers et corrige un nombre de bugs assez important : sauvegarde audio plus rapide, export en 300 dpi tiff plus rapide, et corrections d'erreurs dans presque la totalité des outils et menus (outil triolet, outil portée, saisie rapide, panoramique Midi désormais fonctionnelle avec les H.P. internes,...).

Cette mise à jour dispose d'une nouvelle fenêtre de gestion des fichiers et corrige un nombre de bugs assez important : sauvegarde audio plus rapide, export en 300 dpi tiff plus rapide, et corrections d'erreurs dans presque la totalité des outils et menus (outil triolet, outil portée, saisie rapide, panoramique Midi désormais fonctionnelle avec les H.P. internes,...).

- amélioration du "simple note entry"
- extensions de mot intelligentes
- tourne de page intelligente
- liaisons intelligentes
- améliorations de la gestion des voix (layers)
- plug-in de regroupement de notes par-dessus les barres de mesures
- plug-in de regroupement de notes entre plusieurs portées
- mélanges de polices dans les "expressions"
- playback "humain"
- police SmartMusic
- amélioration de l'accompagnement SmartMusic
- plug-in "drum groove"
- fonction de sauvegarde en fichier Audio CD
- amélioration du MicNotator
- FinaleScript (écrire des macros pour Finale)
- Support Mac OS X
... et bien plus