“Finale has long been recognized as the software that can create anything you can imagine,” says Mark Adler, MakeMusic notation project manager. “With this release we’ve reduced the time it will take to create.”
Features added in this release include:
64-bit support – This support prepares Finale for future operating systems, gives users more stable performance, and provides full compatibility with 64-bit sound libraries.
Greatly expanded playback – The library of premium Garritan sounds included with Finale has been augmented with more than 100 new additions, including a stunning Concert D grand piano from the award winning Personal Orchestra 5.
New ARIA Player – An improved interface simplifies and expedites instrument selection, crucial given the vast collection of sounds now included with Finale.
Transposed note entry – When inputting music into transposed staves, Finale now plays the transposed pitch on entry as well as during playback.
ReWire support – Synchronizes Finale playback with other pro-level audio software.
Improved Human Playback – The processing required to make notation play as if humans are performing it now responds instantly when the play button is pressed.
Large time signatures – Creating very tall time signatures (popular in large scores) has been made easy.
Contoured Dashed Slurs – While Finale has always had a dashed curve, an additional contoured dash slur has been added due to popular publisher requests.
The release also resolves several dozen bugs.
Regarding naming conventions, Mark Alder also adds this extremely amusing statement: “Although previous Finale releases were named by the corresponding year, we’re simply calling the new version ‘Finale’. Since the launch of Finale 2012 we’ve moved away from releasing a new version every year. While we’ve received positive feedback on asking users to upgrade less frequently, this change produced some confusion when the current software (2014.5) appeared to be out of sync with the calendar (2016). With today’s new naming convention we’ve addressed this issue.” Basically, unless MakingMusic adopts incremental updates only from now on (not confirmed), this is likely to create even more confusion among users.
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