Instead of the interface and document being in a self-contained window, Finale is a document window surrounded by individually floating palettes.
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It does, however, support QuickLook.Įven the application workspace feels like something from Mac OS 9. It doesn’t even auto-save, which means I need to exercise those cmd-s muscles that have all but atrophied in recent years. The software takes no advantage of OS X features like Spaces, Versions, or iCloud. When they did so, Finale took little advantage of OS X technologies, and the application still feels out-of-place. In fact, I think Adobe came out with OS X native versions of their applications nearly a full year before MakeMusic released a native version of Finale.
First Impressions and OS X Integrationįinale was Adobe-late to the transition to OS X. Finale produces quality scores and affords composers great freedom in writing - whether they are like me and writing hymns in four-part harmony or are evoking modern masters like Corigliano in their compositions. It’s the tool all other notation software gets compared to, and for good reason. Finale was among the first composition solutions to let composers fine-tune their scores and to feature high quality sound samples in playback, and it’s still considered the best solution for score writing by many professional composers.
First, Some HistoryĬoda Music Software released Finale 1.0 in 1988, and it has gained a large following among professionals over the years. Instead, let’s just take a look at MakeMusic’s more modest offerings - PrintMusic and SongWriter. It’s the MGM Studios of composition software, responsible for some amazing advances in its medium, but are its best years behind it now? As MGM has been eclipsed by other movie studios during recent years, is the same true for Finale? Perhaps that’s too big of a question for this post. Finale was producing high quality scores before most of its competition was even around.
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