Features
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The world standard in music notation software, now with enhanced performance features.
Write any music you can imagine
Capture musical inspiration. Engrave a beautiful score. Share your
artistic vision with others. Just as every musician is unique, so are
the reasons each uses Finale software to write music. Finale supports you, making it easy to create whatever music notation
you can imagine and to work in the manner that best supports your
creativity. No matter where your inspiration leads you, from a simple lead sheet
to preparing your Hollywood film score, Finale is the trusted route to
the very best output available.
MakeMusic Finale 26 notation software makes it easy to generate publisher-grade music notation that plays back with world-class sounds. Featuring over 500 premium Garritan instruments and Human Playback, your music becomes a life-like performance. Customize your workflow with flexible note entry options that include mouse and computer keyboard, MIDI keyboard, and import from a broad range of file types. Share your creations as sheet music, audio files, MusicXML and MIDI files, and PDF files. From lead sheets and guitar tablature to band charts and full-orchestra scores.
create your way
Finale offers you the freedom both of what you create and how you
create it. Whether you’re imagining a simple lead sheet, a Broadway
score, or something truly unorthodox, you enjoy the flexibility to make
your music any way you wish, and to make it in the order and manner that
best supports your inspiration.
editing
Entering your music in Finale sets you free. In an instant you can
move measures, change keys, and transform your music in countless ways.
Finale even offers editorial input, like indicating when notes have been
written out of an instrument’s range.
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listening
Great sounds inspire you – and your audience. Finale’s exclusive
Human Playback can make any music playback with the nuance of a human
performer. Plus Finale includes a vast library of world-class Garritan
instrument sounds for stunning realism.
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sharing
Music is meant to be shared. As you create you can share files, back
and forth, with Finale users – and others – thanks to built-in MusicXML
support. When you’re ready to share the results, you can make printed
sheet music, audio files, pdfs, and more; whatever it takes to produce
the best performance.
Why music pros use Finale
For professional composers, every scoring project comes with suffocating deadlines — and there’s no room for mistakes. That's why music pros use Finale. Finale is battle-tested and continually evolving with new, smart features requested by power users who know what it takes to get the job done. Finale 26 — the result of decades of sophisticated development — lets you turn the music in your head into bulletproof sheet music. Finale gives you complete control over the creative process, adapting to how
you want to work. At every rehearsal or recording session, you'll be confident that your parts are ready, you have clearly communicated your musical vision, and that your score will sound great!
Hot new features make Finale 26 more powerful than ever
- Auto-Stacking Articulations — Add more than one articulation on the same note, such an accent below a fermata, and they stack intelligently and automatically, reducing the need for manual positioning.
- Slur/Articulation Interaction — As you add slurs, existing articulations automatically adjust to avoid collisions, and will continue to do so if you move things later. Finale understands what should go inside or outside a slur and will even split up stacked articulations to make everything fit.
- Tremolos, Rolls, and Stem Lengths — Automatically adjusts stem lengths when necessary to ensure tremolos and rolls never collide with flags or beams
- Horizontal Centering — Automatically centers articulations on both noteheads and stems based on your settings and allows you to instantly flip articulations from notehead side to stem side (or vice-versa).
- Expanded Libraries — Newly optimized for ease of entry, Finale's included articulations and expressions have been expanded and refined to look great, greatly reducing the need for you to create them from scratch. Chord Symbols have similarly been overhauled for maximum intelligibility, elegant appearance, and fast entry.
- More — Finale 26 also includes many new templates, Smart Shapes, performance enhancements, bug fixes, and features to help you more quickly create your music.
MakeMusic Finale 26 Music Notation Software Features:
- Note entry via MIDI keyboard, computer keyboard and mouse, and file import (a variety of file types supported)
- Supports real-time MIDI performance capture
- A massive and varied library of 500+ premium Garritan instrument sounds
- Human Playback renders your music with stunning realism
- Powerful features such as Linked Parts, Music Educator Resources, TempoTap, and more
- Free technical support, video tutorials, and top-notch Help resources
- Finale's exclusive SmartMusic accompaniments
- 64-bit support
- ARIA Player
- Transposed note entry
- ReWire support
- Improved Human Playback
- Tall time signatures
- Contoured dashed slurs
- Expanded MusicXML import and export
System Requirements:
Finale for Windows® (version 26)
- Windows 7 SP1/Windows 8 or 8.1/Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- 4 GB of RAM minimum
- 1280x800 minimum monitor resolution (high resolution displays not currently supported)
- Internet connection for installer download and authorization
- 1 GB hard drive space required for software with an additional 8 GB
hard drive space required for Garritan Instruments for Finale
- ASIO, DirectSound, or WASAPI audio support
Finale for Macintosh® (version 26)
- macOS 10.12 Sierra/10.13 High Sierra/10.14 Mojave
- 4 GB RAM Minimum
- 1280x800 minimum monitor resolution
- Internet connection required for installer download and authorization
- 1 GB hard drive space required for software with an additional 8 GB
hard drive space required for Garritan Instruments for Finale
- CoreAudio or ASIO audio support
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