![]() ![]() It's like a bleeding arm covered with tiny pieces of band-aid, and as soon as there is some blood showing, one is putting another tiny patch on top of it. Because actually, Finale does have its limitations (and not only for very specialised stuff) but if you know how, you can overcome those with workarounds and since Finale has great support, useful forums and tutorials, and (most importantly:) a huge user base, it's quite possible that you will find solutions quickly and easily.But: a whole different problem is that the developer has adopted this 'workaround'-style as the basic design concept of the app this way the developer doesn't have to work on good UI design. People claim 'you can do everything with Finale' – well, yes, if you like tinkering. There have been only small steps of progress to improve the interface, like in Finale 2012 the new Score Manager – still, these attempts are only half-hearted and make the user experience sometimes even more inconsistent. OK, there have been improvements, Finale is much easier to learn then it was 10 years ago, but basically, the interface in its core hasn't kept up with the addition of new features and basically remained the same for the last 20 years. And yes, this app can create really beautiful professional scores – the point here is that you can really make your own, individually styled scores – nobody will see what app you have used for it. Anyway the input-methods are great, if you do composing, the speedy entry (with MIDI-keyboard) is fantastic (you can play/try your music at the keyboard and Finale will only write down when you type together the rhythmic values). The core of this app is brilliant, I love entering notes real time by MIDI-keyboard (if you're not very good at it, you can first tap the rhythm with the hyperscribe-tool and then the correct pitches with the repitch-tool), the 'engine' for those things is very good. ![]() ![]() ![]() That takes time, as Finale allows for more customisation than any other app in this field, it is very versatile many give up on it during this process, but once you have 'set up' the app for you and your needs, Finale shows its strengths. I use both apps (and some other, more specialised software), and both have their positive and negative points.I think the key for using Finale well, you have to make your own templates, and find your own workflow. Now their students can use NotePad for free to complete any assignment the educator has created in any version of Finale, MakeMusic’s flagship professional music notation software.”įinale NotePad 2012 also includes select features new to Finale 2012, including Unicode font support (providing access to all characters in any font and facilitating the creation of music in any language) and aspects of Finale’s new ScoreManager, which simplifies the control of playback sounds. “Providing NotePad at no cost is especially exciting for music educators. “Finale NotePad fosters creativity and exploration by empowering students, songwriters, worship directors and other musicians to easily create electronic and printed sheet music,” says Karen van Lith, MakeMusic CEO. NotePad is music notation software that enables users to create, play and print sheet music. MakeMusic has announced the upcoming release of Finale NotePad 2012, which will be available for free download on Feb. ![]()
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