Finale Forum

What is the "upgrade" that unlocks earlier versions like 1998? Where can I find it? If you have the disk, type the word UPGRADE when the serial number is requested. I don't recall when that stopped working. I only tried it on Mac when I was sent a disk with no key code. The only thing on the front ...

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Yes. Everyone here is essentially correct. It is an editorial accidental, that would have been included in a performance of this earlier music as a matter of course, based on the performance practice and theoretical teachings of the time. These types of editorial accidentals in modern editions are ...

Ok, that one is known. If I understand correctly, it only happens on a Mac. Compared to the constant 1 second latency issue with 25 and NotePerformer, 26 is a vast improvement. This is the last I read about it. https://www.scoringnotes.com/reviews/noteperformer-3-1/ If you’re not subscribed to Scori...

You don’t say what Mac you have. If a 2015 or later with a Retina or 4K display including aftermarket, you may be affected by the 10 bit Color Profile issue. Try this: Go to System Preferences/Display/Color and choose a different display profile. If you don’t see any choices, hold down the Option ke...

From MakeMusic

https://www.finalemusic.com/blog/finale ... rs-scores/

This the page posted with the release of 2014. I see that it was updated last June but I didn’t look closely to see what was changed.

They advertise ease of use. Best to ask them.

https://scan-score.com/en/shop/scanscore-professional/

For years, everyone (including me) had the same complaint, that the one feature that we had to have wasn't there in PrintMusic. If you added up all of those "just one feature" requests, guess what you would have: Finale! Ha! One year at NAMM, a user was talking to Tom after one of his demos trying ...

Really? That’s your rant? PrintMusic costs $119.95 from MakeMusic or $99 from a reseller. Nearly any large reseller charges $119.00 upgrade from any full version of Finale, no matter how old. Here’s Sweetwater but many others charge the same. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Finale26upF--make...

bvstudios wrote:Finale is a tool, and that is actually the best thing I can call it.
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That makes it valuable to me.

Exactly!

Big pen and ink fan to sketch ideas. Everything else in a notation app, normally Finale. Then I had a massive stroke and lost the use of my left (dominant) arm. 10 years now with no signs of coming back. Notion on an iPad with the Apple Pencil —not quite the same but as close as I am likely to get. ...

Anders Hedelin wrote:This rather detailed discussion has strengthened me in my belief that a contact with a copyright organization is the best way to get proper, digestible info. Maybe I'm just lazy. In that field, at least.

I've heard of this.

All “Webster’s” means is that the Americanized spellings for some words are used as laid out by Noah Webster as opposed by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Merriam-Webster is a publisher of a “Webster’s” dictionary and, though well respected, it is one of many. The Merriam Brothers’ company boug...

This may look weird but it’s easily undone. Go into your display settings and look at your color profile. Select a different profile — if only the default shows, open with the Option key held and you’ll see others. It doesn’t really matter which profile you select. Reboot and see if it makes a diffe...

The Eroica! (Or at least de-dedicated.) You beat me to the punch. Back OT, sorta’ kinda’ Will somebody please look up Work for hire ? It is quite possible for a commission to fall into that category. It’s not unusual at all—advertising jingles are a good example and film scores used to be. However,...

How can a software that has known bugs for years and years work 'perfectly fine' for anyone? Come on, we may not all have the problems that people report, but Finale is far from perfect and claiming that it works 'perfectly fine' for you isn't helping anyone, only aggravating the irritation.... Equ...

It's safe to uninstall, but I would keep at least the last few. Depending on your operating system some versions will not work, but I find that every once in a while something is wonky in 26 (notably lyrics that get changed to Chinese) so I have to open 2014.5 and copy the English lyrics from there...

When you move xml files back and forth do they maintain all of the settings and open looking and functioning the same in both programs? Of course not. One app is on iOS while the other is on a desktop with a ton more resources. You are not likely to begin a project on the desktop and finish on an i...

A stab was made and abandoned years ago — I’m remembering 2012, perhaps? Notion for iOS pretty much came out with the iPad and has gotten pretty good over the years. It’s inexpensive @ $14.99, supports the Apple Pencil and uses MusicXML to exchange with Finale/Sibelius/Notion etc. It’s good enough t...

If you have Finale 2008, you can open those old files using that. As a matter of fact, you may have more success with 2008 as opposed to a later or the latest Finale. Thanks N! I've tried that again and, after a bit of poking around, found the problem: I just had to switch from Studio View to Page ...

Correct. A mid 2009 is not a 2010 and cannot run later than OS 10.11 El Capitán. 25 is the last version of Finale that will run on it.

Finale 2005 still runs on the latest version of Windows. And the latest version of Finale does not run on my Mac because I cannot upgrade to the latest OS. Or even to any of the two versions before that. When I purchased my MacBook Pro in 2010 I might have been a bit naive. I expected this rather c...

motet wrote:You can also relax and know that Windows updates won't break Finale.

Now that's funny.

People have short memories.
https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/ ... -10-Update

There have been a number of posts on the MakeMusic site about Finale 25 running slowly on computers with Retina displays. You said you have a new computer, so it sounds like you might have such a display. It's not a great option, but one solution until you can afford the upgrade to Finale 26 is to ...

Peter, your solution didn't work but thank you for that. I was not aware printing a PDF wasn't true black & white. I'll export from now on. Michel, I sense your suggestion will be the answer. The blank notehead I selected for that one must have been different than others (who knew) and actually a s...