Finale 是美国 MakeMusic 公司所开发的乐谱製作软件，第一个版本於 1989 年发售。初期只能於 Macintosh 的 Mac OS 使用，1998 年对应 Microsoft Windows，2006 年以后的版本则可以完全对应 Windows XP 和 Mac OS X。Finale 是一套有高质量及容易使用的乐谱软件。它有着满足专业的音乐人士及教师需求的特色，包括不限数量的五线谱及任意将你的乐谱搬移到你想要的位置等功能。它也允许你开启不限数量的乐谱。

做为制谱软件行业中的王者，Finale 最新推出 2009 版本。Finale 2009 比以前的版本功能更加强大，使用起来也更加得心应手

§                自动范围区域检查.§                自动判断并调整复制时产生的八度问题§                支持导出 EPUB 兼容性乐谱文件(可在大多说平板设备中预览播放).§                新的Finale 歌词字体---更清晰（即使在平板设备中也能清晰呈现）

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MakeMusic Finale 2012b Update

MakeMusic, Inc. happy to announce that Finale 2012b is now available! It includes several new features including automatic range checking, the Finale Lyrics font, EPUB export, a new Aria Player, and more. Finale 2012b also includes more than 60 bug fixes.

Finale is the ultimate music notation program giving you complete control over every aspect of the printed page while providing full MIDI capabilities and unparalleled audio output.

About MakeMusic, Inc.

MakeMusic, Inc., is a world leader in music technology. Our products include Finale, the world’s best-selling music notation software, and SmartMusic, interactive software featuring the world’s largest accompaniment library.

For more than 20 years, Finale has been the industry standard in music notation software, enabling composers, arrangers, musicians, teachers, students, and publishers to create, edit, print, and publish musical scores.

New Features and fixed in Finale 2012b

- Range Checking. Finale now alerts you when notes are outside of an instrument's range.

- Automatic Transposition while Copying. Music is now pasted into the most appropriate octave when copied between instruments of different registers. Also, music is transposed into the most appropriate register when changing instruments with the ScoreManager.

- Accessible Text Inserts. You no longer need to venture into a dialog box to edit text inserts. You can now edit them directly in the score like a regular text box. When you do so, the text insert's definition is updated respectively.

- SVG Graphic Export. You can now export Scaled Vector Graphics from Finale.

- EPUB Export. You can now export EPUB files from Finale for viewing on mobile readers.

- New Finale Lyrics Font. This font improves lyric spacing, and is the new default for scores created with the Document Setup Wizard.

- Automatic Font Annotation. Finale can now automatically generate Font Annotation Files to accommodate files with 3rd-party music fonts.

- Auto-recovery. Unsaved data is now recovered after a hang or system failure.

- New Aria Player. Finale includes the latest Aria Player from Garritan.

Fixes in Finale 2012b

Fonts

- Problems with results from Change Chord Suffix Fonts have been resolved.

Inserting

- Inserting stacks no longer cause a crash when Automatic Update Layout is unchecked.

Keyswitches

- Expressions with keyswitches now chase correctly during playback when Chase from First Measure is selected in the Playback/Record Options dialog box.

- JABB (Garritan Jazz and Big Band) trumpets and trombones now respect keyswtich commands for all muted sounds.

MIDI

- Unplugging a MIDI device while Finale is running no longer displays a warning message that cannot be dismissed.

PDF files

- The name of the Finale (.MUS) file now appears automatically in the Save As dialog box when saving PDF files.

Speedy Entry

- Enharmonic toggle in Speedy Entry no longer gives incorrect results on Chromatic Transposition.

Staves

- Problems deleting multiple staves in Scroll View have been resolved.