Finale 2014.5 For Mac

1. Finale 2014.5 Update
2. Finale 2014.5 Mac Os Mojave

Finale 2014.5 does not share the preferences file with older versions of Finale, including Finale 2014. Finale 2014.5 will automatically load the new Finale 2014.5 default settings upon launching Finale for the first time. To use Finale's default settings at any time, simply delete the Finale 2014.5 Preferences file from the. Our website provides a free download of Finale 2014.5.0.6359. This download was checked by our antivirus and was rated as virus free. Finale is suitable for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10. The most popular versions of the program are 2012.3, 2012.1 and 15.0. Finale no longer exports extraneous spread values of zero at the start of crescendos and the end of diminuendos. Changes 6.5 to 6.6 (November 2015) Version 6.6 adds support for Finale 2014.5 including technology modernization on the Mac side. Mac plug-ins for versions up to Finale 2014.5. To install a plug-in on the Mac: Find out where your plug-ins folder is located in Finale, by looking in the Preferences dialog (Program Options in earlier Finale versions) at the Folders page in Finale.; Put the plug-in bundle in that folder (or in a subfolder if you want it in a submenu to the Plug-ins menu). Finale Version: 2014.5,2011,2005. Compared to the Mac's 32-bit processor. I'm guessing Finale wasn't practical until the 32-bit 80386 processor and Windows 3.1.

11/17/15 : Today, following numerous teasers on the @finaleofficial twitter feed in the last few days, MakeMusic has released an incremental, but significant update to Finale 2014 they have dubbed “2014.5”. Although this is a maintenance update to Finale 2014, the installer leaves your original Finale 2014 application in place, allowing you to have both Finale 2014 and Finale 2014.5 installed at the same time. (You’ll have to redo your Finale workspace preferences and install any 3rd party plugins for this version, but in my opinion, well worth the few minutes this will take.)

Finale 2014.5 has a new installer framework for both the Mac and PC, which should provide a more pleasant install experience for most users. For instance, on the Mac, the installer no longer throws up a message asking if you want to open a file from an unidentified developer.

On the Mac, the splash screen and dock icon have a modern, minimalistic flat look:

A number of plugins have been updated. For instance, plugins which do not apply to Linked parts are now properly disabled when editing a linked part.

In addition, a few plugins have been removed because they have finally become actual features; a welcome addition. For instance, Apply Human Playback is now part of the MIDI tool menu, and the Change Noteheads utility has been updated to include the functionality of the depreciated Change Noteheads plug-in.

Finale is no longer restricted to playback at 44.1 kHz and can play at any sample rate supported by the selected audio output device. Additionally, some safeguards have been built in so that Finale should seamlessly switch to another output device rather than crashing when you remove an audio device while FInale is open.

There have been some updates to MusicXML and new support for EPUB3 for export. Finale now includes a template and a FinaleScript to create large print music for people with visual impairments according to the Modified Stave Notation (MSN) standard. There are clearly labeled typeset and handwritten versions of the Latin Percussion styles.

It appears that the Mic Notator feature for transcribing audio performances has been removed, but you can still record an audio track into a Finale document.

Finale 2014.5 has added a few very useful new features. One of my favorites is the new Automatic double barlines before key changes feature. This is found in Document Options > Barlines. So nice to finally be able to have double barlines automatically appear properly before all key changes in a score!

This is yet another feature that depreciates a plugin, in this case the Automatic Barlines plug-in has been removed. And, I was pleased to see that this global feature can be overridden in individual measures by choosing a new Barline style from the Contextual menu on a case by case basis. However, it’s a bit strange that, at least on the Mac, the regular Measure Attributes dialog does not also override the global setting.

Another favorite addition of mine is Reorder staves. You may remember Reorder Staves appeared as a feature in an earlier version of Finale for a short time but was pulled because there were some catastrophic problems with it. I haven’t had a chance to give this a complete workout yet, but judging from it’s reappearance, MakeMusic’s programmers figured out what was wreaking havoc with the feature, which allows you to change the vertical order of multiple staves and groups at the same time. Assuming the feature is now fully vetted, I know I am going to be using this a lot.

If you create Smart Music content, you will no doubt appreciate the improvements in audio quality as well as some new interface options for both automatically and manually correcting possible issues.

MakeMusic is also included an update to 10.5.8 of its scanning software with Finale 2014.5; called SmartScore X2 Lite. According to the read me file, this update offers improvements in recognition of beams, augmentation dots, tuplets, and other musical elements.

Finale’s online user manual has been significantly updated with an all new navigation structure, and a better search feature. In terms of accessibility, I’ve always felt that Finale’s “available anywhere” user manual was superior to the user guide of its nearest competitor (e.g. a static PDF file), and one of the additional improvements to this update is that it is designed to format nicely on a variety of mobile devices like a tablet or smartphone, so it can be referenced anywhere from mobile browsers. Great to see MakeMusic forward thinking here.

Finally, while admittedly not as sexy as new features, I think many Finale users will really appreciate the long list of bug fixes in this update for both Mac and PC. A number of crashing issues which users were experiencing with Finale on the newest Mac operating systems El Capitan and Yosemite operating systems have been fixed.

Finale 2014.5 Update

One of my favorite bug fixes is a long standing issue with Parts that have slashes in their names (e.g. Piano / Vocal). These now can be saved properly as PDF files. Also, notably, efforts have been made to improve Finale’s performance. If you are a Finale user who has been experiencing slow performance in 2014, you will no doubt find the results of my colleague Philip Rothman’s benchmark tests of interest.

Particularly if you are a longtime Finale user as I am, I know you are going to appreciate all of the work that has gone into this update.

If you are a registered Finale user, you’ve probably already received an announcement of this update with a download link, or will very shortly. New users can visit the Finale Product Page to download Finale 2014.5 for your platform.

~robert

Plug-ins for Mac (Finale 2010-2014.5)

Mac plug-ins for versions up to Finale 2014.5.

To install a plug-in on the Mac:

1. Find out where your plug-ins folder is located in Finale, by looking in the Preferences dialog (Program Options in earlier Finale versions) at the Folders page in Finale.
2. Put the plug-in bundle in that folder (or in a subfolder if you want it in a submenu to the Plug-ins menu). Please note that on recent OS X versions, the plug-ins folder is hidden by default, so you need to reveal it in the OS first.
3. Restart Finale

For Finale 2010 and later and OSX 10.7 and later. This is a multi-purpose plug-in that creates patterns of various elements in the selected area. Version 1.07 has this functionality:

Beamed Groups

Reorder Notes - Changes the order of the notes entries within each beamed group. Rests inside a beamed group are unaffected.
Merge to Chord - Replaces a beamed group with a chord. The resulting chord will have the duration of the full beamed group.
Articulations - Creates standard articulation patterns for the beamed groups. Only staccato, tenuto and accents are affected.
Slurs - Creates slurs at specific positions on beamed groups. Old slurs in the beamed group are replaced.
Chord Symbols - Creates chord symbols above the start of each beamed group, based on the beamed group's tonal material.

Chords

Break - Breaks a chord into a single-note sequence that spans the duration of the chord.

Dynamics

Carbon Copy - Copies all dynamics in the region from a source staff to all other selected staves. It can optionally adjust to areas where the destination has no music.
Hairpins - Creates hairpin marking (or hairpin pair) for the width of the selected region. Old hairpins in the region are removed.
Hairpin Swells - Creates cresc+dim hairpin markings ('messa di voce' markings) on long single notes. Tied notes counts as one note.

Performance Notation

Articulations - Creates or recreates standard articulations according to a specific pattern. Only staccato, tenuto and accents are affected.
Slurs - Creates slurs according to a specific pattern. Slurs break at rests. Tied entries count as one. Grace note slurs are treated independently.

Sequences

Two-state Patterns - Expands a reoccuring sequence that has only two states (an 'ON' and 'OFF' state). Exactly 2 notes/rests must be available at the start of the region.
Numbered Measures - Creates a numbered sequence, one expression per measure, for example for a repeated music pattern. The selected category's font and position info is used.
Delete Numbers - Removes the number expressions that has been added to the region by this plug-in. All other expressions are unaffected.

For Finale 2010 and later. Requires OS X version 10.7 or later.

This plug-in changes existing elements in the Finale document through a general user interface. Filters are available to provide selective changes. A chain of tasks can be built into a custom notation Sequence.

Version 1.03 of this plug-in consists of 203 tasks in 17 different containers:

• Accidentals
• Articulations
• Augmentation Dots
• Beams
• Beam Stubs
• Chord Symbols
• Expressions
• Fretboards
• Hairpins
• Note Entries
• Rests
• Slurs
• Smart Shape Lines
• Stems
• Syllables
• Tuplets

Requires OS X 10.7 or later, and Finale 2010 or later. A small modeless navigator window that can stay on screen at the same time as the document. It can help with the navigation to specific locations in the documents. For Finale 2010 and later versions. The 1.06 update also includes optional support (through the JW Plug-in Tool) for both windowshade feature and a thin window layout.

It supports navigation to:

• Any auto-rehearsal mark (browsing)
• Specific rehearsal marks
• Specific actual measure numbers
• Specific defined measure numbers
• Double barlines
• Final barlines
• Double barlines or final barlines
• Key signature changes
• Time signature changes
• Starts of measure number regions
• Staff system starts (browsing)
• Specific staff system numbers
• Text
• Text (case sensitive)
• Any multimeasure rest
• Multimeasure rest text

For Finale 2010 and later, and OS X 10.7 or later. This plug-in is for documents that use live performance data (if the document is using Human Playback, you need to set 'HP (Incorporate Data)' in the Human Playback Preferences). It syncs the live performance data between staves in the document, so instrument in other staves can follow a performance by another instrument. Start time, end time and velocity for the notes are affected.

Mark the target region where you want to sync the live performance data. Mark the source staff for the groove (to sync to) in the plug-in window. The source staff can be a part of the destination region.

Start time and velocity will be adjusted if source and target notes start at the same position in the notated music. End time will be adjusted if the source and target notes start at the same position, and have the same duration in the notated music.

This plug-in will only work with Finale 2012 and later, and OS X 10.7 or later. It maintains text instructions (as text expressions) at Finale 2012 Instrument Changes for the selected region. The positioning and look of the expressions are handled by the selected category, and the plug-in is smart enough to move/remove instructions if the instrument changes moves/disappears. Generally, it should be safe to apply this plug-in on the whole document to keep the instrument changes visually updated.

The plug-in automatically sets the 'break multi-measure rest' option in the expressions.

For Finale 2010 and later versions.Requires OS X 10.7 or higher. This is a multi-purpose plug-in for tasks that are related to layers, chord lines and other kinds of music lines or percussion lines that appear throughout the score.
(This plug-in replaces the old plug-ins JW Merge Layers, JW Explode Layers, JW Quick Explode and JW Chord Manager. These plug-ins are now marked obsolete.)

Version 1.11 contains the following tasks:

Layers

Copy - Copies the contents from one source layer to another destination layer.
Move - Moves the contents from one source layer to another destination layer. Layer-assigned expression are moved to the destination layer.
Swap - Swaps the contents between two layers. Hidden layers can't be swapped. Layer-assigned expressions are also swapped.
Remove - Deletes the contents for the selected layers. Hidden layers are never removed. Layer-assigned expressions are also removed.
Keep - Keeps the contents of the selected layers, while deleting all other layers. Hidden layers are never removed.
Merge - Merges note layers with identical durations.
Split - Splits notes in Layer 1 to multiple layers.
Split from Voices - Splits voices in Layer 1 to two layers.
Expression Merge - Transforms identical layer-assigned expressions (if found for all used layers) into one expression for all layers.

Staves

Merge - Merges contents from multiple staves to one staff (according to various notation styles).
Merge to Layers - Merges one-layer staves into one staff with multiple layers.
Split - Distributes notes from chords on one staff to multiple staves.
Split from Layers - Distributes layers to individual one-layered staves.
Split from Voices - Distributes 2 voices to two individual one-layered staves.
Swap - Swaps the contents of the top and bottom staff in the selection.

Chord Lines

Add - Adds lines of notes to chords or to single notes.
Delete - Deletes a note line from chords. At least 2 notes must be available prior to removal.
Drop - Drops a specific line one octave down.
Keep - Keeps a specific note line while removing the other chord notes.
Rotate - Rotates the chord by moving the top/bottom note an octave. A minimum of 2 notes is required for the chord to be rotated.
Transpose - Transposes a specific note line or the full chord.
Split Unisons - Splits unison intervals into octaves.

Percussion Lines

Add - Adds more notes to existing percussion notes.
Delete - Deletes the marked percussion note types from the percussion notes.
Keep - Deletes all percussion notes, except the marked percussion note types.

For Finale 2010 and later, and OS X 10.7 and later. A completely new design of the Expand Region plug-in, with much more functionality. (The much-more-limited 1.00 version is still available for download.)

New in version 2:

• Modeless dialog window user interface (you can have the plug-in window open while you work with the document)
• Expand to key signature change option
• Expand to time signature change option
• Expand to Start/End of document option
• Expand to measure number region start/end option
• Expand to system boundaries option
• Expand to page boundaries option
• Expand to Rehearsal Marks boundaries option
• Beeps when no expansion is possible
• Support for double barline separately
• Support for final barline separately

For Finale 2010 and above, and OS X 10.7 or later. It includes these tasks:

• Transform meter (including metronome marks) to a larger/smaller meter
• Transform between triplet and compound meters (including metronome marks)
• Transform between compound and non-compound meters
• Create time signatures based on the contents
• Create cadenza measures/passages based on the contents
• Unhide the cadenza measure time sigs/barlines
• Create time signatures based on the contents, but keep the displayed time signature
• Expand/shrink the contents of the measure to cover the time signature
• Create or remove swing notation rhythms
• Create/sharpen/flatten/remove dotted rhythms
• Transform/merge/split rests rhythms
• Merge measures
• Merge/split tuplets
• Merge tuplet rests
• Create a series of time signatures based on textual information

A demonstration video of most of the features is available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmzOQfXfqKI

For Finale 2010 and above, and OS X version 10.7 or later. This plug-in contains 9 different note spacing styles that can be applied easily to a region in the document, through a modeless window interface. A feature to set the selected mode as the default for the document is also available.

For Finale 2010 and later versions, and OS X version 10.7 or later. A plug-in that changes all notes of one pitch within the region to another pitch. Useful for example for correcting enharmonic spellings in a region, swap note pitch patterns or change tonality. The window is modeless, so it can be opened while the document is edited.
The top part of the window is a simple one-note pitch change utility. The bottom part of the window contains a multi-pitch part that can be used for more complex pitch replacements. If the Respace option is set, note spacing is applied to the region after the pitch replacements.

A plug-in for Finale 2012 or later. Also requires OS X 10.7 or later. The plug-in copies a page layout from a source part to the currently displayed part, through an easy-to-use user interface. The measure layout for each system gets locked, so the layout will remain the same in source and destination. It will check that measures are empty before parts with multi-measure rests are copied.

The window (where the source part is selected) is modeless, so it can be open while moving between different parts (or documents).

The following are copied from the source part:

• Page settings (size/margin/etc)
• Staff system settings (size/distance between/page breaks/etc)
• Measure with (+additional space before/after measure)
• Multimeasure rests

For Finale 2010 or later, and OSX 10.7 or later. This plug-in can create and display staff sets in a list and navigate between the staff sets. Navigation to a staff set can be made in Page View as well. Furthermore, each staff can be named and the staff set names are saved with the document (a category named JW Plug-in Data must exist in the document for this purpose).

When a staff set is created, it inherits the relative vertical staff positions from the selection.

This plug-in also supports windowshade, a feature which can be turned on by using the JW Plug-in Tool plug-in.

For Finale 2010 and later versions. Requires OS X 10.7 or later. This plug-in spaces multimeasure rests and/or single rests relative to their duration, making parts with many rests much more professional and easier to read. Multimeasure rests can be either spaced according to the number of measures or to their durations (in beats). The existing music scaling factor for the document is used. Version 1.01 adds the ability to apply to all parts at once, and to redistribute the existing rest widths (for existing layouts).

Here's a YouTube video displaying how the plug-in works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ja-ECO-X0s

Before (default Finale output):

After (after applying the plug-in):

For Finale 2010 and later versions. Requires OSX 10.7 or later. This is a plug-in for manipulation/editing of measure number regions and measure numbers. It has the following features:

• Create - Creates a new measure number region that covers the current selection, and splits the underlying region into adjacent regions.
• Join Adjacent Regions - Joins adjacent measure number regions within the selection into one long region. The settings for the earliest region will be used.
• Inherit Adjacent Region Settings - Copies the visual appearance and positioning from the adjacent region. The earliest region's settings will be used. Useful for exampe if one visual change in one region should be transferred to other regions.
• Delete - Deletes measure number regions that start and end within the current selection. Measure number regions that span the whole document are not affected.
• Cover Holes - Covers measures that lacks measure numbering by extending a previous measure number region.
• Select Previous/Next - Selects the previous/next measure number region in the document.
• Offset Numbering - Changes the relative numbering of the regions that are fully covered by the selection. The value can be both negative and positive.
• Offset Location - Moves the regions location relatively in the document by a measure offset. Regions that are fully covered by the selection are moved.
• Remove Manual Positioning - Resets manually positioned measure numbers in the selection to their default positions.
• Reset Defaults - Deletes all manual edits (forced to be shown/hidden or repositioned) in the selection, to revert to the defaults.
• Align Manual Edits - Top (or Bottom) - Aligns all manual edits in the selection to the highest (or lowest) position found. Each measure number region is treated independently.
• Align All Numbers - Top (or Bottom) - Aligns all numbers in the selection to the highest (or lowest) position found. Each measure number region is treated independently.
• Numbering Style - Changes the numbering style for the measure number region(s) that are fully covered by the selection.
• Prefix/Suffix - Changes the prefix and suffix text for the measure number region(s) that are fully covered by the selection.
• Font Size - Sets the font size (in points) in the region(s) that are fully covered by the selection.
• Relative Font Size - Changes the font size relatively to the current size for measure number regions that are fully covered by the selection.
• Font Style - Changes the font style for measure number regions that fully are covered by the selection.
• Use Document Options's Font - Copies the current default font for Measure Numbers to the score (or parts) panel of the region.
• Count Regions - Reports the number of measure number regions that fully or partially covers the selected measures.
• Find Hole - Reports the number of measures in the selection that aren't covered by a measure number region.
• Find Overlap - Reports the number of measures in the selection that are covered by more than one measure number region at the same time.

For Finale 2010 and above. Requires OS X 10.7 or later. This plug-in helps to find and correct cautionary accidentals in the document. It works differently than other cautionary accidentals solutions for music notation software, since it first provides a list with suggested accidental changes. In the next step, the user confirms which of the changes that should be made.

JW Accidentals contains numerous options to fine-tune the processing, handled through Setting Profiles.

Creates pop/jazz 'topline notation' for chord instruments. Apply the plug-in on a region with written out chords that you want to display as topline notation. The playback will preserve playback of the chords and makes sure that the extra stems are at least one octave long. Also includes a 'revert' function to get the written-out music back.

For Finale 2010 and later. This plug-in (a 'Seinfeld'-type of plug-in) does these tasks fully automatically:

Finale 2014.5 Mac Os Mojave

• Positions tremolo articulations correctly
• Fixes the bug where whole note tremolo goes on the wrong vertical side
• Lifts the stem length if necessary

The plug-in auto-detects the tremolo articulations, so it can be run on sections without tremolos as well.

Tip 1: To change side of a whole note tremolo, flip the 'invisible stem' of the whole note with Simple or Speedy entry.

Tip 2: If you use Patterson Beams or any similar task, run these kind of tasks before applying this plug-in.

Before:

After:

It supports the following fonts:

• Maestro
• Jazz
• Engraver
• Broadway Copyist
• Maestro Wide
• Petrucci
• Oslo
• StockholmClassic
• StockholmPlate
• Vienna
• RevereFinale
• FPArticulations (and Bill Duncan's Articulations)
• GoldenAge

(Requires OS X 10.7 or later.) This plug-in adds or updates grace note slashes on beamed groups, taking the angle of the beam into account. It follow the same rules for adding slashes as flagged grace notes do. If you change grace note document options or the appearance of a beamed grace note group, please run the plug-in again to update the slashes.

If no slash appears, make sure that either the first entry in a beamed grace note pattern is set to use a slashed grace note, or use the 'Always slash flagged grace notes' Document Option.

The slashes are added to the document as shape articulations. The shape articulation definitions are reused if possible.

Put pedal up/down markings where CC64 MIDI controller events are found. The pedal markings are put in the score as articulations. It's quite a quick hack: one current limitation is that you must have definitions of the pedal markings (as Maestro) in the articulation list before you start - otherwise nothing will show up.

For Finale 2011 and above. This plug-in is a diagnostic tool that lists a staff's percussion layout and links it to the mapped playback, staff position and GM/default. The contents in the list can be sorted.