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1. #FINALE VERSION 25 RESPONSE R UPDATE#
2. #FINALE VERSION 25 RESPONSE R UPGRADE#
3. #FINALE VERSION 25 RESPONSE R FULL#
4. #FINALE VERSION 25 RESPONSE R SOFTWARE#
5. #FINALE VERSION 25 RESPONSE R SERIES#

Stack automatically is the marquee feature. The Articulation Designer sports a number of new Positioning options, which we’ll review. Of course, if I always wanted the fermata to appear closer to the notehead than the upbow, I would move it up in the Articulation Selection dialog, as described earlier.Īrticulations can now be flipped (shortcut F), useful in certain circumstances, or set above ( A) or below ( B) on a case-by-case-basis:Īrticulation Designer options: Center on stem side, slur avoidance I would do this, for instance, in this case if I wanted to move the upbow above the fermata: The stacking behavior of an individual articulation can be overridden on a case-by-case basis by selecting it and choosing Stack > Never either from the Articulation menu or the contextual menu. They’re still around for legacy purposes, but with the new stacking behavior you should not have a need for these old chestnuts, since you’ll get better results with the new behavior (particularly when you have a staccato that should go inside the staff and an accent that should be placed outside the staff, on the same note). Notice the continued presence of the combined articulations such as the tenuto/staccato (slot 4), accent/staccato (slot 6), and and accent/tenuto (slot 7). It’s a good use of this ability which has already existed in this dialog be aware, though, that if you’ve been accustomed to grouping articulations in a certain way, or didn’t much pay attention to the order before now, it will have consequences. This means that, for the first time, the order in which articulations appear in this dialog has a meaningful function. The order of the stack is determined by the order of the articulations in the Articulation Selection dialog articulations that stack are indicated by an asterisk (*), and those with a lower number are placed closest to the notehead. Stacked articulationsĪrticulations automatically stack on top of one another by default, on entry. But this is the first time we’ve tested it on our own, so let’s get to it.

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of those programs has finally made its way into Finale, eliminating one of its major pain points.Īgain, none of this will come as a surprise to those that have followed the official Finale blog, or this one for that matter, where we wrote about the new articulation improvements as previewed by MakeMusic over its series of blog posts.

#FINALE VERSION 25 RESPONSE R SOFTWARE#

If you use other software (like Sibelius or Dorico) as well, you’ll be relieved that the standard M.O. If Finale has been your sole music notation program of choice until now, you’ll be ecstatic over these improvements. In our review of Finale v25 from two years ago, I said, “If anyone knows of a way to automatically stack articulations so that they don’t collide, I’m all ears!” Thankfully, MakeMusic was listening. While there are a number of improvements in Finale v26, the only one that can truly be called a new feature is the addition of several new options in the handling and positioning of articulations. If you purchased or upgraded to Finale v25 on September 10 or later, you are entitled to a free upgrade.

Crossgrade pricing is available, but in a change from before, you will need to contact MakeMusic to inquire about your options.

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The price for Finale users who wish to upgrade is $149.

#FINALE VERSION 25 RESPONSE R FULL#

Prices remain mostly unchanged, ranging from $99 for university and college students to the full retail price $600.

If you haven’t followed that news closely, not to worry - that’s why we’re here! Finale v26 brings a number of improvements: new articulation options, better templates and libraries, Mac performance enhancements, and several other items and bug fixes.įinale v26 is the first paid upgrade since the release of Finale v25 in August 2016 the five updates released since then have been free to Finale v25 owners.

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Although the exact timing of today’s release was a bit of a mystery, the existence of the update and its contents have been extensively previewed for the past two months at the official Finale blog and through the product’s social media channels. Today MakeMusic released version 26 of Finale, its flagship music notation software.