Finale is regarded as one of the industry standards for notation software. Many of the old keyboard shortcuts have also been replaced by one click actions meaning you don't have to remember all those 'Alt' key functions.įinale 2011 is the best version of Finale yet although beginners should be prepared for a very steep but worthwhile learning curve. Finale is the flagship program of a series of proprietary scorewriters created by MakeMusic for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. However, Finale 2011 has made things much quicker and more intuitive meaning you can get more music written in half the time. There are literally hundreds of features in Finale's rather crowded interface which make it very intimidating at first. The Finale 2011c maintenance update for Macintosh includes a number of feature enhancements and important fixes for Mac. Many issues with Finale 2011 can be resolved by updating to the latest maintenance version of Finale 2011 available for your operating system. Created on MaLast updated on April 13, 2016. Certainly Finale is still probably one of the most powerful cross platform tools for turning ideas into music. Finale 2011c (Mac) and 2011b (Windows) maintenance updates.
