What’s New in Finale 2006
• Studio View. Page View is your print shop for layout like Studio View is your sound stage for
playback. Use this new view to audition Finale’s MIDI performance, "conduct" a tempo,
adjust playback settings, and record HyperScribe transcriptions. See STUDIO VIEW.
• Mixer Controls. Control the volume, panning, and reverb for your full score, and find the
perfect balance using convenient sliders and knobs for each staff - all in real-time during
playback. See MIXER. Use the convenient Staff Controls of Studio View to adjust these
settings as well. See STAFF CONTROLS.
• TempoTap. Studio View’s new TempoTap staff allows you to "conduct" your score by
tapping with a MIDI device or your computer keyboard. Your tempo is recorded and applied
to playback. The beat durations can also be edited to optimize accuracy while recording a
tempo. See TEMPOTAP.
• New Instrument List Controls. As part of Finale’s real-time playback enhancements you can
now audition real-time changes to volume, panning, and instruments with controls added to
the instrument list. See INSTRUMENT LIST WINDOW.
• Kontakt for Finale with Garritan Personal Orchestra. Assign GPO’s world class
instrument sounds to staves of a new document with the Setup Wizard. See GARRITAN
PERSONAL ORCHESTRA FINALE EDITION. Or, load GPO instruments for use with existing
staves using the KONTAKT PLAYER FOR FINALE WITH GPO.
• Ambience Reverb. Customize the room size, decay, and a collection other reverb settings that
allow you to control of the overall reverb effect of playback. See GARRITAN AMBIENCE
DIALOG BOX.
• Speedier Playback Processing. Without the need to prescan your music, a click on the Play
button initiates playback with almost no hesitation. Only Human Playback processing is
necessary (if HP is enabled).
• Export a measure region as a MIDI or Audio File with a new command in the Playback
Settings dialog box. TO EXPORT A MIDI FILE and TO EXPORT AN AUDIO FILE.
• More MIDI Channels. SmartMusic SoftSynth playback has been expanded from 16 to 128
channels. Now choose up to eight different MIDI Out devices. See MIDI SETUP DIALOG BOX.
• Assign Each Staff a Unique Channel automatically while setting up your score. See page 2
of the SETUP WIZARD.
• Spacebar-click Scrolling Playback. Finale now supports scrolling when you use the
spacebar-click method to start playback. See PLAYBACK.
• Start Playback Mid-Measure. Finale’s Playback Control interface now supports a more
robust counter, showing the measure, beat, and EDU. See PLAYBACK CONTROLS.
• Human Playback Improvements. Enhanced support for GPO and improved performance of
percussion rolls and trills are part of the new Human Playback. See HUMAN PLAYBACK.
• Enhanced Performance. Optimized drawing routines and memory handling now provide
faster screen redraw and expedited application startup. You’ve never been able to do so much
so fast!
• Copy and Paste Measure and Entry Items Simultaneously using Finale’s new Items to
Copy dialog box. You can now also choose any combination of items to clear. See ITEMS TO
COPY DIALOG BOX and ITEMS TO CLEAR DIALOG BOX.
• Automatically Insert a © Symbol. You can now insert a Copyright symbol automatically in
the Setup Wizard. See SETUP WIZARD.
• Embed Graphics in your Document. Graphics can now be embedded into Finale
documents. You no longer need to move graphic files independently when sharing Finale files
across computers. See GRAPHICS TOOL.
• Automatically Fit Music to a Printed Page using Finale’s new Fit to Page option in the
PRINT DIALOG BOX.
• Improved Scanning Recognition. Import grayscale TIFF images with SmartScore Lite. See
SCANNING.
• Composite Libraries. Save a collection of elements in the same library file for transfer to
other documents. See SAVE LIBRARY DIALOG BOX.
• Create Smart Shape Libraries. Now you can save the Custom Smart Shapes you created in
Finale’s Smart Line Designer dialog box in a library to open across documents. See SAVE
LIBRARY DIALOG BOX.
• More Instrument Choices. Choose from an expanded list of instrument staves, including a
new Orff Instruments category. See SETUP WIZARD.
• Key Signature Contextual Menu. While using the Key Signature Tool, simply right-click a
measure to choose from a list of several common key signatures. See KEY SIGNATURE TOOL.
• Mass Edit Contextual Menu. While using the Mass Edit Tool, simply right-click a measure
to choose from a list of Mass Edit Commands. See MASS EDIT TOOL.
• Textured Manuscript Background. You now have even more ways to customize Finale’s
work environment with a collection of textured manuscript paper backgounds. Easier on the
eyes after long hours. See Program Options-PALETTES AND BACKGROUNDS.
• More Control over Measure Numbering. It’s now easy to instruct Finale to skip a measure
in a measure number sequence. No complex Time Signature or Measure Tool adjustments
required - just uncheck Include in Measure Numbering. See MEASURE ATTRIBUTES DIALOG
BOX.
• Display in Concert Pitch Warning. If you choose to print parts for your brass quintet in
concert pitch, Finale now reminds you the music is not prepared for transposing instruments.
• Create a Bells Used Chart Automatically with the new Create Handbells Used Chart Plugin.
This plug-in scans your handbell score and generates a bells used chart based on the notes
found in the document. See CREATE HANDBELLS USED CHART PLUG-IN.
• Auto-generate Chord Symbols with the Chord Analysis Plug-in. This plug-in analyzes the
harmonic progression of a selected region of your score and adds chord symbols
automatically. See CHORD ANALYSIS PLUG-IN.
• All-Staff Analysis. Include notes from all staves of your score while adding chords using the
staff analysis method. See CHORD MENU.
• Easily Split Measures Across Systems or Create Dashed Barlines with the Split Measure
Plug-in. No measure number editing required. See SPLIT MEASURE PLUG-IN.
• Combine Measures and update measure numbering automatically using the Merge Measures
Plug-in. See MERGE MEASURES PLUG-IN.
• Easily Create Mid-measure Repeat Barlines with the Mid-Measure Repeats Plug-in. No
time signature or measure number editing necessary. This plug-in does it for you
automatically. See MID-MEASURE REPEATS PLUG-IN.
• Create Coda Systems Automatically with the Create Coda System Plug-in. Isolate a
separate coda system, generate coda markings, and even define a coda for playback with this
powerful plug-in. See CREATE CODA SYSTEM PLUG-IN.
• Place Slurs on Melismatic Passages Automatically with the Auto Slur Melismas Plug-in.
This plug-in can find multiple notes over a syllable and place slurs accordingly. See AUTO
SLUR MELISMAS PLUG-IN.
• Resize Noteheads of Specific Voices within Chords using the Resize Noteheads Plug-in. See
RESIZE NOTEHEADS PLUG-IN.
• Specify a Staff List for Generated Tempo Markings using the updated Create Tempo
Marking Plug-in. See CREATE TEMPO MARKING PLUG-IN.
• Create System Separation Marks Automatically with the Score System Divider Plug-in.
See SCORE SYSTEM DIVIDER PLUG-IN.
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