Finale 2009 SmartScore Lite Scanning Update
This free download updates the SmartScore Lite Scanning utility in Finale 2009. It adds support for triplet recognition and improves results when scanning polyphonic music.

Finale 2008b – Maintenance Update for Macintosh
Finale 2008b is a free, downloadable update available to registered Finale 2008 Macintosh users. It includes increased compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard (addressing an isolated freeze upon exit) and ensures that adjustments to Stem Line Thickness (defined in Document Options-Stems) are applied properly to exported EPS graphics.

Finale 2008b also contains the new features released with Finale 2008a:

• Compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard - Support for Macintosh OS 10.5 including Spotlight and Quick Look.
• Improvements to saving audio files with Garritan and other VST/AU sounds – Saving an audio file is no longer done in real-time. The process is now quicker on fast machines, and slower machines will produce better-sounding results.
• Further enhancements to cut/copy/paste – Copy stack items more intelligently when the destination document has a different number of staves, retaining tablature string alterations when copying and pasting, and more.
• Improved placement of lyrics hyphens, especially in tight spacing.
• Several improvements to FinaleScript, MIDI file tempo data, EPS graphics, ScoreMerger, Rebar Music, and more.

Finale 2008a – Maintenance Update for Windows
Finale 2008a is a free, downloadable update available to registered Finale 2008 Windows users.

What's New in Finale 2008a:

• Improvements to saving audio files with Garritan and other VST/AU sounds – Saving an audio file is no longer done in real-time. The process is now quicker on fast machines, and slower machines will produce better-sounding results.
• Further enhancements to cut/copy/paste – Copy stack items more intelligently when the destination document has a different number of staves, retaining tablature string alterations when copying and pasting, and more.
• Improved placement of lyrics hyphens, especially in tight spacing.
• Several improvements to FinaleScript, MIDI file tempo data, EPS graphics, ScoreMerger, Rebar Music, and more.

Updates to older versions of Finale can be found in our download library.