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 insures 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 - Copying 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 Finale Script, 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 - Copying 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 Finale Script, MIDI file tempo data, EPS graphics, ScoreMerger, Rebar Music, and more.

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