Human Playback
Your music deserves to be heard with all the feeling, phrasing,
and nuance you felt when you wrote it. Finale’s exclusive Human Playback plays your
music as you would want it to be performed, even if you enter your notes with a
mouse.
Listen to the difference:
Listen to this Finale excerpt with no Human Playback and
no SmartMusic® SoundFont (.mp3)
Now! Listen to the same excerpt using Finale’s Human Playback
and SmartMusic® SoundFont. (.mp3)
Your music sounds better with Human Playback
Beyond adding feeling and natural nuances automatically, Human Playback also interprets
any kind of musical elements right from the notation, including: crescendo/diminuendo
and sforzandi, accelerando / rallentando, fermatas, trills, tremolos, baroque and
jazz ornaments, guitar bends, slurs, rolled chords, glissandi, piano pedaling, harmonics,
pizzicato, mute, and others.
Perfect the performance with customizable instrument techniques, transportable preferences,
and expanded support for a wide variety of Garritan and other sounds.
- With dozens of playback techniques to choose from, Human Playback makes the most
of Garritan® and other popular instrument libraries.

- Compatible with the
Aria player and third party
VST/AU Instruments and Effects
- Edit and save your preferences for Human Playback. Create and merge multiple sets
of custom preferences and attach custom preferences to your Finale files.
- Expanded interface gives you complete control over playback effects, allowing smooth
and in-depth compatibility with a wide variety of sound libraries.

- Combine, retain, or overwrite existing MIDI data.
- Edit the output of Human Playback with Finale’s MIDI tool.
- Apply different Human Playback styles to specific regions of your piece.
- Jazz-specific techniques create the unique sound of live musicians.
- Custom settings let you specify reverb room types, marching band options, and more.
- Techniques for strings, woodwinds, brass, harp, timpani, and other instruments dramatically
improve playback.
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