Template files now have the file extension. Please note that this feature affects document templates as well. Unfortunately, it's also a feature that is impossible to fully test until a subsequent version of Finale is released. And I also guess that considerable development time and effort has been spent on the design and implementation of the new file format feature. I guess the chief architect for this new file format is Michael Good (the original designer of MusicXML), who must be considered as one of the leading experts in the world regarding music notation file formats. (Such bug fixes weren't possible in the old legacy file formats.) mus) are now "legacy file formats".įile-related bug fixes in maintenance releases are other tasks that the new file format should make possible. The restriction of the new file format is that it'll not convert document features specifically added to future Finale versions. In other words, Finale 2014 should be able to read files from all future Finale versions directly.
New File Formatįinale 2014 uses a completely new version-independent file format, which is promised to be cross-compatible with all future versions of Finale. Some additional information on this can be found below, in the section regarding the Cocoa user interface on the Mac. However, a benefit is that all old legacy Finale plug-ins still work in Finale 2014.
The drawback of this is that you still can't use 64-bit VST libraries without using a bridge solution. (It still runs on 64-bit operating systems though, like previous Finale versions.) I should mention what Finale 2014 is NOT: Finale 2014 isn't 64-bit - it still runs in 32-bit mode only. The icons look a bit different than in earlier versions.but before I begin. Finale's treatment of accidentals is slightly different compared to previous Finale versions. Measure-attached smartshapes work differently compared to earlier versions. Do I have to "re-learn" something to use Finale 2014? Anchored Hairpins and Measure-attached Smartshapes.However, since the changes to the Mac version are numerous in this version, so I'll try to cover that separately as well. Please note that this review is mainly based on the Windows version of Finale 2014.
It also contains a number of tips regarding the use of Finale 2014. With this review, I'm trying to give you an in-depth discussion of the new features in Finale 2014 (compared to Finale 2012). Finale 2014 - A Review By Jari Williamsson, NOVEMBER 04, 2013
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