New Features in Finale 2007
* Linked Parts. Content from the score is now intelligently
linked to parts so editing the score and part documents separately is
no longer required. Print parts directly from your main project
file.
* Intel-Based Mac Support. As a Universal Binary Application,
Finale 2007 runs natively on speedy new Intel-based Macs.
* Performance Enhancements. Finale is faster than ever with
speed improvements to Mass Edit, page navigation, and redraw.
* Latin Percussion plug-in. Use this plug-in to automatically
create authentic Latin Percussion rhythm section notation, with a
variety of styles to choose from.
* Latin Percussion Sounds. You can now make your Latin rhythms
sound as good as they look. SMPTE/MIDI Time Code Support. Use MTC to
synchronize Finale with the integrated Movie Window or another
MTC-compatible device.
* Integrated On-screen Video. Use Finale's built-in Movie
Window to write to picture. No external software required.
* Fit to Time. Instantly assign a duration for any region of
music. Finale modifies the tempo to fit the music to the time
specified.
* Playback Counter. Finale's Playback Controls now include a
counter that displays SMPTE MIDI Time Code during playback (hours,
minutes, seconds, and frames).
* Time Markers. A new Measure Number Style allows you to view
the elapsed time at any measure.
* Change Expressions Quickly. Simple key commands can now be
used to change the _expression_ definition directly from the
score.
* Intelligent Articulation Positioning. Finale can now
automatically flip articulations to the appropriate side of the staff
as stems flip during the addition or removal of layers. Use the Auto
Note/Stem Side setting in the Articulation Designer dialog box.
* Multimeasure Rests Now Update Automatically when a note is
added in Scroll or Studio View to a measure within a multimeasure rest
region.
* Vertical Collision Remover. Automatically reformat the
vertical positioning of staves, systems, and instrument groups to
avoid collision of notes, articulations, smart shapes and other
items.
* Human Playback Improvements. The Human Playback Preferences
dialog box now includes specific "techniques" designed to
give you a completely customizable Human Playback environment.
Techniques also allow Human Playback to make the most of multiple
sound libraries used in the same document.
* KONTAKT Player 2 for Finale. The new Kontakt Player 2 allows
you to load up to 64 instruments and channels at once. Also, benefit
from optimized sample management, DFD disk streaming, and more.
* More Control of Groups and Brackets. Groups and brackets can
now be edited en mass after a score has been optimized. Hide Chords,
Fretboards, and Lyrics on Individual Staves. Or, hide them on a region
of a staff with Staff Styles.
* Horizontal and Vertical Scroll Wheel Support. Navigating your
score is easier than ever with the addition of scroll wheel support,
including support for Apple's Mighty Mouse.
* New QuickStart Videos. Finale's QuickStart Videos have been
updated with a new look and additional content to get you up and
running even faster.
Fixes in Finale 2007
Document Options
* Dotted double whole pickup measures can now be edited
properly with Speedy Entry and Simple Entry.
* Entering 13 in resolution for curses in Documention
Options-Lines and Curves in a file with a bracket present no longer
crashes Finale.
* It is no longer possible to select a pickup measure larger
than the time signature.
File Menu
* If a pickup measure in a score contains a tuplet, the part
will no longer extract with the first note of the tuplet
missing.
Graphics Tool
* When a blank page is inserted before a page with a graphic on
it, the graphic no longer gets attached to the blank page.
Lyrics Tool
* Files converted from 2005 across platform no longer have
incorrect lyric baselines.
Mass Edit Tool
* With Select Partial Measures selected, music within a pickup
measure can now be copied.
* Altered Smart Shapes will no longer delete other Smart Shapes
when drag-copied across staves vertically.
MIDI Menu
* Finale no longer sends sync messages through
inter-application MIDI when "Send MIDI Sync" is unchecked.
MIDI Tool
* Edit Tempo now allows editing of partial measures.
Music XML
* Chord symbols in MusicXML documents are now always imported,
creating chord suffix and playback definitions as needed.
* Chord symbols that the MusicXML exporter does not recognize
are now exported as text.
* Smart word extensions now export more accurately.
* Symbols in the default music font will now export even for
unrecognized fonts. The exporter assumes basic compatibility with
Finale's standard fonts.
* Staves with chromatic transposition are now exported
correctly.
* Imported page sizes are corrected for round-off errors to
avoid the use of custom page sizes.
Note Mover Tool
* Dotted notes on staff or ledger lines now move cross-staff
properly. (The dot no longer collides with the line).
Page Layout
* The dialog box "Optimize Staves" has been renamed
"Staff System Optimization" for consistence between platforms.
Playback
* The metronome countoff now observes tempo expressions, and
uses the _expression_'s tempo for the countoff accordingly (instead of
the tempo set in the playback controls).
* The playback region is now respected in saved audio and MIDI
files.
Plug-ins Human Playback
* Human Playback now interprets slurs that connect notes of
different layers.
* Glissandos leading to trilled notes now playback.
* Tremolos coming off a glissando now playback.
* Apply Human Playback applies the selected playback style to
the end of the file starting with the first selected measures, not
just to the highlighted measures.
* If a group of notes that are staccato are also slurred, the
last note is no now interpreted properly.
* A rolled note that starts with a grace note (flam) is now
interpreted properly.
Printing
* Print Display Colors now works properly for the first print
job.
Simple Entry Tool
* Pick-up measures will now allow extra notes (i.e. for tuplets
or grace notes).
Smart Shape Tool
* When viewing two windows of the same document, deleting a
Smart Shape in one window now deletes it in the other (a redraw is no
longer required).
Staff Tool
* When using Chromatic transposition, changes in the enharmonic
spelling now consider the chromatically transposed part.
Studio View
* If a staff name has 129 or more characters, Finale will no
longer crash when switching to studio view.
Tempo Tool
* The Tempo Tool now allows more than 64 Tempo changes per
measure, which allows exacting tempo changes.
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-Randolph Peters
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