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Finale 2014.5 incorporates new features, bug fixes, and significant modernization of Finale code, including many Mac-specific updates resulting in performance improvements and full compatibility with Apple’s OS X El Capitan operating system. The file version remains the same as that used by Finale 2014 and 2014.5, using the.musx extension, and files saved in Finale v.25 can be opened by those earlier versions. Finale 2014 includes an option to save a file in Finale 2012 format, and of course includes MusicXML exporting and importing capability with a number of improvements.
You are here: What is. About Finale 2014.5 About Finale 2014.5 Finale 2014.5 is a free, incremental update to Finale 2014, but it's also much more. Finale 2014.5 includes wide-ranging fixes and improvements, as well as, including SmartMusic accompaniments with high-quality audio playback, a way to reorder multiple staves and groups at once, and improved audio support. Because Finale 2014.5 is such a substantial update, it installs on your computer as a separate version of Finale rather than updating the existing Finale 2014 application. To update to Finale 2014.5. If Finale 2014 is running on your computer, save your work and close Finaler 2014. Click the GET IT NOW button below to go to the download page.
If you are not already logged in to your MakeMusic account, under Existing Customers, enter your email address (or username) and password, and click LOG IN. The Finale 2014.5 installer download page appears. Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install Finale 2014.5.
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Finale is a powerful music notation software application that lets you express your creativity and love of music. Compose, arrange, notate, and print engraver-quality sheet music.
Finale is the world-wide industry standard in music notation software. Anywhere music appears on the printed page, Finale likely created those pages. Finale helps the choir to sing, the band to march, the students to learn, and the orchestra to raise the excitement level in the latest blockbuster movie. Part of what sets Finale apart is its unique ability to create anything on the printed page. Where other software offers paint-by-numbers solutions, Finale offers complete freedom and flexibility.
As a result, musicians around the world rely on Finale to create, edit, audition, print, and publish the widest variety of musical scores. Finale also offers breathtakingly realistic music playback, and more ways to share music with others. Twenty-five years in the making, Finale 2014 represents the latest evolution in music notation software, making Finale’s signature freedom and flexibility easy for everyone to use.