“We do this to improve performance, maintain compatibility with future operating systems, and to set the stage for future improvements.” The focus for this release has been “streamlining and modernizing Finale’s codebase,” Mark said. Regular readers of that blog (or this one) therefore won’t be surprised at what’s included. A free 30-day trial is available.įor months, in a departure from the usual secrecy around upgrades, MakeMusic has been sharing details of the new Finale on their official blog.
PrintMusic users wishing to trade-up to Finale can do so for $400.
A competitive upgrade is available $149 for users of Sibelius, Notion, Encore, Score, or Overture. Existing customers will pay $149 for upgrades from previous versions of Finale. Similar to past major upgrades, the price for new customers is $600 retail and $350 with valid academic or worship credentials. In doing away version numbers by year, as had been the custom since the 1990s, MakeMusic has committed to “release more incremental versions, as we did with Finale 2014.5, which add new functionality (not just bug fixes) without charge to our current customers,” according to notation product manager and senior editor Mark Adler.įinale v.25 does come with a price tag, however. Making good on a promise to release an upgrade this summer, today MakeMusic released the latest version of Finale, its 25th in the history of the notation software. Visit the Scoring Notes Product Guide to read about the latest updates to Finale. Note: This post about Finale 25 is from August 2016.