Finale 2007 Academic Edition

Finale 2007 offers powerful composition and score writing tools combined with robust productivity features and incredible speed. All of the amazing features that have made Finale a powerhouse composition tool are included in the 2007 version. You also get fresh features that make notation easier than ever.

Notation options include traditional point-and-click entry, MIDI input, a unique and easy-to-use computer keyboard entry system and Finale can now notate brass or woodwind instruments by microphone input. Once your masterpiece has been entered into Finale, the 2007 version includes more than 100 sounds from the Garritan Personal Orchestra sample library for amazing playback of your orchestral scores.

Special upgraded features for Finale 2007 include linked parts, video support, Mac Intel support”Universal Binary (plus other Macintosh enhancements), latin percussion sounds, integrated KONTAKT Player 2, improved Human Playback mode, Quick Change features with easy update for brackets and groups, a vertical collision remover, updated playback controls, improved pickup measures, cross-staff augmentation dots, and enharmonic spelling in chromatically transposed staves.

Linked parts
Managing a score and individual parts is effortless with Finale 2007. Create a score and Finale generates and formats all the parts automatically. Change something in a part and Finale updates the score simultaneously. This tremendous time-saver is yours when you upgrade today.

Video support
Write for video and film with seamlessly integrated video support. Finale 2007 streamlines the technology so you can focus on the art. Finale is the first choice of music professionals in the film and television industry. Recent soundtracks prepared with Finale include The DaVinci Code, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Million Dollar Baby, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Finding Neverland.

Improved Human Playback
Playback with the nuance of live performers”that's what you get with Finale's Human Playback, now enhanced and improved for 2007. Perfect the performance with customizable instrument techniques, transportable preferences, and expanded support for a wide variety of Garritan and Native Instruments sounds.

Quick change
Easily change expressions and articulations”while retaining positioning”with simple keystrokes. Change one or several at once. You can also change multiple brackets and groups simultaneously, even on previously optimized scores.

Vertical Collision Remover
Easily adjust white space between staves, systems, and instrument groups.

Improved Pickup Measures
Pickup measures now include improved tuplet compatibility:
Entering extra notes for tuplets or grace notes in pickup measures has been simplified.
Pickup measures have been perfected in extracted and linked parts.
Pickup measures are now fully compatible with staff styles.
Additional improvements to copying, pasting, and inserting pickup measures and partial measures.