Automating Finale for Windows
A frequent question for Windows users of Finale is if there is any equivalent to Keyboard Maestro, the popular macro utility for MacOS. Unfortunately the answer is no: There is…
Finale 27 – Symbol Select for expressions, Smart Lines, and more
Finale 27 introduced a powerful new feature that is easy to overlook, especially since MakeMusic hasn’t mentioned it in any of their marketing materials. In almost every place you can…
Dorico: Editing recorded scripts
I have been spending a lot of time lately working in the JW Lua plug-in for Finale (here’s a shameless plug for the JetStream Finale Controller), but I have also…
Finale: A simple trick for misbehaving measure number regions
I was just working as a proofreader on a recording project, and the cue I was looking at was supposed to start with measure 6. I noticed that it was…
Finale concert scores @ written pitch : Using nonstandard key signatures
This post builds on concepts presented in these previous tutorials: Concert Pitch, Transposing and Octave-Displaced Instruments: A Prelude Octave-Displaced Staves in Concert Scores with Transposed Parts in Finale Finale’s Clef…
Finale: Tricks with “Specify Voicing” in Managed Parts
The Specify Voicing feature in Finale’s Managed Parts can be a powerful timesaver once you come to terms with its quirks and limitations. Specify Voicing gives you options for splitting…
