Make Music Finale jest dostępne w czterech wersjach: Finale, PrintMusic, SongWriter oraz darmowa wersja NotePad. Poniżej prezentujemy porównanie poszczególnych edycji:
| Wersja programu | Finale | PrintMusic | SongWriter | NotePad |
| Composing and Arranging Time Savers | 26 | 2014 | 2012 | 2012 |
| Windows® | XP/Vista/Windows 7, 8, and 10 (64-bit compatible) | Vista/Windows 7/ Windows 8 (64-bit compatible) | XP/Vista/windows 7 (64-bit compatible) | XP/Vista/Windows 7 (64-bit compatible) |
| Mac OS® X | 10.7 – 10.11 | 10.7 – 10.9 | 10.5 – 10.7 | 10.5 – 10.7 |
| Mac® Cocoa® Support | T | T | ||
| Share files between Mac and Windows platforms | T | T | T | T |
| Number of Authorized installations | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Backwards compatibility with Finale 2012 | T | T | ||
| Backwards compatibility using MusicXML! Import and Export | T | T | T | T |
| Use free Finale SongBook! iPad app to view, play, and print Finale family notation files | T | T | T | T |
| Getting Started | ||||
| Free technical support | T | T | T | T |
| Comprehensive, cross-referenced documentation | T | T | T | T |
| QuickStart Videos that demonstrate common tasks | T | T | T | |
| Quick Reference Guide provides instant access to common keystrok | T | T | T | |
| User Manual with integrated video | T | T | ||
| On screen Message Bar identifies tools and their uses | T | T | T | T |
| Auto-Detect MIDI Device makes setup easy | T | T | T | T |
| Instrument „Set-up Wizard” provides easy score set-up with full page layout and instrument transposition | T | T | Limited | Limited |
| Open same or previous version Finale”, Allegro, PrintMusic, and NotePad files, retaining all data and settings | T | T | T | T |
| Number of Staves available | Unlimited | 24 | 8 | 8 |
| Number of Staff Lines available (all with TAB staffs available) | 0-100 | 1,5 | 5 | 5 |
| Pre-designed templates | T | T | T | |
| Included music fonts: Broadway Copyist, Engraver, Finale AlphaNotes, Finale Copyist, Finale L | T | All but AlphaNotes, | T | |
| Numerics, Finale Percussion, Jazz, Maestro, Maestro Wide, Petrucci, and | T | Copyist and Numerics | Maestro Only | Maestro Only |
| Unicode font support, providing access to any font character (and in any language) | T | T | T | T |
| Entering Notes | ||||
| Use a palette to click notes, accidentals and rests onto the staff | T | T | T | T |
| Enter pitches and rhythmic values using a mouse or MIDI Instrument | T | T | T | T |
| Enter rhythmic values with the numeric keypad | T | T | T | T |
| Import standard MIDI files | T | T | T | T |
| Input notes and rhythms in real time | T | T | T | Step only |
| Enter rhythmic values from a double-whole note to a 128th note | T | T | Whole to 32nd | Whole to 32nd |
| Enter pitches with the arrow or letter keys | T | T | T | |
| Notate with a MIDI instrument using a provided beat/metronome | T | T | T | |
| Re-position notes with the arrow keys | T | T | T | |
| Scan existing sheet music with FREE SmartScoreTM Lite software by Musitek (included) | T | T | ||
| Convert SmartScore and MidiScan® scanned music files into Finale notation files | T | T | ||
| Open SharpEye scanning files via MusicXML (SharpEye is Windows only) | T | T | ||
| Enter notation in real time with the HyperScribe tool. Speed up or slow down tempo during notation. | T | |||
| Specify instrumentation while scanning, producing correctly transposed playback | T | |||
| Enter rhythmic values from a MIDI keyboard | T | |||
| Adding Markings, Lyrics, and more | ||||
| Individual score elements display in different colors for easy distinction | T | T | T | T |
| Dockable palettes provide an uncluttered workspace | T | T | T | T |
| Use a Smart Shape palette to place hairpins, lines, and other shapes onto the score | T | T | T | T |
| Create and position titles, credits, copyright notices and other text | T | T | T | T |
| Control font, size, style and alignment | T | T | T | T |
| Automatically align lyrics with notes | T | T | T | T |
| Automatically avoid collisions of lyrics when re-spacing notes | T | T | T | T |
| Enter notes directly in TAB staves | T | T | T | T |
| Copy/paste between normal notation and TAB staves | T | T | T | T |
| Type lyrics directly onto the score | Unlimited verses | Unlimited verses | Unlimited verses | one only verse |
| Automatic guitar tablature | T | Standard guitar & bass only | Standard guitar & bass only | Standard guitar & bass only |
| Automatically notate percussion staves that playback without extra configuration | T | T | T | T |
| Enter dynamics and tempo markings | T | T | T | Limited dynamics |
| Enter chord symbols by typing in their names or by playing them with a MIDI keyboard | T | T | T | |
| Add repeats that automatically playback | T | T | T | |
| Automatically create separate coda systems | T | T | T | |
| Center or left align chord symbols | Center | Center | ||
| Create and edit your own chord symbols, including alternate bass indication | T | Limited | Limited | |
| Add rehearsal marks and measure numbers, then emphasize them with ovals or rectangles | T | Limited | Limited | |
| Move lyrics, chords, expressions, titles, text blocks and other elements | T | T | Limited | |
| Place large blocks of text with a built-in text editor | T | T | T | |
| Instant word extensions and hyphens automatically wrap to the next staff-system | T | T | T | |
| Play chords on a MIDI instrument for automatic analysis and naming | T | T | T | |
| Positioning guides for accurate placement of chord symbols | T | T | T | |
| Notate TAB as you play a MIDI guitar | T | T | T | |
| Automatically add guitar fretboards | T | T | T | |
| Automatically transpose chord symbols with changes in key | T | T | T | |
| Adjust ties, slurs, crescendos and diminuendos | T | T | T | |
| Mix fonts, font sizes and styles (English, Nashville, Roman, German, etc.) within chord symbols | T | Standard, Roman & German | Standard & German | |
| Change or delete notes without changing your chords | T | T | T | |
| Show only the tools you need or display all tools | T | T | ||
| Independently specify the alignment, position and font for any staff name | T | Limited | ||
| Create word extensions | T | T | ||
| Shift lyrics right or left by syllables | T | |||
| Hide signatures and accidentals on individual staves | T | |||
| Create lyrics all at once and click onto the score one syllable or verse at a time | T | |||
| Mix fonts, sizes and styles | T | |||
| Analyze chords from notation across one or two staves | T | |||
| Customize fretboard diagrams that transpose intelligently | T | |||
| Adding Markings, Lyrics, and more – Continued | ||||
| Notate bends, stair steps, double bends, pull-offs, hammer-ons and releases | T | |||
| Control the exact placement of each part of a beat | T | |||
| Hide key and time signatures when desired | T | |||
| Create chord-only charts | T | |||
| Create and edit text blocks on any view | T | |||
| Create custom TAB styles | T | |||
| Create „cue measures” using the Ossia toolSpecify tempo changes using the Tempo Tool | T | |||
| Support for: mezzo-soprano, baritone C, treble 8va, bass 8va, french violin, alternative percussion, blank clef | T | |||
| Define custom clefs | T | |||
| Place multiple clefs within measures | T | |||
| Flow text into and around irregularly-shaped graphics | T | |||
| Align and justify lyrics either globally or syllable by syllable | T | |||
| Create custom staves | T | |||
| Create custom articulations | T | |||
| Create flat beams | ||||
| Hide/show ledger lines | T | |||
| Save time on repetitive tasks with the Add Again metatool | T | |||
| Editing Tools | ||||
| Select any group of notes for editing, including partial measures | T | T | Full measures | Full measures |
| View each window in any fashion desired (page or scroll view, magnification, and measure location) | T | T | Limited | Limited |
| Resize view from 5% to 1000% | T | T | Limited | Limited |
| Size and position tool palettes to fit the way you work | T | T | T | T |
| Cut, copy and paste text | T | T | T | T |
| Cut, copy and paste between windows | T | T | T | T |
| Reposition any symbol, character, graphic or text anywhere on the page simply by dragging it | T | T | T | T |
| Multiple Undo even past the last “Save” | T | T | T | T |
| Apply „smart articulations” with automatic positioning and stem direction sensitivity | T | T | T | |
| Drag and drop dynamics and tempo markings | T | T | T | |
| Respace notes to automatically avoid collisions of lyrics | T | T | ||
| Quickly manipulate any item using the Selection tool | T | T | ||
| Simultaneously view and edit multiple pages | T | |||
| Instrument doubling made easy | T | |||
| Hearing Your Music | ||||
| Play your score through a MIDI instrument, sound module, sound card or internal computer speaker | T | T | T | T |
| SmartMusic® SoundFont – 128 sounds included free | T | T | T | T |
| Human Playback® plays feeling, phrasing and nuance in a variety of styles | Customization & regional selection also available | Standard style only | Standard style only | Standard style only |
| Play back repeats, dynamics, tempo changes and chord symbols | T | Limited | Limited | |
| Play a note, chord, phrase, selected staves or an entire score | T | T | T | |
| Define playback sounds of each staff, layer of music and/or chord symbols | T | T | T | |
| Assign a MIDI channel or patch, and play/solo/mute setting for each staff | T | T | T | |
| Map multiple staves to the same instrument sound | T | T | T | |
| Row-Loff marching percussion sounds included | T | |||
| Play back as you played it – retaining your original MIDI performance including key velocity, pitch bend, rubato, and more | T | |||
| Program the percent of „swing feel” for playback | T | |||
| Percussion staves automatically plays back without extra configuration | T | T | T | T |
| Integrated Garritan® Aria PlayerTM with Ambience Reverb | T | |||
| More than 425 world-class Garritan instrument sounds for realistic playback | T | |||
| More than 100 concert and marching percussion sounds from TapspaceTM Virtual DrumlineTM | T | T | ||
| External sound library support (VST/AU instruments and effects) | T | |||
| Boomwhackers® tuned percussion tube sounds | T | |||
| Define/control playback of interpretive marks, text and shapes | T | |||
| Define your own scales and micro tonality | T | |||
| Assign a playback effect to any graphic | T | |||
| Control all aspects of playback, in one place, with the ScoreManager® | T | T | T | T |
| Sharing your Music | ||||
| Use free Finale SongBook iPad app to view, play, and print Finale family notation files | T | T | T | T |
| Print professional quality sheet-music | T | T | T | T |
| Open files created by same or earlier product version | T | T | T | T |
| Backwards compatibility with Finale 2012 | T | T | ||
| Export MIDI and MusicXML files | T | T | T | T |
| Save as Audio File to create CDs ( MP3, WAV, AIF) | T | T | T | |
| Export your score or a section of your score as a graphic files | Full page or section. PDF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, EPS, PICT (Mac only) | Full page or section. PDF and JPEG Only | ||
| Educator Tools | ||||
| Create custom worksheets or quizzes by exporting music into word processing programs | Full page or section. PDF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, EPS, PICT (Mac only) | Full page or section. JPEG Only | ||
| Exercise Wizard instantly creates materials for an entire ensemble | T | |||
| Orff Instruments in Set-up Wizard | T | |||
| Create SmartMusic accompaniments (SmartMusic use requires a subscription) | T | |||
| Ready-made, customizable music education worksheets included | More than 1,500 | More than 50 | More than 40 | |
| Includes solfege, instant tonic sol-fa conversion plus popular band, orchestra, choral and church music templates | T | |||
| Colored noteheads | T | |||
| Finale AlphaNotes font puts note names inside noteheads, benefiting beginning readers | T | |||
| Finale Numerics font makes it easy to type in Roman numeral or harmonic analysis | T | |||
| Composing and Arranging Time Savers | ||||
| Define up to four layers of music per staff with two independent voices per layer | T | 4 layers only | 4 layers only | 4 layers only |
| Number of staff lines per staff from 0 to 100 | T | 1 or 5 lines (plus tablature) | 5 lines (plus tablature) | |
| Create any multiple of staves and measures up to 32,768 | T | 24 stave limit | 8 stave limit | 8 stave limit |
| Use standard or non-standard key signatures | T | Standard only | Standard only | Standard only |
| Automatically avoid collisions of mid-score and mid-measure clefs, 2nds, and unisons when using layers | T | Layers, 2nds, and unisons | Layers, 2nds, and unisons | Layers, 2nds, and unisons |
| Play any range of measures at a specified tempo with on-screen Playback Controls | T | T | T | T |
| Set-up Wizard automatically assigns General MIDI patches and channels | T | T | T | T |
| Easily set up key and time signatures using the Set-up Wizard | T | T | T | T |
| Automatic final barline | T | T | T | T |
| View a score in either scroll view (continuous staff) or page view | T | T | Page View only | Page View only |
| Scroll music on-screen during playback in page or scroll view | T | T | Page View only | Page View only |
| Band-in-a-Box Auto Harmonizing automatrically adds two to six-part harmonies of selected styles | T | Page View only | Page View only | |
| Drum Groove creates custom drum parts instantly | T | T | T | |
| Control the distance between a staff system and the staff system above | T | T | Limited | |
| Enter an unlimited number of notes per measure | T | T | T | |
| Control stem direction individually | T | T | T | |
| Control the number of measures in each staff system | T | T | T | |
| Transpose using chromatic, diatonic, enharmonic or modal methods | T | T | T | |
| Transpose, rebar, or rebeam music with single commands | T | T | Transpose | |
| Instantly switch views between the score and individually linked parts | T | T | ||
| Use on-screen rulers to position score elements | T | |||
| Add graphic repeat signs and text repeat markings | T | T | ||
| Reduce a score, page, staff system, note group or single note down to 5%, or enlarge it up to 999% | T | T | ||
| Extract individual parts from a score, with separate page layout control for each part | T | T | ||
| Adjust measure widths | T | T | ||
| Choose from over 30 pre-designed score templates to help you quickly prepare professional scores | T | T | ||
| Optimize” the conductor's score by hiding empty staves | T | T | ||
| Automatic on-screen range checking | T | T | ||
| Create mid-measure clefs | T | T | ||
| Save multiple MIDI/instrument setups | T | T | ||
| Re-quantize any notes in any region entered from any note entry method | T | |||
| Protect scores with automatic backup | T | |||
| Capture music as you play, then convert to notation later Record one „track” while playing back others | T | |||
| Define your own noteheads; change the shape of any notehead | T | |||
| Specify separate time signatures for display and beaming control | T | |||
| Use different time and key signatures in each staff | T | |||
| Latin percussion rhythms included | T | |||
| Explode” scores to create instant orchestrations | T | |||
| Implode” scores to create instant piano reductions | T | |||
| Add Cue Notes – easily place cue notes on any staves in any layer at any percentage | T | |||
| Align/Move Dynamics – vertically align all selected dynamics, expressions and hairpins | T | |||
| Automatic Barlines – place double-barlines automatically before all key changes and a final barline at the end ofAutomatic Barlines – place double-barlines automatically before all key changes and a final barline at the end of the score | T | |||
| Automatic Dynamics Placement – automatically places dynamics on the score based on MIDI key velocity | T | |||
| Canonic Utilities – transforms the selected region using inversion, retrograde, transposition or any combination of these | T | |||
| Cautionary Accidentals – allows various forms of cautionary accidentals added to your score including display on all notes | T | |||
| Change Fonts – Change fonts globally for text blocks, staff names, group names and lyrics | T | |||
| Change Stem Direction – changes the stem direction of notes on the middle staff line to follow the direction of the melodic line | T | |||
| Change to Default Whole Rests – allows you to change all the whole measure rests in the selected region to default rests | T | |||
| Change to Real Whole Rests – allows you to change all the default measure rests in the selected region to real whole rests | T | |||
| Check Range – verifies the selected instruments range with setting for beginner, intermediate and advanced players | T | |||
| Check Region for Durations – checks the selected region for any measures that have too few or too many beats | T | |||
| Chord Morphing – generates a variety of smooth between-chord transitions | T | |||
| Chord Realization – generates four-part realizations of a triad based on major key and scale degree specified | T | |||
| Chord Reordering – finds new placement options for chords | T | |||
| Chord Splitting – creates subsets of the original chord | T | |||
| Classic Eighth Beams – beam eighth notes together when using common time over the selected region | T | |||
| Clear Lyric Positioning – will reset any changes you’ve made to your lyric baselines in the selected region | T | |||
| Clear Measure # Positioning – clears all measure number positioning in the selected region and sets it to the default position | T | |||
| Common Tone Transposition – creates a series of transpositions where one note is equal to one note of the original chord | T | |||
| Easy Harmonics – string harmonics fast and easy | T | |||
| Easy Tremolos – create tremolos for display and playback | T | |||
| Find Range – Run this plug-in to find the highest and lowest notes in the selected region | T | |||
| Frequency Modulation Chord Generator – generates a series of chords with increasing complexity and texture | T | |||
| Global Staff/Group Attributes – Apply the same staff or group attributes to any staves or groups | T | |||
| Handbells Used Chart – instantly creates a chart based on note usage | T | |||
| Latin Percussion – automatically adds pre-created Latin percussion grooves in a variety of styles | T | |||
| Melodic Morphing – creates a melodic transition from one melody to another | T | |||
| Menu Shortcuts – write your own script to automate common tasks | T | |||
| Midline Stem Direction – changes the stem direction of notes on the middle staff line to follow the direction of melodic line | T | |||
| Mid-Measure Repeats – automates the process of creating repeats in the middle of a measure | T | |||
| Move Rests – lets you move rests in the selected region to a different vertical position | T | |||
| Number Repeated Measures – Place numbers over measures that are repeated again and again | T | |||
| Piano Reduction – creates a piano reduction of the selected staves | T | |||
| Rhythmic Subdivisions – Change the selected region to eighth notes, or divide all your notes in half | T | |||
| Single Pitch – changes all the notes in your selected region to the specified pitch | T | |||
| Smart Playback – adds a playback effect to glissandi, hairpins and trills | T | |||
| Space Systems – automatically positions your staff systems evenly on each page | T | |||
| Split Point – lets you reset the split point between two staves in the selected region | T | |||
| Tie Common Notes – inserts a tie between any two successive notes if the notes have the same pitch | T | |||
| Update Brackets & Groups | T | |||
| Vertical Collision Remover | T | |||
| Virtual Fundamental Generator – automatically gives the appropriate “root” for any selected group of staves | T | |||
| Voice 2 to Layer – moves Voice 2 entries to the selected layer | T | |||
| Word Extensions – add or remove word extensions to and from your lyrics | T | |||
| Split Point – lets you reset the split point between two staves in the selected region | T | |||
| Composing and Arranging Time Savers – Continued | ||||
| Tie Common Notes – inserts a tie between any two successive notes if the notes have the same pitch | T | |||
| Update Brackets & Groups | T | |||
| Vertical Collision Remover | T | |||
| Virtual Fundamental Generator – automatically gives the appropriate “root” for any selected group of staves | T | |||
| Voice 2 to Layer – moves Voice 2 entries to the selected layer | T | |||
| Word Extensions – add or remove word extensions to and from your lyrics | T | |||
| Features for Production/Sequencing | ||||
| Quantize before or after opening | T | Before only | Before only | Before only |
| Import MIDI data | T | T | T | T |
| Read and write standard MIDI files | T | T | T | T |
| Import and export XML files, such as SharpEye scanning files | T | T | T | T |
| Notate while playing back other staves – sequencing | T | T | T | |
| Record and play with a resolution of 1024 pulses per quarter note | T | T | T | |
| “Minimize Rests” give notes full value even if played too short so that unwanted rests never appear | T | T | T | |
| Key sequencer features provided, including an integrated mixer | T | Mixer only | Mixer only | |
| MIDI Tool offering full MIDI editing | T | |||
| Edit individual MIDI events in a graphic window | T | |||
| Define two sets of 16 MIDI channels and up to 64 instruments | T | |||
| Record an audio track or import an audio file | ||||
| TempoTap” – lets you create tempo nuances by tapping your finger | T | |||
| Movie Window – allows you to import a video and play it in sync with your music as you compose or playback | T | |||
| Insert and display time code | T | |||
| Finishing Touches | ||||
| Create pages up to 118 miles by 118 miles (large pages can be „tiled”) | T | T | 11×17 limit | 11×17 limit |
| Print on virtually all Postscript or non-Postscript printers | T | T | T | T |
| Page Layout Controls | T | T | T | |
| Control the layout of individual staff systems and page margins | T | T | T | |
| Indent staff systems and adjust systems horizontally or vertically | T | T | T | |
| Reduce or enlarge a score | T | T | ||
| Color Printing, if desired, of Layers, Smart Shapes, Score and Staff expressions, Articulations, Text and Lyrics and Chords | T | T | ||
| Convert TIFF files of scanned sheet music into notation | T | T | ||
| Import graphics like logos and pictures | PDF, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, EPS, PICT (Mac only). Embedded or linked graphics | Embedded JPEG and PDF only | ||
| Choose from a variety of Document Styles as well as create your own | T | Provided styles only | ||
| Hide staves that contain music for unseen playback effects | T | |||
| Use the Shape Designer to draw your own musical images, symbols and graphics | T | |||
| Create lines, ovals, rectangles, polygons and curves. Control line thickness, fills, object grouping and more | T | |||
| Control curve resolution and thickness on non-Postscript printers | T | |||
| On-score page layout with snap-to-grid and guidelines for easy, exact alignment of all score elements | T | |||
| Set or clear page breaks at any staff system | T | |||
| Compile Postscript listings for efficient downloading and printing on systems without Finale installed | T | |||
| Create Non-standard key signatures | T | |||
| Support for third pary music fonts | T | |||
| Cross-staff beaming and detailed deletes with the NoteMover Tool | T | |||
| Choose whether or not to slash flagged grace notes | T |