What is Finale 2000?

Among the many music-notation programs available, Finale has retained a loyal following by offering a multitude of high-end tools and capabilities that are simply not available in most other notation programs. While plenty of competing applications may be easier to learn, they usually fall short in a number of important areas—like font handling, note and symbol placement, and page layout options—that truly define a professional, publishing-level notation program. Although the market is filled with capable notation programs that do a fine job of creating simple scores, few rival the power and flexibility of Finale. To experienced Finale users, the new Finale 2000 at first will not feel much different than the previous version. There are, however, some significant changes and additions that help increase efficiency and user friendliness. The upgrade has added several new Tool palettes and merged a few older Tools. In addition, it has relocated some submenus and commands, which provides a better-organized work environment. The program also includes new plug-ins, and its new Setup Wizard makes it much easier than before to create a basic score layout from scratch. 

Moreover, the upgrade features a completely new default music font, called Maestro. The font adheres more closely to long-established European traditions of notation layout, spacing, and appearance. Finale 2000 also includes the excellent Jazz font—one of my absolute favorites—for creating parts with the look of handwritten notation. If you held off on upgrading because you felt Finale 98 didn’t offer enough significant changes to justify leaving Finale 97, it’s time to reconsider. This time around, making the change is well worth it.

Shrock, Rob. (February 2000). CODA Finale 2000. Electronic Musician. (Article reprint without page numbers).

Download Finale 2000 for Mac

Architecture

IBM PowerPC

System Requirements

From Mac OS 7.1

Compatibility notes

Minimum Requirements

• System 7.1
• 8 MB RAM
• 20 MB hard disk available
• CD-ROM drive

Emulating this? It could probably run under: SheepShaver