MakeMusic announces the end of Finale development, and offers exclusive crossgrade discount on Dorico Pro.
August 26, 2024—Louisville, CO

 

MakeMusic, a leading music technology company renowned for its innovative music education and notation solutions, has announced it will be sunsetting its flagship music notation software Finale, Finale PrintMusic, and Finale Notepad. To ensure that Finale users continue to have access to the most advanced and efficient tools available, MakeMusic has partnered with Steinberg, the creators of Dorico, to offer an exclusive discount on Dorico Pro. 

The following changes take effect immediately:

  • There will be no further updates to Finale, or any of its associated tools (PrintMusic, Songwriter, Notepad)
  • It is no longer possible to purchase or upgrade Finale in the MakeMusic eStore
  • Finale will continue to work on devices where it is currently installed (barring OS changes)

Authorization of Finale on new devices remains available for the time being and technical support for Finale v27 will remain active until August 26, 2025. Additionally, a free upgrade to Finale v27 is available for Finale users that purchase the Dorico Pro crossgrade.

35 years ago, Coda Music Technologies, now MakeMusic, released the first version of Finale, a groundbreaking and user-centered approach to notation software. For over four decades, MakeMusic’s our engineers and product teams have passionately crafted what would quickly become the gold standard for music notation. 

Greg Dell’Era, President, MakeMusic and Alfred Music says: “ Four decades is a very long time in the software industry. Technology stacks change, Mac and Windows operating systems evolve, and Finale’s millions of lines of code add up. This has made the delivery of incremental value for our customers exponentially harder over time. Today, Finale is no longer the future of the notation industry—a reality after 35 years, and I want to be candid about this. Instead of releasing new versions of Finale that would offer only marginal value to our users, we’ve made the decision to end its development. I am convinced Steinberg’s Dorico is the best home for our loyal Finale users, and is the bright future of the music notation industry. ”

“We look forward to welcoming many Finale users into the Dorico user community,” says Clyde Sendke, Managing Director, Steinberg. “Although we know it is difficult to leave behind a trusted tool, we are confident that they will soon come to rely on the powerful, efficient workflows provided by Dorico Pro. Our team will be by their side at every step to provide help and support.”

Through the partnership, users of any version of Finale will have exclusive access to a limited-time crossgrade discount on Dorico Pro, Steinberg’s state-of-the-art music notation software. This discount will enable Finale users to purchase Dorico Pro for $149 (retail price $579). This offer is available immediately and will only be available for a limited time. This discount will also be available for users of Finale PrintMusic.

To receive the discount on Dorico Pro, Finale customers should log in to their MakeMusic account at the MakeMusic Store to complete the purchase.

Explore the answers to frequently asked questions about crossgrading to Dorico Pro HERE.

About Dorico

Dorico is a complete family of music notation and composition software for macOS, Windows, and iPad. Dorico Pro is designed for professionals in the art music and media music industries, and is widely used in education. It offers a deep feature set and unique capabilities not found in any other music notation software, including beautiful automatic engraving and layout, flexible input and editing, sophisticated support for virtual instruments, and more.

 

About MakeMusic

MakeMusic®, Inc. is a world leader in music technology whose mission is to develop and market solutions that transform how music is composed, taught, learned, and performed. MakeMusic’s MakeMusic Cloud interactive music learning software transforms the way students practice. With an online library of thousands of band, orchestra, and vocal pieces, students practice with background accompaniment and receive immediate feedback on their performance. Teachers leverage MakeMusic Cloud, formerly SmartMusic, to individualize instruction and document the progress of every student. For more than 35 years, Finale® has been the industry standard in music notation software, enabling musicians worldwide to create, edit, audition, print, and publish musical scores. MakeMusic is also the creator of Garritan® sound libraries, providing state-of-the-art virtual instruments with the playback quality of a live performance, and MusicXML™, the internet-friendly way to publish musical scores, distribute interactive sheet music, and share music notation with a wide variety of software programs. Additional information can be found at makemusic.com.

About Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH

Steinberg is known the world over for its music and audio software and hardware solutions. The company has been developing, manufacturing and selling innovative products for musicians and producers in the music, film, post-production and multimedia industries since 1984. Steinberg products are used by Grammy and Oscar award-winning composers, engineers and producers. Visit www.steinberg.net for further details.