Finale - How Music Software Dies

Tantacrul explores the decline and fall of Finale music notation software, analyzing its UI/UX flaws and technical debt.

Finale: once the industry-standard of music notation software, now a cautionary tale. In this video, I explore how it slowly lost its crown through decades of missed opportunities - eventually leading to creative collapse due to various bureaucratic intrigues, unforeseen technological changes and some of the jankiest UI/UX you've ever seen. This marks the final part in my series on interface design and notation software, which had previously looked at Sibelius, MuseScore and Dorico. SUPPORT Help me become a full-time creator so I can release more videos: patreon.com/c/Tantacrul You can also support me on Nebula using this affiliate link: go.nebula.tv/tantacrul --- ARTICLES & BLOGS Review of Polywriter music-tech-solutions.co.jp/en/post/finale_polywriter_en Contemporary review of Polywriter muzines.co.uk/articles/the-gentle-art-of-transcription/7906 Early review of Coda’s Finale: muzines.co.uk/articles/coda-music-finale/2300 Finale obituary by Scoring Notes scoringnotes.com/news/makemusic-ends-development-and-availab… Phil Ferrand’s website philfarrand.com/contact-me/ MakeMusic acquire Weezic techinmusiced.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/makemusic-acquires-we… Gear Fischer scoringnotes.com/people/following-up-with-gear-fisher-makemu… Peaksware Article endurance.biz/2018/industry-news/peaksware-holdings-announce… Andy Stevens - We’re ‘Profit Cycle Hunters’ artisanpartners.com/investment-professionals/news-insights/t… Conquering Finale scoringnotes.com/tag/conquering-finale/ Changes of Peaksware & MakeMusic management, 2020 mmrmagazine.com/stephens-transitions-to-ceo-of-peaksware-lea… Erato scoringnotes.com/meta/preparing-david-newmans-matilda-score-… On Igor Engraver ooloi.org/home/why-resurrect-igor-engraver-now PAPERS ON SHORTCUT USAGE Hidden Costs of Graphical User Interfaces ruf.rice.edu/~lane/papers/hidden_costs.pdf Keyboard Shortcut Usage: The Roles of Social Factors and Computer Experience journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/154193120404800513 'Satisficing' and the Use of Keyboard Shortcuts ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8154909 Accommodating Both Expert Users and Novice Users in One Interface researchgate.net/publication/221096713_Accommodating_Both_Ex… SEC FILINGS makemusic.com/investors/sec-filings-annual-reports/ VIDEOS Mockingbird notation demonstration youtube.com/watch?v=0dxaEDKoTys&ab_channel=ComputerHistoryMu… Interview with Phil Farrand youtube.com/watch?v=4b2IlzMbupw&ab_channel=EvangelUniversity SC