Format
Enigma Binary File (Finale)
Summary
- Name
- Enigma Binary File (Finale)
- Version
- 3+
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/397
- Format type
- Dataset
- Description
- A Finale (notation) document file used through Finale 2012. Enigma Binary File created for music notation software Finale. Finale was originally created for Coda Music Software, later sold to Net4Music which then became MakeMusic. Originally made for MacOS in 1988 it was later made available for Microsoft Windows. The Enigma stands for 'Environment for Notation Intuitive Graphic Music Algorithms'.
- Note
- https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/tag/font/ https://web.archive.org/web/19990203113959/http://www.codamusic.com:80/down/finale/eeppd.txt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finale_(scorewriter) http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Finale
- File extensions
-
mus - Submitted by
- National Library of New Zealand / National Library of New Zealand
Relationships
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
Enigma Binary File (Finale) 3+
- Description
- BOF; Offset: 0; Magic Bytes: 'Enigma Binary File'; Version info can be found within the file but this is a generic signature to cover all versions from 3 onwards.
- Provenance
- 04/2024 (v.117)- Removed the string 'Final ®' as this can be replaced with the string 'PrintMusic®'. Submitted by Brigham Young University.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
454E49474D412042494E4152592046494C45- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V118
- Release date
- 30 April 2024
-
Updated
Enigma Binary File (Finale) 3+: Updated description, note field and modified the signature by removing the string 'Final ®' as this can be replaced with the string 'PrintMusic®'. Submitted by Brigham Young University.
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V58
- Release date
- 21 March 2012
-
Added format
Enigma Binary File (Finale): Submission from National Library of New Zealand. Outline entry added.
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Added signature
Enigma Binary File (Finale): Signature submitted by National Library of New Zealand.
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