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Enigma Binary File (Finale)

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Summary

Name
Enigma Binary File (Finale)
Version
2
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1972
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 Originally made for MacOS in 1988 it was later made available in Microsoft Windows.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
Source
Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University

Relationships

Is previous version of
Is subsequent version of

Internal signatures

Enigma Binary File (Finale) v.2

Note
BOF; Offset: 0; Magic Bytes: 'Finale(TM) 2'

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
46696E616C65(28544D2920|28522920504320)32
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V123

    Release date
    9 June 2026

    Enigma Binary File (Finale) 2: Signature updated to allow for different PC versions. Submitted by Brigham Young University.

  • Added in V118

    Release date
    30 April 2024

    Enigma Binary File (Finale) 2: Signature researched and samples provided by Brigham Young University.

    Enigma Binary File (Finale) 2: Full entry added. Submitted by Brigham Young University.