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Name Enigma Binary File (Finale)
Version 2
Other names  
Identifiers PUID:  fmt/1972
Family  
Classification Dataset
Disclosure  
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 Originally made for MacOS in 1988 it was later made available in Microsoft Windows.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'.
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Related file formats Is previous version of Enigma Binary File (Finale) (3+)
Is subsequent version of Enigma Binary File (Finale) (1)
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Developed by None.
Supported by None.
Source Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University
Source date 17 Apr 2024
Source description  
Last updated 17 Apr 2024
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
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