{
 "id": "enigma-binary-file-finale-3-plus",
 "name": "Enigma Binary File (Finale)",
 "family": "finale-file-format-family",
 "category": "dataset",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "mus"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/397"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q58526504"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "454e49474d412042494e4152592046494c45",
    "notes": "Enigma Binary File (Finale) 3+"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "Enigma Binary File (Finale) 3+",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "454e49474d412042494e4152592046494c45"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "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 Originally made for MacOS in 1988 it was later made available for Microsoft Windows.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'.",
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  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/397",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/397",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q58526504",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58526504",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "version": "3+",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "Finale",
   "url": "http://www.finalemusic.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "shareware",
   "via": "finale-file-format-family"
  },
  {
   "name": "Finale 2009",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122147637",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "via": "finale-file-format-family"
  },
  {
   "name": "Finale Allegro 2007",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122070569",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "via": "finale-file-format-family"
  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "finale-file-format-family"
  }
 ],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}