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Dolet for Finale

Dolet® for Finale is Recordare's most complete MusicXML product. Dolet was a famous French translator of the 16th-century. Our Dolet software is also a translator, but this time between different music programs that previously would never talk to each other. Download it now!

Dolet for Finale is a Finale plug-in that reads and writes MusicXML files. Use the Dolet translator to:

  • Import music scanned with SharpEye Music Reader into Finale
  • Read Sibelius files into Finale (requires Dolet for Sibelius)
  • Read files created from PhotoScore Professional, Virtual Composer, and other programs  (requires third party software)
  • Write files that can be used by MuseBook Score, capella playAlong, SCORE, and other programs  (requires third party software)
  • Exchange music created in later versions of Finale with users of earlier versions of Finale (back to Finale 2000 on Windows or Finale 2004 on OS X).

Dolet for Finale exists in two versions. Version 1.5 is our original Windows software that supports Finale 2000 to 2005 and includes direct MuseData support. Version 2.0 is our new Macintosh OS X software that supports Finale 2004 to 2005

Music interchange between these programs has been limited to MIDI files. MIDI is a great format for electronic musical instruments, but not for printed music. MusicXML lets you exchange the vast majority of information contained in a notation file, including rests, correct accidentals, repeats, dynamics, articulations, slurs, and much more.

The Dolet translator is a plug-in for the Finale notation program. To use it, you must have a supported version of Finale installed on your system. Macintosh OS 9 is not supported.

Dolet software comes with a 30-day free trial. You may download it from our site. To continue using Dolet past the 30-day trial, you must purchase it at the Recordare Online Store.

Dolet software is available under the terms of Recordare's software license agreement. More information about installing and using Dolet is available in the Version 1 and Version 2 readme files. You can see what has changed recently at the Dolet version histories for Version 1 and Version 2.

For common support questions, see our Frequently Asked Questions for Version 1.

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Last updated September 1, 2004.