Dolet 4 for Finale is a plug-in for the Finale music notation program that reads and writes MusicXML 2.0 files. With Dolet software, you can finally read files created in Finale 2008 with Finale 2006. Read music from Sibelius into Finale by using Dolet for Finale together with our Dolet 3 for Sibelius plug-in. MusicXML files created with Dolet 4 for Finale usually import into Sibelius 4 and 5 better than Finale ETF files do.

Features:

• Finale 2008 support
• Check for Updates menu item
• Piano pedal line import
• Fretboard import
• Composite time signature import
• Nested tuplet import
• Capo chord symbol export
• Better import of accidentals and ties, especially with MusicXML files created from Sibelius.
• Better metronome mark import and export
• Better export of page, system, and staff formatting
• Less freezing of stem directions on import, leading to improved formatting
• Improved export of overlapping group braces
• Improved import of lyrics when lyrics are present in non-consecutive parts
• Improved tie and slur export when voice 2 is used

New in v4.4

• Finale 2009 is now supported.
• MusicXML import now contains an option to validate against the beta version of the MusicXML 2.0 W3C XML Schema definition.
• Embedded graphics are supported as of Finale 2009 when using compressed MusicXML 2.0 files (.mxl).
• Swing tempo marks now import with playback set to light swing.
• Long file names on Mac systems are now handled correctly as of Finale 2009.
• Text is now exported more accurately in Finale 2009 for cross-platform Mac/Windows files.
• Single-digit time signatures are now supported.
• Measure widths are now exported for measures with repeat staff styles as of Finale