Upgrading to Dolet 5

If you have used the MusicXML capabilities that come with Finale, but want more greater accuracy and faster file translations, upgrade to Dolet 5 for Finale.

What does Dolet 5 have that Finale 2010b does not?

Better file exchange with Sibelius. Dolet 5 for Finale adds support for importing feathered beams, text in glissando lines, credits on blank pages, engraved vs. handwritten music fonts, and German/Scandinavian chord styles. It improves support for importing jazz articulations and optimized systems. Dolet 5 also exports locked system formatting more accurately than Finale 2010, giving more reliable conversion of page layout.
Improved MusicXML 2.0 support. Dolet 5 for Finale adds support for advanced MusicXML 2.0 features. This includes displaying real accidentals in staff and group names, as well as per-part measure numbering (no numbering, numbering every system, or numbering every page).
Broadway Copyist font family support. Dolet 5 for Finale adds support for the Broadway Copyist font family, instead of treating it as a generic music font.
More formatting control. Dolet 5 for Finale lets you import a MusicXML file into an empty document with your own specific template settings. The MusicXML import will then respect the formatting settings in your empty document as much as possible. Finale 2010 always opens a new document, so you always getting the formatting from your default Finale file.
Full batch translation. Dolet 5 for Finale lets you translate an entire folder of MusicXML files into Finale files, or an entire folder of Finale files into MusicXML files. If you have a lot of files to transfer, this is an enormous time saver. Batch translation requires Finale 2004 or later and is not included in the 10-day free trial.
MusicXML XSD schema support. Dolet 5 for Finale includes an option to validate against the MusicXML XSD schema definition. This is a stricter definition of the MusicXML 2.0 format, and will catch more errors during validation than the original MusicXML 2.0 Document Type Definition.
Open Score Format support. Dolet 5 for Finale includes an option to read and write Open Score Format files. Open Score Format is a new MusicXML-based format that adds features for structured metadata, digital signing, improved multimedia packaging, and profiles for common content types.
Works with more versions of Finale. Dolet 4 works with Finale 2000 to 2010 on Windows, Finale 2007 to 2010 on Intel Macs, and Finale 2004 to 2010 on Power PC Macs running OS X.
More frequent updates. Dolet 5 includes regular maintenance updates to keep making translations ever more accurate. Our previous Dolet 4 release had nine maintenance updates. Finale releases typically have one or two maintenance updates. Check out the changes in our full Dolet 5 release.

Dolet software comes with a 10-day free trial. You may download it from our site. To continue using Dolet past the 10-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 readme files for Windows and Mac OS X. You can see what has changed recently at the Dolet version history.

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Last updated January 23, 2010.