Your Finale scores, editable again.
MakeMusic stopped developing and selling Finale in 2024. If what you have left of a score is the PDF you printed from it, LalaScript reads that PDF back into real notation and gives you MusicXML that opens in Dorico, MuseScore or Sibelius.
Start free, no card needed.
This is what your PDF becomes.
Real, editable notation, not an image. Cleanest results come from PDFs exported by notation software, one page of music per PDF page, upright. Scanned or photographed pages are less reliable.
From a Finale PDF to an editable score in three steps.
Upload the PDF
PDFs printed from Finale are clean, digital pages, the best input there is. Scans work too, less reliably.
We read the music
Optical music recognition reads the page, then the engine checks keys, voices and rhythms so every bar adds up.
Open it where you work now
Download MusicXML for Dorico, Sibelius or MuseScore, or a native MuseScore (.mscz) file. A fresh PDF and an MP3 are there too.
Why convert here instead of re-entering the piece.
Bars that add up
The engine checks every bar before export, so the score you open has no broken measures to hunt down.
Change it in a sentence
Transpose it, make a part easier, fix a wrong note: type it in plain English before you download.
Any program you moved to
MusicXML opens in Dorico, Sibelius and MuseScore; MuseScore users can take the native .mscz.
Finale PDFs, answered.
Is Finale discontinued?
Yes. MakeMusic announced in August 2024 that it had stopped developing Finale and would no longer sell it. The scores you made in it need a new home.
I still have Finale installed. Do I need this?
For files you still have as .musx, export MusicXML from Finale itself: that is exact. LalaScript is for the scores where only the PDF is left, or the PDF is all someone sent you.
Can LalaScript open .musx files?
No. LalaScript reads PDF, MusicXML (.xml, .mxl) and MuseScore (.mscz) files. Upload the PDF of the score, or a MusicXML export if you have one.
Which program should I open the result in?
Any program that reads MusicXML: Dorico, Sibelius and MuseScore all do. If you moved to MuseScore, download the native .mscz instead.
Is it free?
LalaScript is free to start with no card needed, so you can convert your first PDFs without paying.
Your Finale scores, back in play.
The studio is free to start. Bring a PDF you made in Finale and open it where you work now.
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