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** [[DTS-HD]] (Lossless variant of DTS- DTS-HD Master Audio)
 
** [[DTS-HD]] (Lossless variant of DTS- DTS-HD Master Audio)
 
** [[FLAC]] (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
 
** [[FLAC]] (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
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** [[G.711]]
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** [[G.729]]
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** [[HALAC]]
 
** [[Kexis]] (.kxs)
 
** [[Kexis]] (.kxs)
 
** [[LA]] (Lossless Audio)
 
** [[LA]] (Lossless Audio)
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** [[Digital Theater Systems]] (.dts)
 
** [[Digital Theater Systems]] (.dts)
 
** [[Dolby Digital]] (AC-3 or ATSC A/52)
 
** [[Dolby Digital]] (AC-3 or ATSC A/52)
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** [[Encodec]] (.ecdc)
 
** [[GSM]] (GSM 6.10 RPE-LTP)
 
** [[GSM]] (GSM 6.10 RPE-LTP)
 
** [[LB]] (Low Bitrate)
 
** [[LB]] (Low Bitrate)
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** [[MP3]] (MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
 
** [[MP3]] (MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
 
*** [[packMP3]]
 
*** [[packMP3]]
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*** [[mp3PRO]]
 
*** [[MP3 wrapper]] - '''reversibly''' combine mp3 files into one playable mp3 (often used on filesharing services that banned other formats like zip/rar)
 
*** [[MP3 wrapper]] - '''reversibly''' combine mp3 files into one playable mp3 (often used on filesharing services that banned other formats like zip/rar)
 
**** [[zip/rar.mp3]]
 
**** [[zip/rar.mp3]]
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** [[Pono]]
 
** [[Pono]]
 
** [[PXD]]
 
** [[PXD]]
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** [[RCA-VOC]] (.voc)
 
* Separated parts of tracks
 
* Separated parts of tracks
 
** [[Stems]]
 
** [[Stems]]
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* [[WAV]]
 
* [[WAV]]
 
* [[WebM]] (.webm) (also used for video)
 
* [[WebM]] (.webm) (also used for video)
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== Converters ==
 
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* [[Konvertor]]
 
  
 
== Emulated music ==
 
== Emulated music ==
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** [[Asylum Music Format]] (.amf, used in Crusader: No Remorse / Crusader: No Regret)
 
** [[Asylum Music Format]] (.amf, used in Crusader: No Remorse / Crusader: No Regret)
 
** [[Electronic Arts AS4 / ASF Music]] (.as4, .asf)
 
** [[Electronic Arts AS4 / ASF Music]] (.as4, .asf)
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** [[Electronic Arts CMV]]
 
** [[Electronic Arts KSF Music]] (.ksf)
 
** [[Electronic Arts KSF Music]] (.ksf)
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** [[Electronic Arts MAD]]
 
** [[Electronic Arts MUS]] (.mus)
 
** [[Electronic Arts MUS]] (.mus)
 
** [[Electronic Arts SCxl]]
 
** [[Electronic Arts SCxl]]
 
** [[Electronic Arts Sound Effects]] (.bnk, .crd)
 
** [[Electronic Arts Sound Effects]] (.bnk, .crd)
 
** [[Electronic Arts Sound / Speech Files]] (.eas, .sph)
 
** [[Electronic Arts Sound / Speech Files]] (.eas, .sph)
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** [[Electronic Arts TGV]]
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** [[Electronic Arts WVE]]
 
** [[IFF]] (Amiga 8SVX)
 
** [[IFF]] (Amiga 8SVX)
 
*** [[IFF-MAUD]]
 
*** [[IFF-MAUD]]
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== Karaoke ==
 
== Karaoke ==
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* [[CD+G]]
 
* [[UltraStar Karaoke]]
 
* [[UltraStar Karaoke]]
  
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* [[ELAN Annotation Format]]
 
* [[ELAN Annotation Format]]
 
* [[Exif]]
 
* [[Exif]]
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* [[Zoom Project Settings]] (.hprj)
 
* [[ID3]]
 
* [[ID3]]
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* [[MDZ]] - strictly not itself a music format, but a metadata file for other music files used by Open Cubic Player. See http://www.cubic.org/player/doc/node72.htm
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* [[MDZ]]
 
* [[Monkey's Audio metadata]] (.apl)
 
* [[Monkey's Audio metadata]] (.apl)
 
* [[Vorbis comment]]
 
* [[Vorbis comment]]
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** [[Sample Vision]] (.smp)
 
** [[Sample Vision]] (.smp)
 
** [[Scalable Polyphony MIDI]]
 
** [[Scalable Polyphony MIDI]]
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** [[SFARK]] (SoundFont archive compressed file)
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** [[sfArk]] (SoundFont archive compressed file)
 
** [[SoundFont 1.0]] (.sbk)
 
** [[SoundFont 1.0]] (.sbk)
 
** [[SoundFont 2.0]] (.sf2)
 
** [[SoundFont 2.0]] (.sf2)
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*** [[MSC]] -(old file format)
 
*** [[MSC]] -(old file format)
 
*** [[MSCX]] - [[XML file format]]
 
*** [[MSCX]] - [[XML file format]]
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*** [[MSCZ]] - [[GZIP]] compressed [[MSCX]]
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*** [[MSCZ]] - [[ZIP]] compressed [[MSCX]]
 
** [[Music Description Language]]
 
** [[Music Description Language]]
 
** [[Music Markup Language]]
 
** [[Music Markup Language]]
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* [[Pulse code modulation]]
 
* [[Pulse code modulation]]
 
* [[µ-law]] (u-law)
 
* [[µ-law]] (u-law)
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== Software ==
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Refer to [[Audio software]].
  
 
== Sound card related formats ==
 
== Sound card related formats ==
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== Speech synthesis ==
 
== Speech synthesis ==
  
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* [[Microsoft TTS voice data]] (.vce, .spd)
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* [[Microsoft TTS voice definition]] (.cfg, .sdf)
 
* [[Speech Synthesis Markup Language]] (SSML)
 
* [[Speech Synthesis Markup Language]] (SSML)
 
* [[TextGrid]]
 
* [[TextGrid]]
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* [[ACM]] (Audio Compression Manager)
 
* [[ACM]] (Audio Compression Manager)
 
* [[ADM]] (ADM Audio File)
 
* [[ADM]] (ADM Audio File)
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* [[AIL real mode driver]]
 
* [[Audfprint fingerprint file]] (.afpk)
 
* [[Audfprint fingerprint file]] (.afpk)
 
* [[AVR]]
 
* [[AVR]]
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* [[DeskMate Music]] (.sng)
 
* [[DeskMate Music]] (.sng)
 
* [[DeskMate Sound]] (.snd)
 
* [[DeskMate Sound]] (.snd)
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* [[DIGPAK sound driver]]
 
* [[DSM]] (DSIK Internal)
 
* [[DSM]] (DSIK Internal)
 
* [[DSPW]]
 
* [[DSPW]]
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* [[MNSTR]]
 
* [[MNSTR]]
 
* [[MSF]]
 
* [[MSF]]
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* [[MT9]]
 
* [[MTAF]]
 
* [[MTAF]]
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* [[Photo CD Audio]]
 
* [[S98]] (NEC PC-98)
 
* [[S98]] (NEC PC-98)
 
* [[SD]] (ESPS sampled data file)
 
* [[SD]] (ESPS sampled data file)
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* [[Sound Description Interchange Format]] (SDIF)
 
* [[SGI (Sound Generator)|SGI]] (Sound Generator 3.0 instrument)
 
* [[SGI (Sound Generator)|SGI]] (Sound Generator 3.0 instrument)
 
* [[SNG (SCC Musixx)|SNG]] (SCC Musixx)
 
* [[SNG (SCC Musixx)|SNG]] (SCC Musixx)

Latest revision as of 11:14, 15 May 2024

File Format
Name Audio and Music
Ontology

Musical notation

Musical notation

Electronic Formats concerned with audio and musical data, including sound recording, instrument control, musical notation, etc.

For additional multimedia formats that may contain audio, see Video.

Contents

[edit] Introduction

[edit] Album formats

(files containing entire music albums, with some track structure)

[edit] Audio and sequencer software

[edit] Audio recording and sound waves

[edit] Chiptune

[edit] Configuration files

  • X2A (Yamaha S70xs/S90xs keyboard workstations)

[edit] Container formats

[edit] Emulated music

[edit] Game audio and music

(see also Game data files)

[edit] Nintendo

[edit] Sony

[edit] Identifiers of musical works, recordings, artists, etc.

[edit] Karaoke

[edit] Metadata formats and related data

[edit] Music trackers

(For more on this subject, listen to Jason Scott Talks His Way Out Of It: The Music Tracker Episode.)

[edit] Musical instrument control

[edit] Musical notation

[edit] Playlists, music libraries, music store downloaders

[edit] Programming languages and APIs (audio/music-specific)

[edit] Ringtones

[edit] Signal processing

These aren't specific file formats, but generic mathematical methods used by other file formats.

[edit] Software

Refer to Audio software.

[edit] Sound card related formats

[edit] Speech synthesis

[edit] Unclassified (need to move to other categories)

See the Open Cubic Player homepage for a list of demo formats: http://www.cubic.org/player/features.html

See also Piano Rolls (which is under the Physical File Formats).

[edit] Links

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