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[[Electronic_File_Formats|Electronic Formats]] concerned with audio and musical data, including sound recording, instrument control, musical notation, etc. | [[Electronic_File_Formats|Electronic Formats]] concerned with audio and musical data, including sound recording, instrument control, musical notation, etc. | ||
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| + | For additional multimedia formats that may contain audio, see [[Video]]. | ||
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| + | == Introduction == | ||
| + | * For an excellent introduction to the issues around audio and video formats, see [http://www.avpreserve.com/blog/a-primer-on-codecs-for-moving-image-and-sound-archives-2/ A Primer on Codecs for Moving Image and Sound Archives - and 10 Recommendations for Codec Selection & Management] [http://www.avpreserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/AVPS_Codec_Primer.pdf PDF version] | ||
| + | * [http://www.garymcgath.com/streamingprotocols.html Basics of streaming protocols] | ||
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| + | == Album formats == | ||
| + | (files containing entire music albums, with some track structure) | ||
| + | * [[Connected Media Experience]] (CME, CMX) | ||
| + | * [[iTunes LP]] | ||
== Audio and sequencer software == | == Audio and sequencer software == | ||
* Ableton | * Ableton | ||
| − | ** [[Ableton Live | + | ** [[Ableton Live]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * Adobe Audition |
| + | ** [[Cool Edit / Audition Multi Track Session file]] (.ses) | ||
| + | ** [[Audition]] (.sesx) | ||
| + | * Aldrin | ||
| + | ** [[Creative Commons Module]] (.ccm) | ||
| + | * [[Audacity Project Format]] (.aup) | ||
| + | ** [[Audacity AU]] (.au) | ||
* Cakewalk | * Cakewalk | ||
| + | ** [[Cakewalk Bundle (BUN)]] (.bun) | ||
| + | ** [[Cakewalk Bundle (CWB)]] (.cwb) | ||
| + | ** [[Cakewalk Dump Request Macro]] (.drm) | ||
| + | ** [[Cakewalk Instrument Definition File]] (.ins) | ||
** [[Cakewalk Project (CWP)]] (.cwp) | ** [[Cakewalk Project (CWP)]] (.cwp) | ||
** [[Cakewalk Project (WRK)]] (.wrk) | ** [[Cakewalk Project (WRK)]] (.wrk) | ||
** [[Cakewalk Sample Definition File]] (.sfz) | ** [[Cakewalk Sample Definition File]] (.sfz) | ||
| − | *FruityLoops / FL Studio | + | * [[CPS project]] (.cps) |
| − | ** [[ | + | * [[DeLuxe Music Score]] |
| − | * [[Jeskola Buzz song]] (.bmx) | + | * [[Digital Performer]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Dynamic Studio Professional module]] |
| − | * | + | * FruityLoops / FL Studio |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[BeatCreator/BeatSlicer Grid File]] (.zgr) |
| + | ** [[DrumSynth Preset]] (.ds) | ||
| + | ** [[FL Studio Score File]] (.fsc) | ||
| + | ** [[FL Studio State File]] (.fst) | ||
| + | ** [[Humanize Preset]] (.fpr) | ||
| + | ** [[Raw FL Studio Project]] (.flp) | ||
| + | ** [[SimSynth Preset]] (.syn) | ||
| + | ** [[Speech Preset]] (.speech) | ||
| + | * GarageBand (Mac) | ||
| + | ** [[GarageBand project]] (.band, .gbproj) | ||
| + | ** [[Magic GarageBand template]] (.wand) | ||
| + | ** [[GarageBand MagicMentor template]] (.mwand) | ||
| + | * [[Hydrogen]] (.h2song, .h2pattern) | ||
| + | * [[iZotope RX]] (.rxdoc) | ||
| + | * Jeskola Buzz | ||
| + | ** [[Jeskola Buzz machine]] (.dll) | ||
| + | ** [[Jeskola Buzz machine preset]] (.prs, .prs.xml) | ||
| + | ** [[Jeskola Buzz song]] (.bmx, .bmw) | ||
| + | * [[LMMS]] (Linux MultiMedia Studio) (.mmp, .mmpz) | ||
| + | * Logic Pro / Logic / Notator Logic | ||
| + | ** [[Logic Pro project file]] (.logic, .logicx) | ||
| + | * [[Maestro]] (RISC OS) | ||
| + | * [[Make-A-Melody]] (''Big Blue Disk'' #42) (.mus) | ||
| + | * [[Nero SoundTrax]] (.npf) | ||
| + | * [[Nero WaveEditor]] (.nwf) | ||
| + | * Piston Collage / PxTone | ||
| + | ** [[Piston Collage noise]] (.ptnoise) | ||
| + | ** [[Piston Collage song]] (.ptcop, .pttune) | ||
| + | ** [[Piston Collage voice]] (.ptvoice) | ||
* Pro Tools | * Pro Tools | ||
| − | ** [[PTS]] (Pro Tools 7-9) | + | ** [[Pro Tools (Mac)]] (.pt5, .p24, .pt4, .pt3) |
| − | ** [[PTX]] (Pro Tools 10) | + | ** [[PTS]] (Pro Tools 5.1-6.9) |
| − | * Propellerhead Reason | + | ** [[PTF]] (Pro Tools 7-9) |
| + | ** [[PTX (Pro Tools)|PTX]] (Pro Tools 10) | ||
| + | * Propellerhead (Reason, ReCycle) | ||
** [[Propellerhead Reason NN-XT Patch File]] (.sx2) | ** [[Propellerhead Reason NN-XT Patch File]] (.sx2) | ||
| − | ** [[Propellerhead | + | ** [[Propellerhead Reason Project File]] / song file (.reason, .rns, others) |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
** [[Propellerhead Reason ReFill Sound Bank]] (.rfl) | ** [[Propellerhead Reason ReFill Sound Bank]] (.rfl) | ||
| − | * | + | ** [[Propellerhead ReCycle Loop File]] (.rex) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Reason Studios REX2 Audio File]] (.rx2) |
| − | ** [[Renoise | + | * [[Reaper Project]] (.rpp) |
| − | ** [[Renoise | + | * [[Renoise]] |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Renoise song]] (.xrns) |
| + | ** [[Renoise instrument]] (.xrni) | ||
| + | ** [[Renoise DSP device-chain]] (.xrnt) | ||
| + | * [[ROXIO|Roxio]] | ||
| + | ** [[DMSE]] (Sound Editor project) | ||
| + | ** [[DMSA]] (Music Disc Creator project) | ||
| + | * SeaTone / PixTone | ||
| + | ** [[PXT]] (.pxt) | ||
| + | * [[Sonic Foundry Acid]] (.acd) | ||
| + | * [[SoundDesigner II]] (.sd2) | ||
| + | * [[Soundtrack Pro]] (.stmp) | ||
* Steinberg | * Steinberg | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Cubase]] |
| − | *** [[ALL]] - A Steinberg [[ | + | *** [[ALL]] - A Steinberg [[Cubase]] VST file for saving songs (pre 2002). |
| − | *** [[ARR]] - A Steinberg [[ | + | *** [[ARR]] - A Steinberg [[Cubase]] VST file for saving arrangements (pre 2002). |
| − | *** [[CPR]] - A Steinberg [[ | + | *** [[CPR]] - A Steinberg [[Cubase]] SX file for saving projects (2002 - ). |
| − | *** [[NPR]] - A Steinberg [[ | + | ** [[Nuendo]] |
| − | ** [[ | + | *** [[NPR]] - A Steinberg [[Nuendo]] file for saving arrangements (2002 - ). |
| − | + | ** [[WaveLab]] | |
*** [[MON]] (Audio montage) | *** [[MON]] (Audio montage) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[(Super) Studio Session song]] (.sss) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Waveburner]] (.wb3) |
== Audio recording and sound waves == | == Audio recording and sound waves == | ||
* Lossless compression | * Lossless compression | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[ATRAC Advanced Lossless]] (.aal) |
** [[ADA]] (Advanced Digital Audio) | ** [[ADA]] (Advanced Digital Audio) | ||
** [[ALAC]] (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) | ** [[ALAC]] (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) | ||
** [[APAC]] (Marian's A-pac) | ** [[APAC]] (Marian's A-pac) | ||
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** [[Dakx Wav]] | ** [[Dakx Wav]] | ||
** [[Dolby TrueHD]] | ** [[Dolby TrueHD]] | ||
** [[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) | ||
| + | ** [[G.711]] | ||
| + | ** [[G.729]] | ||
| + | ** [[HALAC]] | ||
| + | ** [[Kexis]] (.kxs) | ||
** [[LA]] (Lossless Audio) | ** [[LA]] (Lossless Audio) | ||
** [[LiteWave]] | ** [[LiteWave]] | ||
** [[LPAC]] (Lossless Predictive Audio Coding) | ** [[LPAC]] (Lossless Predictive Audio Coding) | ||
| + | ** [[MKW]] | ||
** [[MLP]] (Meridian Lossless Packing Audio) | ** [[MLP]] (Meridian Lossless Packing Audio) | ||
| + | ** [[Monkey's Audio]] (.ape) | ||
** [[MPEG-4 ALS]] (MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding) | ** [[MPEG-4 ALS]] (MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding) | ||
** [[MPEG-4 SLS]] (MPEG-4 Scalable lossless coding mode) | ** [[MPEG-4 SLS]] (MPEG-4 Scalable lossless coding mode) | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[MQA]] (Master Quality Authenticated) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[OptimFROG]] (.ofr, .ofs) |
| + | ** [[Perfect Clarity Audio]] (.pca) | ||
** [[RALF]] (Real Lossless Audio Codec) | ** [[RALF]] (Real Lossless Audio Codec) | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[RK Audio]] (.rka) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Shorten]] (.shn) |
** [[Sonarc]] | ** [[Sonarc]] | ||
** [[Split2000]] | ** [[Split2000]] | ||
| − | ** [[TAK]] ( | + | ** [[TAK]] (.tak) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[True Audio]] (.tta) |
** [[VocPack]] | ** [[VocPack]] | ||
** [[WavArc]] | ** [[WavArc]] | ||
| − | ** [[WavPack]] ( | + | ** [[WavPack]] (.wv) |
| − | + | ||
** [[WMA Lossless]] (Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless) | ** [[WMA Lossless]] (Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless) | ||
* Lossy compression | * Lossy compression | ||
** [[AAC]] (Advanced Audio Coding) | ** [[AAC]] (Advanced Audio Coding) | ||
| − | ** Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation | + | ** [[ADPCM|Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation]] |
*** [[ACT]] | *** [[ACT]] | ||
| − | *** [[ | + | *** [[ADPCM-A]] (Yamaha) |
| − | *** [[ | + | *** [[ADPCM-B]] (Yamaha) |
*** [[VOX]] | *** [[VOX]] | ||
| + | ** [[Adaptive Multi-Rate WideBand Audio]] | ||
| + | ** [[Adaptive Multi-Rate Audio]] (.amr) | ||
| + | ** [[Archimedes VIDC audio]] | ||
** ATRAC or [[Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding]] (.aa3, .oma, .at3) | ** ATRAC or [[Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding]] (.aa3, .oma, .at3) | ||
** [[Audible Audiobook]] (.aa, .aax) | ** [[Audible Audiobook]] (.aa, .aax) | ||
| + | ** [[Audition Loop]] (.cel) | ||
** [[CELT]] (.ogg) | ** [[CELT]] (.ogg) | ||
| + | ** [[Digital Theater Systems]] (.dts) | ||
** [[Dolby Digital]] (AC-3 or ATSC A/52) | ** [[Dolby Digital]] (AC-3 or ATSC A/52) | ||
| − | ** [[GSM]] ( | + | ** [[Encodec]] (.ecdc) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[GSM]] (GSM 6.10 RPE-LTP) |
| + | ** [[LB]] (Low Bitrate) | ||
** [[M4B]] (iTunes Audio Book) | ** [[M4B]] (iTunes Audio Book) | ||
** [[M4P]] (Fairplay DRM Encrypted [[M4A]]) | ** [[M4P]] (Fairplay DRM Encrypted [[M4A]]) | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** MP1: See [[MPEG Audio Layer I]] |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** MP2: See [[MPEG Audio Layer II]] |
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** [[MP3]] (MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) | ** [[MP3]] (MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) | ||
| − | ** [[MPA]] (MPEG Audio) | + | *** [[packMP3]] |
| − | ** [[ | + | *** [[mp3PRO]] |
| + | *** [[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]] | ||
| + | **** [[AlbumWrap (ALBW)]] | ||
| + | **** [[MooseWrap (DJWrap)]] | ||
| + | **** [[Mp3Wrap]] | ||
| + | **** [[Track Wrapper (TRKW)]] | ||
| + | **** [[MP3 Album Maker]] | ||
| + | **** [[M3A]] | ||
| + | **** [[Wrapster]] (when adding MP3 files to a wrapped MP3 file) | ||
| + | ** MPA (MPEG Audio): See [[MPEG Audio Layer II]] | ||
| + | ** MP+ (MPEGplus Audio): See [[Musepack Audio]] | ||
| + | ** MPEG-4 Audio: Can refer to various formats connected with [[MPEG-4]], including [[AAC]]. (.m4a, .m4b, .m4p, .m4r, .mp4, .aac) | ||
| + | ** [[MPEG Audio Layer I]] (MP1) | ||
| + | ** [[MPEG Audio Layer II]] (MP2; MPEG-1 Audio Layer II) | ||
| + | ** [[Musepack Audio]] (.mpc) | ||
** [[Opus]] (.opus) | ** [[Opus]] (.opus) | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Quite OK Audio]] (.qoa) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[RealAudio]] (.ra) |
| − | ** [[Vorbis]] (.oga, .ogg) | + | ** [[Speex]] (.spx) |
| + | ** [[SWA]] | ||
| + | ** [[Vorbis]] (.logg, .oga, .ogg) | ||
** [[WMA]] (Windows Media Audio) | ** [[WMA]] (Windows Media Audio) | ||
* Proprietary | * Proprietary | ||
** [[DCT]] (Dictation format by NCH Software) | ** [[DCT]] (Dictation format by NCH Software) | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Digital Speech Standard]] (.dss) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Digital Voice File]] (.dvf) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[IC Sound]] (.ics) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[iKlax]] (iKlax Media) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Memory Stick Voice]] (.msv) |
| + | ** [[Panasonic VM1]] (.vm1) | ||
| + | ** [[Pono]] | ||
| + | ** [[PXD]] | ||
| + | ** [[RCA-VOC]] (.voc) | ||
| + | * Separated parts of tracks | ||
| + | ** [[Stems]] | ||
* Uncompressed audio | * Uncompressed audio | ||
** [[AIFF|AIF / AIFF]] (Audio Interchange File Format) | ** [[AIFF|AIF / AIFF]] (Audio Interchange File Format) | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Berkeley/IRCAM/Carl Sound Format]] (.sf) |
| + | ** [[BWF]] (Broadcast Wave Format; variant of WAV) | ||
| + | ** [[DSD]] (Direct Stream Digital) (.dsf) | ||
** [[RAW (Audio)|RAW]] (.raw, .pcm) | ** [[RAW (Audio)|RAW]] (.raw, .pcm) | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[RF64]] (extended variant of BWF) |
| + | ** [[Sony Wave64]] (.w64) | ||
** [[WAV]] (Waveform Audio File Format) | ** [[WAV]] (Waveform Audio File Format) | ||
* Various encodings | * Various encodings | ||
** [[AIFC]] ([[AIFF]] Compressed) | ** [[AIFC]] ([[AIFF]] Compressed) | ||
** [[AU]] (Sun Microsystems audio format) | ** [[AU]] (Sun Microsystems audio format) | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Computerized Speech Lab NSP]] (.nsp) |
| + | ** [[DiamondWare Digitized]] (.dwd) | ||
| + | ** [[Bonk]] (lossy/lossless audio compression) | ||
** [[INRS-Telecom file]] (.aud) | ** [[INRS-Telecom file]] (.aud) | ||
| + | ** [[SIFF]] (.son) | ||
| + | ** [[SPPACK]] (.d) | ||
| + | ** [[WVE (Psion)]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Chiptune == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[SAM Coupé song]] (.cop, .sng) | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Configuration files == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[X2A]] (Yamaha S70xs/S90xs keyboard workstations) | ||
== Container formats == | == Container formats == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[AAF]] (Advanced Authoring Format) | ||
* [[ASF]] (Advanced Systems Format) | * [[ASF]] (Advanced Systems Format) | ||
* [[Core Audio Format]] (.caf) | * [[Core Audio Format]] (.caf) | ||
* [[Extensible Music Format]] (.xmf) | * [[Extensible Music Format]] (.xmf) | ||
| − | * [[Matroska]] (.mka) | + | * [[IFF]] |
| + | * [[Matroska Audio]] (.mka) | ||
* [[MP4]] (MPEG-4 Part 14 media container) | * [[MP4]] (MPEG-4 Part 14 media container) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Ogg]] (.ogg, .oga, .ogx, .spx, .opus) |
| + | * [[OMF Interchange]] (Open Media Framework Interchange format) | ||
| + | * [[Qualcomm QCP]] (Purevoice) | ||
* [[Rich Music Format]] (.rmf) | * [[Rich Music Format]] (.rmf) | ||
* [[RealMedia]] (.rm) | * [[RealMedia]] (.rm) | ||
| + | * [[WAV]] | ||
| + | * [[WebM]] (.webm) (also used for video) | ||
== Emulated music == | == Emulated music == | ||
| − | * [[2SF]] (Nintendo DS [[PSF]]) | + | * [[2SF]] (Nintendo DS [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]]) |
| − | * [[AY]] (Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum) | + | * [[3G2]] (3GPP, also a video format) |
| + | * [[3GP]] (3GPP, also a video format) | ||
| + | * [[Atari SoundHeader]] (SNDH) | ||
| + | * [[AY]] (Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum / ZXAYEMUL) | ||
| + | * [[AZX]] (ZX Spectrum) | ||
| + | * [[Custom Amiga Module]] (CUST) | ||
* [[DSF]] (Dreamcast [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]]) | * [[DSF]] (Dreamcast [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]]) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[EPSGMOD]] (.epsgmod, Mod2PSG) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Fuxoft AY Language]] (.fmx) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Game Boy Sound]] (.gbs) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[GBR]] (Game Boy Sound) |
| + | * [[Gens Sound Record]] (GSR) | ||
| + | * [[GSF]] (Game Boy Advance [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]]) | ||
* [[HES]] (Hudson Entertainment System) | * [[HES]] (Hudson Entertainment System) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[KSS]] (MSX) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[KSSX]] (Possible expansion of [[KSS]]) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[MDX (X68000)|MDX]] (Sharp X68000 / MXDRV) |
| − | + | * [[NES Sound Format]] (.nsf) | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[NES Sound Format Extended]] (.nsfe) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[NSD (audio)|NSD]] |
| − | * [[ | + | |
* [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]] (Portable Sound Format) | * [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]] (Portable Sound Format) | ||
| − | * [[PSF1]] (Playstation [[PSF]]) | + | * [[PSF1]] (Playstation [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]]) |
| − | * [[PSF2]] (Playstation 2 [[PSF]]) | + | * [[PSF2]] (Playstation 2 [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]]) |
| − | * [[QSF]] (Capcom Q-Sound [[PSF]]) | + | * [[QSF]] (Capcom Q-Sound [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]]) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[SC68]] (Atari ST / Atari STE / Amiga) |
* [[SGC]] (Sega Master System / Game Gear / Colecovision) | * [[SGC]] (Sega Master System / Game Gear / Colecovision) | ||
| − | * [[SID]] (Commodore) | + | * [[SID]] (Commodore 64) |
| − | * [[SPC]] (Super Nintendo SPC700) | + | * [[SPC (Audio)|SPC]] (Super Nintendo SPC700) |
* [[SSF]] (Sega Saturn [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]]) | * [[SSF]] (Sega Saturn [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]]) | ||
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* [[USF]] (Nintendo 64 [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]]) | * [[USF]] (Nintendo 64 [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]]) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[YM]] (Amstrad CPC / Spectrum ZX / Atari ST) |
== Game audio and music == | == Game audio and music == | ||
| − | + | (see also [[Game data files]]) | |
| − | * [[ | + | |
| + | * [[4X IMA ADPCM]] | ||
| + | * Accolade | ||
| + | ** [[Accolade MIDI File Format]] | ||
* Adept Software | * Adept Software | ||
** [[God of Thunder Music Format]] | ** [[God of Thunder Music Format]] | ||
* [[AFC]] (AFX Audio File) -- used in Mass Effect 2 | * [[AFC]] (AFX Audio File) -- used in Mass Effect 2 | ||
| − | * | + | * Apogee |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Crystal Caves Sound format]] |
* Atari | * Atari | ||
** [[Slight Atari Player]] (Atari POKEY) | ** [[Slight Atari Player]] (Atari POKEY) | ||
| + | * [[BAF]] (Blur ADPCM) | ||
| + | * [[BAKA]] (PCM 16 bit) | ||
* Bandai | * Bandai | ||
** [[WSR]] (WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color) | ** [[WSR]] (WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BH2PCM]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BNSF]] (G.722.1) |
| − | * [[Beathoven Synthesiser]] (.bss) | + | * Cave Story |
| − | * [[ | + | ** [[Organya]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * Commodore Amiga |
| − | * [[Channel Players]] (.chan) | + | ** [[A.M. Composer v1.2]] (.amc) |
| + | ** [[AC1D-DC1A Packer]] (.ac1d) | ||
| + | ** [[Actionamics Sound Tool]] (.ast) | ||
| + | ** [[AMOS Music Bank]] (.abk) | ||
| + | ** [[AMOS Memory Bank#AMOS Samples Bank|AMOS Samples Bank]] (.abk) | ||
| + | ** [[Art & Magic]] (.aam) | ||
| + | ** [[Audio Sculpture]] (.as) | ||
| + | ** [[Beathoven Synthesiser]] (.bss) | ||
| + | ** [[Ben Daglish]] (.bd) | ||
| + | ** [[Ben Daglish SID]] (.bds) | ||
| + | ** [[Ben Replay]] (.ben) | ||
| + | ** [[Channel Players]] (.chan) | ||
| + | ** [[Cinemaware]] (.cin) | ||
| + | ** [[Core Design]] (.core) | ||
| + | ** [[CustomMade]] (.cm) | ||
| + | ** [[Darius Zendeh]] (.dz) | ||
| + | ** [[Dave Lowe]] (.dl) | ||
| + | ** [[Dave Lowe New]] (.dln) | ||
| + | ** [[David Hanney]] (.dh) | ||
| + | ** [[David Whittaker]] (.dw) | ||
| + | ** [[Desire]] (.dsr) | ||
| + | ** [[Digital Illusions]] (.di) | ||
| + | ** [[Digital Sonix & Chrome]] (.dsc) | ||
| + | ** [[Digital Sound Creations]] (.han) | ||
| + | ** [[Dirk Bialluch]] (.tpu) | ||
| + | ** [[Dynamic Synthesizer]] (.dns) | ||
| + | ** [[Editeur Musical Sequentiel]] (.ems) | ||
| + | ** [[Follin Player II]] (.tf) | ||
| + | ** [[Fred Editor]] (.fred) | ||
| + | ** [[Fred Gray]] (.fg) | ||
| + | ** [[Future Player]] (.fp) | ||
| + | ** [[FWMP]] (.fw) | ||
| + | ** [[Game Music Creator]] (.gmc) | ||
| + | ** [[Gnu Player]] (.gp) | ||
| + | ** [[Hippel]] (.hip) | ||
| + | ** [[Hippel-COSO]] (.hipc) | ||
| + | ** [[Hornet Packer]] (.hrt) | ||
| + | ** [[Howie Davies]] (.hd) | ||
| + | ** [[IFF-MAUD]] | ||
| + | ** [[Images Music System]] (.ims) | ||
| + | ** [[Infogrames INS]] (.ins) | ||
| + | ** [[Janko Mrsic-Flogel]] (.jmf) | ||
| + | ** [[Jason Brooke]] (.jcb) | ||
| + | ** [[Jason Page]] (.jp) | ||
| + | ** [[Jeroen Tel]] (.jt) | ||
| + | ** [[Jesper Olsen]] (.jo) | ||
| + | ** [[Jochen Hippel]] (.hip) | ||
| + | ** [[Kefrens Sound Machine]] (.ksm) | ||
| + | ** [[Kris Hatlelid]] (.kh) | ||
| + | ** [[Leggless Music Editor]] (.lme) | ||
| + | ** [[Magnetic Fields Packer]] (.mfp) | ||
| + | ** [[Maniacs of Noise]] (.mon, .jt) | ||
| + | ** [[Mark Cooksey]] (.mc) | ||
| + | ** [[Mark II Sound-System]] (.mii, .mk2, .mkii) | ||
| + | ** [[Martin Walker]] (.mw) | ||
| + | ** [[MaxTrax]] (.mxtx) | ||
| + | ** [[Mike Davies]] (.md) | ||
| + | ** [[MMDC]] (Module packer) | ||
| + | ** [[Mugician]] (.mug) | ||
| + | ** [[Mugician II]] (.mug2) | ||
| + | ** [[NoiseRunner]] (.nr) | ||
| + | ** [[NovoTrade Packer]] (.ntp) | ||
| + | ** [[Pierre Adane Packer]] (.pap) | ||
| + | ** [[Power Music]] (.pm) | ||
| + | ** [[Professional Sound Artists]] (.psa) | ||
| + | ** [[Promizer 0.1]] (.pm01) | ||
| + | ** [[Promizer 1.0c]] (.pm10) | ||
| + | ** [[Promizer 1.8a]] (.pm18) | ||
| + | ** [[Promizer 2.0]] (.pm20) | ||
| + | ** [[Promizer 4.0]] (.pm40) | ||
| + | ** [[ProPacker 1.0]] (.pp10) | ||
| + | ** [[ProPacker 2.1]] (.pp21) | ||
| + | ** [[ProPacker 3.0]] (.pp30) | ||
| + | ** [[Prorunner]] (.prun1, .prun2) | ||
| + | ** [[Richard Joseph]] or Vectordean (.rjp) | ||
| + | ** [[Rob Hubbard]] (.rh, .rho) | ||
| + | ** [[Ron Klaren]] (.rk) | ||
| + | ** [[Sean Connolly]] (.scn) | ||
| + | ** [[Sean Conran]] (.scr) | ||
| + | ** [[Sidmon]] (.sid, .sid2) | ||
| + | ** [[Silmarils]] (.mok) | ||
| + | ** [[SKYT Packer]] (.skyt) | ||
| + | ** [[Sonic Arranger]] (.sa) | ||
| + | ** [[Sound Images]] (.tw) | ||
| + | ** [[Sound Master]] (.sm) | ||
| + | ** [[Sound Programming Language]] (.spl) | ||
| + | ** [[Soundcontrol]] (.sct) | ||
| + | ** [[Soundfactory]] (.psf) | ||
| + | ** [[SoundPlayer]] (.sjs) | ||
| + | ** [[Special FX]] (.jd) | ||
| + | ** [[Speedy System]] (.ss) | ||
| + | ** [[Steve Barrett]] (.sb) | ||
| + | ** [[Jason Page|Steve Turner]] (.jpo) | ||
| + | * [[Star Trekker Packer]] (.stpk) | ||
| + | ** [[Synth Dream]] (.sdr) | ||
| + | ** [[Synth Pack]] (.osp) | ||
| + | ** [[The Musical Enlightenment]] (.tme) | ||
| + | ** [[The Player]] (.p22a, .p30a, .p40a, .p40b, .p50a, .p60a, .p61a) | ||
| + | ** [[Titanics Player]] (.ttp) | ||
| + | ** [[Tracker Packer 1]] (.tp1) | ||
| + | ** [[Tracker Packer 2]] (.tp2) | ||
| + | ** [[Tracker Packer 3]] (.tp3) | ||
| + | ** [[Thomas Hermann]] (.thm) | ||
| + | ** [[Wally Beben]] (.wb) | ||
| + | ** [[Wanton Packer]] (.wn) | ||
| + | ** [[XANN Packer]] (.xann) | ||
| + | ** [[Zen Packer]] (.zen) | ||
* CRI Middleware | * CRI Middleware | ||
** [[ADX]] | ** [[ADX]] | ||
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* Electronic Arts | * Electronic Arts | ||
** [[8-Bit Sampled Voice]] (.8svx, .iff) | ** [[8-Bit Sampled Voice]] (.8svx, .iff) | ||
** [[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 Music]] (.as4) | + | ** [[Electronic Arts AS4 / ASF Music]] (.as4, .asf) |
| + | ** [[Electronic Arts CMV]] | ||
** [[Electronic Arts KSF Music]] (.ksf) | ** [[Electronic Arts KSF Music]] (.ksf) | ||
| + | ** [[Electronic Arts MAD]] | ||
| + | ** [[Electronic Arts MUS]] (.mus) | ||
| + | ** [[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) | ||
| + | ** [[Electronic Arts TGV]] | ||
| + | ** [[Electronic Arts WVE]] | ||
** [[IFF]] (Amiga 8SVX) | ** [[IFF]] (Amiga 8SVX) | ||
| + | *** [[IFF-MAUD]] | ||
** [[Sonix Music Driver]] (.smus) | ** [[Sonix Music Driver]] (.smus) | ||
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* Epic Megagames | * Epic Megagames | ||
** [[Epic Megagames MASI]] (.masi, .psm) | ** [[Epic Megagames MASI]] (.masi, .psm) | ||
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| − | * [[ | + | * [[FMOD Sample Bank]] (.fsb) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Funcom ISS]] |
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* Galaxy Music System | * Galaxy Music System | ||
** [[Galaxy Music System v4.0]] | ** [[Galaxy Music System v4.0]] | ||
** [[Galaxy Music System v5.0]] (.j2b) | ** [[Galaxy Music System v5.0]] (.j2b) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[GCW]] (PCM 16 bit) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Generic Header]] (.genh, Generic Header Creator) |
| − | * [[ | + | * Herad Music System |
| + | ** [[Herad Music System AGD]] (.agd) | ||
| + | ** [[Herad Music System SDB]] (.sdb) | ||
| + | ** [[Herad Music System SQX]] (.sqx) | ||
| + | * [[HIS]] (PCM 8 bit) | ||
* id Software | * id Software | ||
| + | ** [[Doom MUS]] | ||
** [[id Software DNF]] (.dnf) | ** [[id Software DNF]] (.dnf) | ||
** [[id Software Music Format]] (.imf) | ** [[id Software Music Format]] (.imf) | ||
** [[id Software WLF]] (.wlf) | ** [[id Software WLF]] (.wlf) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[IMA ADPCM]] (.bar, .dvi, .hwas, .idvi, .ivaud, .myspd, .stma, .strm) |
* [[Interplay ACM]] (.acm) | * [[Interplay ACM]] (.acm) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Inverse Frequency Sound format]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[iXMF]] (Interactive [[Extensible Music Format]]) |
| − | * [[ | + | * Ken Silverman |
| − | * [[ | + | ** [[Ken's Adlib Music]] (.ksm) |
| − | * [[ | + | ** [[Ken's Digital Music]] (.kdm) |
| − | * [[ | + | ** [[SM (Ken Silverman)]] (.sm) |
| + | ** [[SND (Ken Silverman)]] (.snd) | ||
| + | * [[LOUDNESS Sound System]] (.lds) | ||
* LucasArts | * LucasArts | ||
** [[LucasArts Adlib Audio]] (.laa) | ** [[LucasArts Adlib Audio]] (.laa) | ||
** [[SCUMM]] (SCUMM) | ** [[SCUMM]] (SCUMM) | ||
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| − | + | * Microsoft | |
| − | + | ** [[0x0069]] (Xbox ADPCM) | |
| − | * [[Martin | + | ** [[2DX]] |
| − | * | + | ** [[2DX9]] (ADPCM) |
| − | * | + | ** [[DE2]] (ADPCM) |
| − | * [[ | + | ** [[Xbox IMA ADPCM]] (.matx, .wavm, .wvs, .xmu, .xvas, .xwav) |
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** [[Ultima 6 Music]] (.m) | ** [[Ultima 6 Music]] (.m) | ||
| − | * | + | * PC-98 and PC-88 |
| − | * | + | ** [[Professional Music Driver PMD]] (.m, .m2) |
| − | * [[ | + | * Pixel |
| − | + | ** [[PMD (Pixel)]] | |
| − | * | + | * [[Pixel Painters]] (.fmf) |
| − | * | + | * [[Ragnarok Online 2 RMP]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Shadowlands]] (.cal) |
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** [[Sierra AGI]] (Sierra AGI) | ** [[Sierra AGI]] (Sierra AGI) | ||
** [[Sierra SCI]] (Used in Sierra PC games) | ** [[Sierra SCI]] (Used in Sierra PC games) | ||
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| − | + | * [[Sound Interface System]] (.lem) | |
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* [[Unreal Music Format]] (.umx) | * [[Unreal Music Format]] (.umx) | ||
* Union Logic Software Publishing | * Union Logic Software Publishing | ||
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* [[Video Game Music]] (.vgm, .vgz) | * [[Video Game Music]] (.vgm, .vgz) | ||
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** [[Westwood Studios ADL]] (.adl) | ** [[Westwood Studios ADL]] (.adl) | ||
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| − | == Metadata formats == | + | === Nintendo === |
| + | |||
| + | * [[Advanced Mario Sequencer file]] (.mss) | ||
| + | * [[BRSTMPSM]] (Super Paper Mario) | ||
| + | * [[Donkey Konga 2 DSP]] (Donkey Konga 2) | ||
| + | * [[Mario Paint Composer]] (MPC) | ||
| + | * [[Mario Sequencer file]] (.msq) | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii AAAP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii ADP]] (Nintendo Gamecube) (.adp) | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii AFC]] (Nintendo Gamecube) | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii AGSC]] (.agsc) | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii AMTS]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii ASN]] (Nintendo Gamecube) | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii ASR]] (Nintendo Wii) | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii AST]] (Nintendo Wii sound format) | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii BNS]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii BO2]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii BRSTM]] (Nintendo Wii streaming format) | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii CAPDSP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii CFN]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii DDSP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii DSP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii GCA]] (Nintendo Wii) | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii GCM]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii GSP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii HPS]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii IDSP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii ISD]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii ISH]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii KRAW]] (Nintendo Wii) | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii LPS]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii MPDS]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii MPDSP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii MSS]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii MUS]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii PDT]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii SDT]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii SMP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii SNS]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii SPD]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii SPT]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii SSM]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii STM]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii STR]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii STS]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii SWD]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii THP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii TYDSP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii VJDSP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii WAS]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii WSD]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii WSI]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii YDSP]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii YMF]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo GameCube / Wii ZWDSP]] | ||
| + | * [[SHI]] ([http://battleofthebits.org/lyceum/View/ShroomTool ShroomTool] Instrument, used for Mario Paint instruments) | ||
| + | * [[SHO]] (ShroomTool, used for Mario Paint sounds) | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Sony === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[ADS (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[ASS (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[AST (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[BG00 (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[BMDX (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[CCC (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[CNK (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[DXH (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[ENTH (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[FAG (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[FILP (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[FSB (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[GCM (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[GMS (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[HGC1 (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[I100 (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[I400 (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[I80 (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[IKM (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[ILD (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[IVB (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[JOE (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[KCES (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[KHV (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[LEG (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[MCG (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[MI4 (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[MIB (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[MIC (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[MIH (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[MIHB (PlayStation)]] (merged [[MIB|MIB (PlayStation)]] & [[MIH|MIH (PlayStation)]]) | ||
| + | * [[MSA (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[MSVP (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[MUSC (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[NPSF (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[PNB (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[PSH (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[RKV (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[RND (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[RSTM (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[RWS (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[SFS (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[SIR (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[SL3 (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[SMPL (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[SND (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[SPU (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[STER (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[STH (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[STR (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[STS (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[SVAG (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[SVS (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[TEC (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[TK5 (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[VAS (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[VAG (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[VB2 (PlayStation & PS2)]] | ||
| + | * [[VGS (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[VIG (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[VPK (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[VS (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[VSF (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[WP2 (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[XA2 (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[XA30 (PlayStation)]] | ||
| + | * [[MI2 (PS2)]] | ||
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| + | == Identifiers of musical works, recordings, artists, etc. == | ||
| + | * [[International Standard Musical Work Code]] (ISWC) | ||
| + | * [[International Standard Recording Code]] (ISRC) | ||
| + | * [[MusicBrainz Identifier]] | ||
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| + | == Karaoke == | ||
| + | * [[CD+G]] | ||
| + | * [[UltraStar Karaoke]] | ||
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| + | == Metadata formats and related data == | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[APE tag]] |
| + | * [[Argoknot]] | ||
| + | * Cue Sheet - See [[CUE and BIN]] | ||
| + | * [[ELAN Annotation Format]] | ||
| + | * [[Exif]] | ||
| + | * [[Zoom Project Settings]] (.hprj) | ||
| + | * [[ID3]] | ||
| + | * [[MDZ]] | ||
| + | * [[Monkey's Audio metadata]] (.apl) | ||
| + | * [[Vorbis comment]] | ||
== Music trackers == | == Music trackers == | ||
| + | (For more on this subject, listen to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nNuUKeh6o Jason Scott Talks His Way Out Of It: The Music Tracker Episode].) | ||
* [[1tracker module]] (.1tm) | * [[1tracker module]] (.1tm) | ||
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* [[Aley's Module]] (.alm) | * [[Aley's Module]] (.alm) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[All Sound Tracker module]] (.ast) |
| − | * [[Archimedes Tracker module]] | + | * [[Amiga Module]] (.mod) |
| + | * [[AProSys module]] (.aps) | ||
| + | * [[Archimedes Tracker module]] (.musx) | ||
* [[Arkos Tracker]] (.aks) | * [[Arkos Tracker]] (.aks) | ||
* [[Art of Noise module]] (.aon) | * [[Art of Noise module]] (.aon) | ||
* [[ASC Sound Master module]] (.asc) | * [[ASC Sound Master module]] (.asc) | ||
| + | * [[B's Pro Tracker module]] (.bpm, .bps) | ||
* [[Beepola song]] (.bbsong) | * [[Beepola song]] (.bbsong) | ||
* [[BeRoTracker module]] (.br) | * [[BeRoTracker module]] (.br) | ||
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* [[BoyScout Tracker module]] (.bsf) | * [[BoyScout Tracker module]] (.bsf) | ||
| + | * Brian Postma SoundMon | ||
| + | ** [[Brian Postma SoundMon v1.x module]] (.bp) | ||
| + | ** [[Brian Postma SoundMon v2.x & v3.x module]] (.bp3) | ||
| + | ** [[BS]] | ||
| + | * Buzzic | ||
| + | ** [[Buzzic v1.x]] (.buz) | ||
| + | ** [[Buzzic v2.0]] (.buz2) | ||
* Chaos Music Composer | * Chaos Music Composer | ||
** [[CM3]] ([[CMC]] "3/4") | ** [[CM3]] ([[CMC]] "3/4") | ||
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** [[CMS]] (Stereo Double [[CMC]]) | ** [[CMS]] (Stereo Double [[CMC]]) | ||
** [[DMC]] (Double ChaosMusicComposer) | ** [[DMC]] (Double ChaosMusicComposer) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Chuck Biscuits/Black Artist module]] (.cba) |
* [[Coconizer module]] | * [[Coconizer module]] | ||
* [[Composer 669 module]] (.669) | * [[Composer 669 module]] (.669) | ||
* [[craptracker ii module]] (.ct2) | * [[craptracker ii module]] (.ct2) | ||
| + | * [[Custom Amiga Module]] (.cus. .custom) | ||
* CyberTracker | * CyberTracker | ||
** [[CyberTracker instrument]] (.ci) | ** [[CyberTracker instrument]] (.ci) | ||
** [[CyberTracker module]] (.ct) | ** [[CyberTracker module]] (.ct) | ||
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* [[DeliTracker custom]] (.cust) | * [[DeliTracker custom]] (.cust) | ||
| + | * [[DeltaMusic module]] (.dta) | ||
| + | * Delta Music Composer | ||
| + | ** [[Delta Music Composer module]] (.dlt) | ||
| + | ** [[Delta Music 2.0 module]] (.dl2) | ||
* [[Desktop Tracker module]] (.dtt) | * [[Desktop Tracker module]] (.dtt) | ||
* DigiBooster / DigiBooster PRO | * DigiBooster / DigiBooster PRO | ||
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** [[DigiBooster v1.x module]] (.digi) | ** [[DigiBooster v1.x module]] (.digi) | ||
| + | ** [[DigiBooster PRO v2.x / DigiBooster 3 module]] (.dbm) | ||
* [[Digital Symphony module]] (.dsym) | * [[Digital Symphony module]] (.dsym) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * Digitrakker |
| − | * [[ | + | ** [[Digitrakker instrument]] (.ist) |
| + | ** [[Digitrakker module]] (.mdl) | ||
| + | ** [[Digitrakker sample]] (.spl) | ||
| + | * [[DigiTrekker module]] (.dtm) | ||
* [[Digital Tracker module]] (.dtm) | * [[Digital Tracker module]] (.dtm) | ||
| + | * [[DisorderTracker 2 module]] (.plm) | ||
* [[Dual Module Player DSMI]] (.amf) | * [[Dual Module Player DSMI]] (.amf) | ||
| − | * [[Face | + | * [[Eureka Packer module]] (.eu) |
| − | * [[FamiTracker module]] (.ftm) | + | * [[Extended MOD]] (.emd) |
| + | * [[Extreme's Tracker module]] (.ams) | ||
| + | * [[FAC Soundtracker]] (MSX, extension unknown) | ||
| + | * [[Face The Music module]] (.ftm) | ||
| + | * Famitracker | ||
| + | ** [[FamiTracker module]] (.ftm) | ||
| + | ** [[FamiTracker instrument]] (.fti) | ||
* Farandole Composer | * Farandole Composer | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Farandole Form 2.0]] (.f2r) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Farandole Composer module]] (.far) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Farandole Composer pattern]] (.fpt) |
| − | + | ** [[Farandole Composer sample]] (.fsm, .usm) | |
| − | ** [[ | + | |
* [[Fashion Tracker module]] (.ex) | * [[Fashion Tracker module]] (.ex) | ||
* FastTracker / FastTracker 2 | * FastTracker / FastTracker 2 | ||
| − | ** [[FastTracker module | + | ** [[FastTracker module]] (.ft, .ftc) |
| − | + | ||
** [[Extended instrument]] (.xi) | ** [[Extended instrument]] (.xi) | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Extended Module]] (.xm) |
| + | * [[FC-M Packer module]] (.fcm) | ||
* [[Flash Tracker module]] (.fls) | * [[Flash Tracker module]] (.fls) | ||
* [[Flex Tracker module]] (.flx) | * [[Flex Tracker module]] (.flx) | ||
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* [[Fuchs Tracker]] (.fchs) | * [[Fuchs Tracker]] (.fchs) | ||
* [[FunkTracker module]] (.fnk) | * [[FunkTracker module]] (.fnk) | ||
* Future Composer | * Future Composer | ||
** [[Future Composer v1.x module]] (.fc) | ** [[Future Composer v1.x module]] (.fc) | ||
| − | ** [[Future Composer v1.3 module]] (.fc13 | + | ** [[Future Composer v1.3 module]] (.fc13) |
| − | ** [[Future Composer v1.4 module]] (.fc14 | + | ** [[Future Composer v1.4 module]] (.fc14) |
| + | * Future Composer (BSI) | ||
| + | ** [[Future Composer (BSI) module]] | ||
| + | * [[Fuzzac Packer module]] (.fuzz) | ||
| + | * [[General Digital Music module]] (.gdm) | ||
* [[GoatTracker module]] (.sng) | * [[GoatTracker module]] (.sng) | ||
* [[Grave Composer module]] (.wow) | * [[Grave Composer module]] (.wow) | ||
| − | * | + | * Graoumf Tracker |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Graoumf Tracker module]] (.gtk) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Graoumf Tracker 2 module]] (.gt2) |
* [[Global Tracker v1.x module]] (.gtr) | * [[Global Tracker v1.x module]] (.gtr) | ||
| + | * [[HeatSeeker Module Cruncher v1.0]] (.crb) | ||
* [[Hively Tracker module]] (.hvl) | * [[Hively Tracker module]] (.hvl) | ||
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* [[Ice Tracker module]] | * [[Ice Tracker module]] | ||
* [[Imago Orpheus module]] (.imf) | * [[Imago Orpheus module]] (.imf) | ||
* Impulse Tracker | * Impulse Tracker | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Impulse Tracker module]] (.it, .itbz, .itgz, .itr, .itz) |
** [[Impulse Tracker sample]] (.its) | ** [[Impulse Tracker sample]] (.its) | ||
* [[JAMCracker Pro module]] (.jam) | * [[JAMCracker Pro module]] (.jam) | ||
| − | * [[klystrack module]] (.kt) | + | * jacker-tracker |
| − | * [[Liquid Tracker module]] (.liq) | + | ** [[Jacker song]] |
| − | * [[MadTracker 2 module]] (.mt2) | + | * klystrack |
| − | * [[ | + | ** [[klystrack instrument]] (.ki) |
| + | ** [[klystrack module]] (.kt) | ||
| + | * [[KRIS Packer / ChipTracker module]] (.kris) | ||
| + | * Liquid Tracker | ||
| + | ** [[Liquid Digitized Sample]] (.lds) | ||
| + | ** [[Liquid Tracker module]] (.liq) | ||
| + | * MadTracker 2 | ||
| + | ** [[MadTracker 2 envelope]] (.mte) | ||
| + | ** [[MadTracker 2 extension]] (.mtx) | ||
| + | ** [[MadTracker 2 instrument]] (.mti) | ||
| + | ** [[MadTracker 2 module]] (.mt2) | ||
| + | ** [[MadTracker 2 pattern]] (.mtp) | ||
| + | ** [[MadTracker 2 sample]] (.mts) | ||
| + | * maxYMiser | ||
| + | ** [[maxYMiser instrument]] (.myi) | ||
| + | ** [[maxYMiser module]] (.snd) | ||
* [[Megatracker module]] (.mgt) | * [[Megatracker module]] (.mgt) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[MO3]] (MP3 / Vorbis compressed module) |
| − | * [[MOD]] ( | + | * [[MOD Edit sample]] (.sam) |
| + | * [[Module Protector + noID]] (.mp) | ||
| + | * Microdeal Quartet | ||
| + | ** [[4V]] | ||
| + | * [[MONOTONE]] (.mon, .pit, .frq) | ||
| + | * Moonblaster (MSX) | ||
| + | ** [[Moonblaster music]] (.mbm) | ||
| + | ** [[Moonblaster sample kit]] (.mbk) | ||
* [[Multi Track Module]] (.mtm) | * [[Multi Track Module]] (.mtm) | ||
* Muse Tracker / Pornotracker | * Muse Tracker / Pornotracker | ||
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** [[Music Pro Tracker module (MD2)]] (.md2) | ** [[Music Pro Tracker module (MD2)]] (.md2) | ||
** [[Music Pro Tracker module (MPT)]] (.mpt) | ** [[Music Pro Tracker module (MPT)]] (.mpt) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[The Music Studio|Music Studio, The]] (Activision / Audio Light) (.sng, .song, .mss, .snd, .sound) |
| + | * [[Nerdtracker II module]] (.ned) | ||
* [[NesTracker module]] (.nest) | * [[NesTracker module]] (.nest) | ||
| − | * [[NoiseTracker module]] (. | + | * NoisePacker |
| + | ** [[NoisePacker 2.x]] (.np2) | ||
| + | ** [[NoisePacker 3.x]] (.np3) | ||
| + | * [[NoiseTracker module]] (.mod) | ||
* [[Noisetrekker module]] (.ntk) | * [[Noisetrekker module]] (.ntk) | ||
* OctaMED | * OctaMED | ||
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** [[OctaMED v5 module]] (.mmd2) | ** [[OctaMED v5 module]] (.mmd2) | ||
** [[OctaMED SS module]] (.mmd3) | ** [[OctaMED SS module]] (.mmd3) | ||
| + | ** [[MED Packer]] (.mmdc) | ||
* Oktalyzer | * Oktalyzer | ||
| − | ** [[Oktalyzer module | + | ** [[Oktalyzer module]] (.okt, .okta) |
| − | + | * [[Onyx Music File]] (.omf) | |
* [[Open MODPlug Tracker module]] (.mptm) | * [[Open MODPlug Tracker module]] (.mptm) | ||
| − | * [[PlayerPRO module]] (.mad) | + | * [[Oracle module]] (.orc) |
| + | * [[Pha Packer]] (.pha) | ||
| + | * PlayerPRO | ||
| + | ** [[Extended PlayerPRO module]] (.madx) | ||
| + | ** [[PlayerPRO module]] (.mad) | ||
* [[Polly Tracker module]] | * [[Polly Tracker module]] | ||
| + | * [[Poly Tracker module]] (.ptm) | ||
| + | * [[Polytone]] (.pol) | ||
| + | * [[Pro Sound Creator v1.xx]] (.psc, ZX Spectrum) | ||
| + | * [[Pro Sound Maker]] (.psm) | ||
* Pro Tracker | * Pro Tracker | ||
** [[Pro Tracker v1.xx module]] (.pt1) | ** [[Pro Tracker v1.xx module]] (.pt1) | ||
** [[Pro Tracker v2.xx module]] (.pt2) | ** [[Pro Tracker v2.xx module]] (.pt2) | ||
** [[Pro Tracker v3.xx module]] (.pt3) | ** [[Pro Tracker v3.xx module]] (.pt3) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Pro Tracker (MSX)]] (MSX-Music, extension unknown) |
| + | * [[Pumatracker module]] (.puma) | ||
* [[Quadra Composer module]] (.emod) | * [[Quadra Composer module]] (.emod) | ||
| − | * [[Real Tracker module]] (.rtm) | + | * [[RASTER Music Tracker module]] (.rmt) |
| − | * [[ | + | * Real Tracker |
| − | * [[SBStudio | + | ** [[Real Tracker instrument]] (.rti) |
| + | ** [[Real Tracker module]] (.rtm) | ||
| + | ** [[Real Tracker sample]] (.rts) | ||
| + | * [[Renoise]] | ||
| + | ** [[Renoise|Renoise song (XRNS)]] (.xrns) | ||
| + | ** [[Renoise|Renoise instrument (XRNS)]] (.xrni) | ||
| + | ** [[Renoise|Renoise effect chain (XRNT)]] (.xrnt) | ||
| + | ** [[Renoise Song (NTK)]] (.ntk) | ||
| + | ** [[Renoise Song (PTK)]] (.ptk) | ||
| + | ** [[Renoise Song (RNS)]] (.rns) | ||
| + | * [[SBStudio module]] (.pac, .son, .sou) | ||
| + | * SCC Blaffer NT | ||
| + | ** [[SCC Blaffer NT music]] (.sbm, MSX) | ||
| + | ** [[SCC Blaffer NT instrument kit]] (.sbk) | ||
* Scream Tracker | * Scream Tracker | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Scream Tracker Music Interface Kit module]] |
| + | ** [[Scream Tracker 1 & 2 module]] (.stm) | ||
| + | ** [[Scream Tracker 3 Adlib module]] (.as3m) | ||
** [[Scream Tracker 3 module]] (.s3m) | ** [[Scream Tracker 3 module]] (.s3m) | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Scream Tracker 3 / DigiTracker sample]] (.s31) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Scream Tracker 3 / DigiTracker sample]] (.smp) |
| + | * [[SMUS]] | ||
| + | * [[SoundFX module]] (.sfx, .sfx2) | ||
* Sound Tracker | * Sound Tracker | ||
** [[Soundtracker v2.6 / Ice Tracker module]] (.mtn) | ** [[Soundtracker v2.6 / Ice Tracker module]] (.mtn) | ||
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* Soundtrakker | * Soundtrakker | ||
** [[Soundtrakker 128 instrument]] (.ins) | ** [[Soundtrakker 128 instrument]] (.ins) | ||
| − | ** [[Soundtrakker 128 module | + | ** [[Soundtrakker 128 module]] (.128) |
** [[Soundtrakker v1.x instrument]] (.ins) | ** [[Soundtrakker v1.x instrument]] (.ins) | ||
** [[Soundtrakker v1.x module]] (.sng) | ** [[Soundtrakker v1.x module]] (.sng) | ||
* [[SQ-Tracker module]] (.sqt) | * [[SQ-Tracker module]] (.sqt) | ||
* [[Starkos Tracker module]] (.sks) | * [[Starkos Tracker module]] (.sks) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[StarTrekker / Star Tracker module]] (.mod, .nt, .flt4) |
| − | + | * [[SunVox module]] (.sunvox) | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
* TFMX | * TFMX | ||
** [[TFMX pattern data]] (.mdat) | ** [[TFMX pattern data]] (.mdat) | ||
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** [[TFMX Pro pattern data]] (.mdat) | ** [[TFMX Pro pattern data]] (.mdat) | ||
** [[TFMX sample data]] (.smpl) | ** [[TFMX sample data]] (.smpl) | ||
| + | * Theta Music Composer | ||
| + | ** [[Theta Music Composer 8-channel stereo module]] (.tm8) | ||
| + | ** [[Theta Music Composer v1.x module]] (.tmc) | ||
| + | ** [[Theta Music Composer v2.x module]] (.tm2) | ||
* [[Trackerpacker 3 module]] (.tp3) | * [[Trackerpacker 3 module]] (.tp3) | ||
| + | * [[Unic Tracker 1.0]] (.unic1) | ||
| + | * [[Unic Tracker 2.0]] (.unic2) | ||
* [[Ultra Tracker]] (.ult) | * [[Ultra Tracker]] (.ult) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Velvet_Studio]] (.ams) |
* [[VIC-TRACKER module]] (.vt) | * [[VIC-TRACKER module]] (.vt) | ||
* [[Vortex Tracker module]] (.vtx) | * [[Vortex Tracker module]] (.vtx) | ||
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** [[D-Lusion Music File]] (.dmf) | ** [[D-Lusion Music File]] (.dmf) | ||
** [[D-Lusion Sound File]] (.dms) | ** [[D-Lusion Sound File]] (.dms) | ||
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== Musical instrument control == | == Musical instrument control == | ||
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** [[EVT]] - Part of the [[ELECTONE]] format. | ** [[EVT]] - Part of the [[ELECTONE]] format. | ||
* MIDI & Clones | * MIDI & Clones | ||
| + | ** [[Compact MIDI]] | ||
** [[GMD]] ([[MIDI]] clone) | ** [[GMD]] ([[MIDI]] clone) | ||
| + | ** [[Gravis Ultrasound patch]] (used by MIDI synthesizers) | ||
** [[HMI]] ([[MIDI]] clone) | ** [[HMI]] ([[MIDI]] clone) | ||
** [[HMP]] ([[MIDI]] clone) | ** [[HMP]] ([[MIDI]] clone) | ||
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** [[KAR]] ([[MIDI]] Audio) | ** [[KAR]] ([[MIDI]] Audio) | ||
** [[MIDI]] (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) | ** [[MIDI]] (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) | ||
| + | *** [[MIDI Instrument Definition File]] | ||
** [[MIDS]] ([[MIDI]] clone) | ** [[MIDS]] ([[MIDI]] clone) | ||
** [[MIZ]] (Compressed [[MIDI]]) | ** [[MIZ]] (Compressed [[MIDI]]) | ||
| − | ** [[MSS (MIDI)|MSS]] (MIDI Clone) | + | ** [[MSS (MIDI)|MSS]] ([[MIDI]] Clone) |
| + | ** [[RIFF MIDI]] | ||
| + | ** [[RIFF MIDS]] | ||
| + | ** [[Sample Vision]] (.smp) | ||
| + | ** [[Scalable Polyphony MIDI]] | ||
| + | ** [[sfArk]] (SoundFont archive compressed file) | ||
| + | ** [[SoundFont 1.0]] (.sbk) | ||
| + | ** [[SoundFont 2.0]] (.sf2) | ||
| + | ** [[Synthetic Music Application Format]] | ||
| + | ** [[XMI (Extended MIDI)]] | ||
| + | ** [[ZIPI]] (proposed MIDI replacement) | ||
* Hardware specific | * Hardware specific | ||
** AdLib Sound Cards | ** AdLib Sound Cards | ||
| − | ** [[AdLib instrument bank]] (.bnk) | + | *** [[AdLib instrument]] (.ins) |
| − | ** [[Bob's Adlib Music]] (.bam) | + | *** [[AdLib instrument bank]] (.bnk) |
| − | ** [[RAW (Adlib)|RAW]] (AdLib Sound Card) | + | *** [[AdLib MSCplay]] (.msc) |
| + | *** [[AdLib music]] (.mus) | ||
| + | *** Adlib Tracker | ||
| + | **** [[Adlib Tracker instrument]] (.ins) | ||
| + | **** [[Adlib Tracker module]] (.sng) | ||
| + | **** [[Adlib Tracker II instrument]] (.a2i) | ||
| + | **** [[Adlib Tracker II instrument|Adlib Tracker II instrument with fm-register macro]] (.a2f) | ||
| + | **** [[Adlib Tracker II instrument bank]] (.a2b) | ||
| + | **** [[Adlib Tracker II instrument bank|Adlib Tracker II instrument bank with macros]] (.a2w) | ||
| + | **** [[Adlib Tracker II module]] (.a2m) | ||
| + | **** [[Adlib Tracker II pattern]] (.a2p) | ||
| + | **** [[Adlib Tracker II module|Adlib Tracker II tiny module]] (.a2t) | ||
| + | *** [[AdLib Visual Composer / Roland Synthesizer song]] (.rol) | ||
| + | *** AMusic | ||
| + | **** [[AMusic module]] (.amd) | ||
| + | **** [[AMusic XMS]] (.xms) | ||
| + | *** [[Beni Tracker module]] (.pis) | ||
| + | *** [[Bob's Adlib Music]] (.bam) | ||
| + | *** Boom Tracker v4.0 | ||
| + | **** [[Boom Tracker v4.0 instrument]] (.cif) | ||
| + | **** [[Boom Tracker v4.0 module]] (.cff) | ||
| + | *** [[DeFy Adlib Tracker module]] (.dtm) | ||
| + | *** [[Digital FM module]] (.dfm) | ||
| + | *** [[Drum Traker module]] (.dtl) | ||
| + | *** [[EdLib packed module]] (.d00) | ||
| + | *** [[Exotic AdLib module]] (.xad) | ||
| + | *** [[Extra Simple Music]] (.xsm) | ||
| + | *** [[Faust Music Creator module]] (.sng) | ||
| + | *** [[FM Tracker module]] (.fmt) | ||
| + | *** FM-Kingtracker | ||
| + | **** [[FM-Kingtracker bank]] (.fib) | ||
| + | **** [[FM-Kingtracker instrument]] (.fin) | ||
| + | **** [[FM-Kingtracker module]] (.fmk) | ||
| + | *** HSC AdLib Composer / HSC-Tracker | ||
| + | **** [[HSC AdLib Composer / HSC-Tracker module]] (.hsc) | ||
| + | **** [[HSC AdLib Composer / HSC-Tracker packed module]] (.hsp) | ||
| + | *** [[JBM Adlib Music]] (.jbl) | ||
| + | *** JCH | ||
| + | **** [[JCH-D00]] (.d00) | ||
| + | **** [[JCH-D01]] (.d01) | ||
| + | *** [[Johannes Bjerregård module]] (.jbm) | ||
| + | *** [[Master Tracker module]] (.mtr) | ||
| + | *** [[MK-Jamz audio]] (.mkj) | ||
| + | *** [[Mlat Adlib Tracker module]] (.mad) | ||
| + | *** [[MPU-401 Trakker module]] (.mtk) | ||
| + | *** [[Palladix module]] (.plx) | ||
| + | *** [[RAW (Adlib)|RAW]] (AdLib Sound Card) | ||
| + | *** [[Reality AdLib Tracker module]] (.rad) | ||
| + | *** [[SNG Player module]] (.sng) | ||
| + | *** Surprise! Adlib Tracker | ||
| + | **** [[Surprise! AdLib Tracker v1, 5, 6 module]] (.sat) | ||
| + | **** [[Surprise! Adlib Tracker v2.0]] (.sa2) | ||
| + | *** [[Twin TrackPlayer module]] (.dmo) | ||
| + | *** [[Vibrants module]] (.vib) | ||
| + | *** [[XMS-Tracker module]] (.xms) | ||
** Akai | ** Akai | ||
*** [[Akai S-series MESA multi file]] (.mlt) | *** [[Akai S-series MESA multi file]] (.mlt) | ||
*** [[Akai S-series MESA I program]] (.prg) | *** [[Akai S-series MESA I program]] (.prg) | ||
*** [[Akai S-series MESA II program]] (.s3p) | *** [[Akai S-series MESA II program]] (.s3p) | ||
| + | ** [[Codisk Audio File]] | ||
** Creative Labs | ** Creative Labs | ||
*** [[Creative Music Format]] (.cmf) | *** [[Creative Music Format]] (.cmf) | ||
| + | *** [[Creative Voice File]] | ||
*** [[Sound Blaster Instrument]] (.sbi) | *** [[Sound Blaster Instrument]] (.sbi) | ||
| + | ** [[Disney Sound Source]] | ||
** [[DOSBox Raw OPL]] (.dro) | ** [[DOSBox Raw OPL]] (.dro) | ||
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Downloadable Sounds Banks]] (.dls) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** [[Ensoniq Concert Wavetable]] (.ecw) |
| − | ** [[ | + | ** Gravis Ultrasound |
| − | ** [[ | + | *** [[UltraSound GF1 patch]] (.pat) |
| + | ** [[Instrument Bank]] (Instrument Bank) | ||
| + | ** [[Software Music Synthesis System]] (for 8080/Z-80 systems with S-100 bus) | ||
| + | ** [[TRS-80 Orchestra-90]] (.orc) | ||
| + | ** [[Voice Sequence]] (.vsq) | ||
| + | ** Yamaha sound chips | ||
| + | *** [[Callus OPL Register Log]] (YM2151, .cym) | ||
| + | *** [[GYM]] (YM2612 / Sega Genesis) | ||
| + | * Software Synthesizers | ||
| + | ** [[Farbrausch BR404 music]] (.bmf) | ||
| + | ** [[iZotope iDrum]] (.idrum) | ||
| + | ** Native Instruments | ||
| + | *** [[Native Instruments Reaktor ensemble]] (.ens) | ||
| + | ** Steinberg VST Presets | ||
| + | *** [[FXB]] (Bank of presets) | ||
| + | *** [[FXP]] (single preset) | ||
| + | * [[E-Seq]] Yamaha (.fil, .esq) | ||
== Musical notation == | == Musical notation == | ||
| + | * [[Drum tablature]] | ||
* [[Guitar tablatures]] | * [[Guitar tablatures]] | ||
** [[ASCII tab]] (.tab, .btab, .txt) | ** [[ASCII tab]] (.tab, .btab, .txt) | ||
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* [[Musical notation]] | * [[Musical notation]] | ||
| + | ** [[ABC (musical notation)]] | ||
| + | ** [[ANSI Music]] | ||
** Capella | ** Capella | ||
*** [[CAP]] | *** [[CAP]] | ||
*** [[CapXML]] (.capx) | *** [[CapXML]] (.capx) | ||
| + | ** [[ChordML]] | ||
| + | ** [[ConcertWare]] | ||
** Copyist | ** Copyist | ||
*** [[CP4]] | *** [[CP4]] | ||
*** [[CP6]] | *** [[CP6]] | ||
| + | ** [[Dorico]] (.dorico) | ||
** [[Encore]] (.enc) | ** [[Encore]] (.enc) | ||
| − | ** [[Finale]] (.mus) | + | ** [[Extended Notation Format]] (.enf) |
| + | ** [[Extensible Music Notation Markup Language]] | ||
| + | ** [[Finale]] (.etf, .mus, .musx) | ||
** [[Forte]] (.fnf) | ** [[Forte]] (.fnf) | ||
| − | ** [[GUIDO]] | + | ** Guido |
| + | *** [[GUIDO]] | ||
| + | *** [[GUIDO XML]] | ||
| + | ** JMSL | ||
| + | *** [[JMSL]] | ||
| + | *** [[JMSL Score]] | ||
| + | ** [[JScoreML]] | ||
| + | ** [[LilyPond]] | ||
| + | ** [[MEI]] | ||
| + | ** [[MHTML]] | ||
| + | ** [[MidiXML]] | ||
| + | ** [[minimusic]] | ||
| + | ** [[MPEG4-SMR]] | ||
** [[Mup]] | ** [[Mup]] | ||
| − | ** | + | ** MuseScore |
| − | + | *** [[MSCX]] - [[XML|XML file format]] | |
| − | *** [[MSCX]] - [[XML file format]] | + | *** [[MSCZ]] - [[ZIP]] compressed [[MSCX]] |
| − | *** [[MSCZ]] - [[ | + | ** [[Music Description Language]] |
| + | ** [[Music Markup Language]] | ||
** [[Music Time]] (.mus) | ** [[Music Time]] (.mus) | ||
** [[Music Time Pro]] (.mts) | ** [[Music Time Pro]] (.mts) | ||
| + | ** [[Musical Notation Markup Language]] | ||
| + | ** [[MusicML]] | ||
** [[MusicWrite]] (.mwk) | ** [[MusicWrite]] (.mwk) | ||
| + | ** [[MusicXML]] | ||
| + | ** [[MusicXML compressed]] (.mxl) | ||
| + | ** [[Musink]] (.musink) | ||
| + | ** [[MusiqueXML]] | ||
| + | ** [[MusiXML]] | ||
** [[Myriad Software]] (.msf) | ** [[Myriad Software]] (.msf) | ||
| + | ** [[NeumesXML]] | ||
** [[Neuratron Photoscore Format]] (.opt) | ** [[Neuratron Photoscore Format]] (.opt) | ||
** [[Notation Interchange File Format]] | ** [[Notation Interchange File Format]] | ||
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** [[PriMus]] | ** [[PriMus]] | ||
** [[Rhapsody Notation Program File]] (.rhp) | ** [[Rhapsody Notation Program File]] (.rhp) | ||
| + | ** [[Rhapsody 2/3]] (RISC OS. Unrelated to the above "Rhapsody Notation Program File") | ||
| + | ** [[Rhapsody 4]] (RISC OS, .c00) | ||
** [[Rosegarden]] (.rg) | ** [[Rosegarden]] (.rg) | ||
** [[QuickScore Elite]] (.qsd) | ** [[QuickScore Elite]] (.qsd) | ||
** [[SCORE]] (.mus) | ** [[SCORE]] (.mus) | ||
** [[Score Perfect]] (.spp) | ** [[Score Perfect]] (.spp) | ||
| + | ** [[ScoreML]] | ||
** [[ScoreWriter]] (.scw) | ** [[ScoreWriter]] (.scw) | ||
** [[Sibelius]] | ** [[Sibelius]] | ||
| + | ** [[SMDL]] | ||
| + | ** [[SongWrite]] | ||
** [[Studio Session Song]] (.sss) | ** [[Studio Session Song]] (.sss) | ||
| + | ** [[Theta]] | ||
** [[Tilia]] | ** [[Tilia]] | ||
| + | ** [[VexTab]] | ||
| + | ** [[Virtual Musician Markup Language]] | ||
| + | ** [[WEDELMUSIC]] | ||
** [[XMF]] | ** [[XMF]] | ||
| + | ** [[XMusic]] | ||
| + | ** [[XScore]] (eXtensible Score Language) | ||
| − | == | + | == Playlists, music libraries, music store downloaders == |
| + | * [[Amazon downloader file]] (.amz) | ||
* [[B4S]] (Winamp 3 playlist) | * [[B4S]] (Winamp 3 playlist) | ||
* [[FPL]] (foobar2000 playlist) | * [[FPL]] (foobar2000 playlist) | ||
| + | * [[iTunes Music Library]] | ||
| + | * [[Kapsule]] (Kazaa XML Manifest) | ||
* [[KPL]] (Kazaa Playlist Format) | * [[KPL]] (Kazaa Playlist Format) | ||
* [[M3U]] (Multimedia Playlist Format) | * [[M3U]] (Multimedia Playlist Format) | ||
| − | * [[PLS]] (Multimedia | + | * [[MAGMA]] ([[Magnet URI]]) |
| + | * [[MOD4WIN Module List]] (.mol) | ||
| + | * [[MusicBee Library]] (.mbl) | ||
| + | * [[PLS]] (Multimedia Playlist) | ||
| + | * [[RAM (RealAudio)]] | ||
| + | * [[SMIL]] (W3C open standard) | ||
| + | * [[Windows Media Metafile]] (.asx, .wax, .wxv) | ||
| + | * [[Windows Media Playlist]] (.wpl) | ||
| + | * [[XML Sharable Playlist]] | ||
| − | == | + | == Programming languages and APIs (audio/music-specific) == |
| − | == | + | * [[ChucK]] (.ck) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Csound]] (.csd, .orc, .sco) |
| − | * [[ | + | * Cycling 74 [[Max]] (.maxpat, .max) |
| + | * [[FAUST]] (.dsp) | ||
| + | * [[Music Macro Language]] | ||
| + | * Native Instruments [[Reaktor]] (.rkplr) | ||
| + | * [[Pure Data]] (.pd) | ||
| + | * [[Scala (music software)]] (.kbm, .scl, .cmd) | ||
| + | * [[SuperCollider]] (.scd, .sc) | ||
| + | * [[WaveGL]] | ||
| + | * [[Web Audio API]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Ringtones == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[i Melody]] | ||
| + | * [[M4R]] (Apple iPhone Ringtones - see [[M4A]]) | ||
| + | * [[Polyphonic ringtone]] | ||
| + | * [[RTTTL]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Signal processing == | ||
| + | |||
| + | These aren't specific file formats, but generic mathematical methods used by other file formats. | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[A-law]] | ||
| + | * [[ADPCM]] | ||
| + | * [[DPCM]] | ||
| + | * [[LPCM]] | ||
| + | * [[Pulse code modulation]] | ||
| + | * [[µ-law]] (u-law) | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Software == | ||
| + | |||
| + | Refer to [[Audio software]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Sound card related formats == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[CMS (Creative Music System)]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Speech synthesis == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[Microsoft TTS voice data]] (.vce, .spd) | ||
| + | * [[Microsoft TTS voice definition]] (.cfg, .sdf) | ||
| + | * [[Speech Synthesis Markup Language]] (SSML) | ||
| + | * [[TextGrid]] | ||
| + | * [[VoiceDescription]] (OS X) | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Unclassified (need to move to other categories) == | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
* [[ACM]] (Audio Compression Manager) | * [[ACM]] (Audio Compression Manager) | ||
* [[ADM]] (ADM Audio File) | * [[ADM]] (ADM Audio File) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[AIL real mode driver]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Audfprint fingerprint file]] (.afpk) |
| − | + | * [[AVR]] | |
| − | + | ||
* [[B1S]] | * [[B1S]] | ||
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* [[BDSP]] (BotDetect Sound Package) | * [[BDSP]] (BotDetect Sound Package) | ||
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* [[BVG]] | * [[BVG]] | ||
| − | |||
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* [[CBD2]] | * [[CBD2]] | ||
| − | * | + | * CLF |
| − | * | + | ** [[Common Loudspeaker Format]] |
| − | * [[ | + | ** [[Common Instrument Format]] |
| − | * | + | * [[DeskMate Music]] (.sng) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[DeskMate Sound]] (.snd) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[DIGPAK sound driver]] |
| − | + | ||
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| − | + | ||
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| − | + | ||
| − | * [[ | + | |
| − | * [[ | + | |
| − | + | ||
* [[DSM]] (DSIK Internal) | * [[DSM]] (DSIK Internal) | ||
* [[DSPW]] | * [[DSPW]] | ||
* [[DTK]] | * [[DTK]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[EUPHONY]] (FM Towns computer system) |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
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| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
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| − | + | ||
* [[FFW]] | * [[FFW]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[First Rate Music Hall]] (.pck, MSX-Music song editor using [[Music Macro Language]]) |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
* [[GBTS]] | * [[GBTS]] | ||
* [[GCUB]] | * [[GCUB]] | ||
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| − | |||
* [[GSB]] | * [[GSB]] | ||
| − | |||
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| − | |||
* [[HLWAV]] | * [[HLWAV]] | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
* [[IAB]] | * [[IAB]] | ||
* [[IADP]] | * [[IADP]] | ||
| − | |||
* [[INT]] (RAW File) | * [[INT]] (RAW File) | ||
* [[ISWS]] | * [[ISWS]] | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
* [[JSTM]] | * [[JSTM]] | ||
| − | |||
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| − | |||
* [[KOVS]] | * [[KOVS]] | ||
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| − | |||
* [[MA]] (Music Assembler) | * [[MA]] (Music Assembler) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Micronas SC4]] |
| − | + | ||
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| − | + | ||
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| − | + | ||
* [[MNSTR]] | * [[MNSTR]] | ||
| − | |||
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| − | |||
* [[MSF]] | * [[MSF]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[MT9]] |
| − | + | ||
* [[MTAF]] | * [[MTAF]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Photo CD Audio]] |
| − | + | ||
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| − | + | ||
* [[S98]] (NEC PC-98) | * [[S98]] (NEC PC-98) | ||
| − | |||
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| − | |||
* [[SD]] (ESPS sampled data file) | * [[SD]] (ESPS sampled data file) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[SigmaStudio]] (.dspproj) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Sound Description Interchange Format]] (SDIF) |
| − | * [[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) | ||
| − | + | * [[Sound Effect Editor]] (.see, MSX) | |
| − | + | * [[SoundHelix XML]] | |
* [[TFMX]] (TFMX) | * [[TFMX]] (TFMX) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Vivaldi]] (RISC OS) |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Zsound Music]] |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
See the Open Cubic Player homepage for a list of demo formats: http://www.cubic.org/player/features.html | 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]]). | See also [[Piano Rolls]] (which is under the [[Physical File Formats]]). | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Links == | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/09/20/kickstarting-free-open-record.html Kickstarting free, open recordings of Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1"] | ||
| + | * [http://mpc-hc.org/ MPC-HC: media player for Windows handling just about all video/audio formats] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/09/27/david-byrnes-how-music-wor.html How Music Works] | ||
| + | * [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/admusfmt.pro Some discussion of "advanced music formats" from 1994] | ||
| + | * [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/audiof23.txt FAQ on audio file formats (1992-07-09)] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/11/03/this-must-be-the-8-bit-place.html Chiptune version of Talking Heads song] | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI Beatles 3000: humorous video of how the future might misunderstand 20th century pop culture if artifacts decay as happened in the past] | ||
| + | * [http://publicdomainreview.tumblr.com/post/76437123224/chaoscontrolled123-luke-and-i-were-looking-at The Music Written on This Dude's Butt] | ||
| + | * [http://vimeo.com/58200103 "Eye of the tiger" played on a modified dot matrix printer] | ||
| + | * [http://chipflip.wordpress.com/2014/03/09/a-short-history-of-hardcore-chipmusic/ A Short History of Hardcore Chipmusic] | ||
| + | * [https://medium.com/message/you-need-to-hear-this-extremely-rare-recording-27619411e077 You Need to Hear This Extremely Rare Recording] | ||
| + | * [http://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/audio.html Library of Congress Recommended Format Specifications: Audio Works] | ||
| + | * [http://betaboston.com/news/2014/07/17/in-a-bid-for-more-emotional-snacking-frito-lay-patents-culinary-theme-songs/ In a bid for more emotional snacking, Frito-Lay patents culinary theme songs] | ||
| + | * [http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/4/5968243/mit-turns-recorded-vibrations-back-into-speech-and-music Scientists reconstruct speech through soundproof glass by watching a bag of potato chips] | ||
| + | * [http://www.palmbeachpost.com/ap/ap/business/apple-releases-tool-to-remove-free-u2-album/nhNG9/ Apple releases tool to remove free U2 album] (which they gave you whether you wanted it or not) | ||
| + | * [https://github.com/AyrA/ExcelPlayer Excel sheet that plays video and audio] | ||
| + | * [http://webaudio.github.io/web-audio-api/ Web Audio API (W3C)] | ||
| + | * [http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/why-collecting-music-matters/ Why Collecting Matters: Citizen Archivists and the Battle for Future Pasts] | ||
| + | * [http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo MediaInfo: software that shows metadata for audio/video files] | ||
| + | * [http://www.bl.uk/projects/save-our-sounds Save our Sounds] | ||
| + | * [http://www.davidsystems.com/#tools David Systems tools: includes online loudness analysis of sound files] | ||
| + | * [http://createdigitalmusic.com/2015/07/next-web-standard-music-notation/ The next Web standard could be music notation] | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_3d1x2VPxk How Oldschool Sound/Music worked] (video) | ||
| + | * [http://www.crutchfield.com/S-ulligiNLBZf/learn/learningcenter/home/hometheater_surround.html Understanding surround sound formats] | ||
| + | * [http://www.righto.com/2017/04/reverse-engineering-76477-space.html Reverse engineering the 76477 "Space Invaders" sound effect chip from die photos] | ||
[[Category:Audio and Music| ]] | [[Category:Audio and Music| ]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:44, 5 November 2024
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.
[edit] Introduction
- For an excellent introduction to the issues around audio and video formats, see A Primer on Codecs for Moving Image and Sound Archives - and 10 Recommendations for Codec Selection & Management PDF version
- Basics of streaming protocols
[edit] Album formats
(files containing entire music albums, with some track structure)
- Connected Media Experience (CME, CMX)
- iTunes LP
[edit] Audio and sequencer software
- Ableton
- Adobe Audition
- Cool Edit / Audition Multi Track Session file (.ses)
- Audition (.sesx)
- Aldrin
- Creative Commons Module (.ccm)
- Audacity Project Format (.aup)
- Audacity AU (.au)
- Cakewalk
- Cakewalk Bundle (BUN) (.bun)
- Cakewalk Bundle (CWB) (.cwb)
- Cakewalk Dump Request Macro (.drm)
- Cakewalk Instrument Definition File (.ins)
- Cakewalk Project (CWP) (.cwp)
- Cakewalk Project (WRK) (.wrk)
- Cakewalk Sample Definition File (.sfz)
- CPS project (.cps)
- DeLuxe Music Score
- Digital Performer
- Dynamic Studio Professional module
- FruityLoops / FL Studio
- BeatCreator/BeatSlicer Grid File (.zgr)
- DrumSynth Preset (.ds)
- FL Studio Score File (.fsc)
- FL Studio State File (.fst)
- Humanize Preset (.fpr)
- Raw FL Studio Project (.flp)
- SimSynth Preset (.syn)
- Speech Preset (.speech)
- GarageBand (Mac)
- GarageBand project (.band, .gbproj)
- Magic GarageBand template (.wand)
- GarageBand MagicMentor template (.mwand)
- Hydrogen (.h2song, .h2pattern)
- iZotope RX (.rxdoc)
- Jeskola Buzz
- Jeskola Buzz machine (.dll)
- Jeskola Buzz machine preset (.prs, .prs.xml)
- Jeskola Buzz song (.bmx, .bmw)
- LMMS (Linux MultiMedia Studio) (.mmp, .mmpz)
- Logic Pro / Logic / Notator Logic
- Logic Pro project file (.logic, .logicx)
- Maestro (RISC OS)
- Make-A-Melody (Big Blue Disk #42) (.mus)
- Nero SoundTrax (.npf)
- Nero WaveEditor (.nwf)
- Piston Collage / PxTone
- Piston Collage noise (.ptnoise)
- Piston Collage song (.ptcop, .pttune)
- Piston Collage voice (.ptvoice)
- Pro Tools
- Pro Tools (Mac) (.pt5, .p24, .pt4, .pt3)
- PTS (Pro Tools 5.1-6.9)
- PTF (Pro Tools 7-9)
- PTX (Pro Tools 10)
- Propellerhead (Reason, ReCycle)
- Propellerhead Reason NN-XT Patch File (.sx2)
- Propellerhead Reason Project File / song file (.reason, .rns, others)
- Propellerhead Reason ReFill Sound Bank (.rfl)
- Propellerhead ReCycle Loop File (.rex)
- Reason Studios REX2 Audio File (.rx2)
- Reaper Project (.rpp)
- Renoise
- Renoise song (.xrns)
- Renoise instrument (.xrni)
- Renoise DSP device-chain (.xrnt)
- Roxio
- SeaTone / PixTone
- PXT (.pxt)
- Sonic Foundry Acid (.acd)
- SoundDesigner II (.sd2)
- Soundtrack Pro (.stmp)
- Steinberg
- (Super) Studio Session song (.sss)
- Waveburner (.wb3)
[edit] Audio recording and sound waves
- Lossless compression
- ATRAC Advanced Lossless (.aal)
- ADA (Advanced Digital Audio)
- ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)
- APAC (Marian's A-pac)
- Dakx Wav
- Dolby TrueHD
- DTS-HD (Lossless variant of DTS- DTS-HD Master Audio)
- FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- G.711
- G.729
- HALAC
- Kexis (.kxs)
- LA (Lossless Audio)
- LiteWave
- LPAC (Lossless Predictive Audio Coding)
- MKW
- MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing Audio)
- Monkey's Audio (.ape)
- MPEG-4 ALS (MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding)
- MPEG-4 SLS (MPEG-4 Scalable lossless coding mode)
- MQA (Master Quality Authenticated)
- OptimFROG (.ofr, .ofs)
- Perfect Clarity Audio (.pca)
- RALF (Real Lossless Audio Codec)
- RK Audio (.rka)
- Shorten (.shn)
- Sonarc
- Split2000
- TAK (.tak)
- True Audio (.tta)
- VocPack
- WavArc
- WavPack (.wv)
- WMA Lossless (Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless)
- Lossy compression
- AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
- Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation
- Adaptive Multi-Rate WideBand Audio
- Adaptive Multi-Rate Audio (.amr)
- Archimedes VIDC audio
- ATRAC or Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (.aa3, .oma, .at3)
- Audible Audiobook (.aa, .aax)
- Audition Loop (.cel)
- CELT (.ogg)
- Digital Theater Systems (.dts)
- Dolby Digital (AC-3 or ATSC A/52)
- Encodec (.ecdc)
- GSM (GSM 6.10 RPE-LTP)
- LB (Low Bitrate)
- M4B (iTunes Audio Book)
- M4P (Fairplay DRM Encrypted M4A)
- MP1: See MPEG Audio Layer I
- MP2: See MPEG Audio Layer II
- MP3 (MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
- packMP3
- mp3PRO
- 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
- AlbumWrap (ALBW)
- MooseWrap (DJWrap)
- Mp3Wrap
- Track Wrapper (TRKW)
- MP3 Album Maker
- M3A
- Wrapster (when adding MP3 files to a wrapped MP3 file)
- MPA (MPEG Audio): See MPEG Audio Layer II
- MP+ (MPEGplus Audio): See Musepack Audio
- MPEG-4 Audio: Can refer to various formats connected with MPEG-4, including AAC. (.m4a, .m4b, .m4p, .m4r, .mp4, .aac)
- MPEG Audio Layer I (MP1)
- MPEG Audio Layer II (MP2; MPEG-1 Audio Layer II)
- Musepack Audio (.mpc)
- Opus (.opus)
- Quite OK Audio (.qoa)
- RealAudio (.ra)
- Speex (.spx)
- SWA
- Vorbis (.logg, .oga, .ogg)
- WMA (Windows Media Audio)
- Proprietary
- DCT (Dictation format by NCH Software)
- Digital Speech Standard (.dss)
- Digital Voice File (.dvf)
- IC Sound (.ics)
- iKlax (iKlax Media)
- Memory Stick Voice (.msv)
- Panasonic VM1 (.vm1)
- Pono
- PXD
- RCA-VOC (.voc)
- Separated parts of tracks
- Uncompressed audio
- AIF / AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)
- Berkeley/IRCAM/Carl Sound Format (.sf)
- BWF (Broadcast Wave Format; variant of WAV)
- DSD (Direct Stream Digital) (.dsf)
- RAW (.raw, .pcm)
- RF64 (extended variant of BWF)
- Sony Wave64 (.w64)
- WAV (Waveform Audio File Format)
- Various encodings
- AIFC (AIFF Compressed)
- AU (Sun Microsystems audio format)
- Computerized Speech Lab NSP (.nsp)
- DiamondWare Digitized (.dwd)
- Bonk (lossy/lossless audio compression)
- INRS-Telecom file (.aud)
- SIFF (.son)
- SPPACK (.d)
- WVE (Psion)
[edit] Chiptune
- SAM Coupé song (.cop, .sng)
[edit] Configuration files
- X2A (Yamaha S70xs/S90xs keyboard workstations)
[edit] Container formats
- AAF (Advanced Authoring Format)
- ASF (Advanced Systems Format)
- Core Audio Format (.caf)
- Extensible Music Format (.xmf)
- IFF
- Matroska Audio (.mka)
- MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14 media container)
- Ogg (.ogg, .oga, .ogx, .spx, .opus)
- OMF Interchange (Open Media Framework Interchange format)
- Qualcomm QCP (Purevoice)
- Rich Music Format (.rmf)
- RealMedia (.rm)
- WAV
- WebM (.webm) (also used for video)
[edit] Emulated music
- 2SF (Nintendo DS PSF)
- 3G2 (3GPP, also a video format)
- 3GP (3GPP, also a video format)
- Atari SoundHeader (SNDH)
- AY (Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum / ZXAYEMUL)
- AZX (ZX Spectrum)
- Custom Amiga Module (CUST)
- DSF (Dreamcast PSF)
- EPSGMOD (.epsgmod, Mod2PSG)
- Fuxoft AY Language (.fmx)
- Game Boy Sound (.gbs)
- GBR (Game Boy Sound)
- Gens Sound Record (GSR)
- GSF (Game Boy Advance PSF)
- HES (Hudson Entertainment System)
- KSS (MSX)
- KSSX (Possible expansion of KSS)
- MDX (Sharp X68000 / MXDRV)
- NES Sound Format (.nsf)
- NES Sound Format Extended (.nsfe)
- NSD
- PSF (Portable Sound Format)
- PSF1 (Playstation PSF)
- PSF2 (Playstation 2 PSF)
- QSF (Capcom Q-Sound PSF)
- SC68 (Atari ST / Atari STE / Amiga)
- SGC (Sega Master System / Game Gear / Colecovision)
- SID (Commodore 64)
- SPC (Super Nintendo SPC700)
- SSF (Sega Saturn PSF)
- USF (Nintendo 64 PSF)
- YM (Amstrad CPC / Spectrum ZX / Atari ST)
[edit] Game audio and music
(see also Game data files)
- 4X IMA ADPCM
- Accolade
- Adept Software
- AFC (AFX Audio File) -- used in Mass Effect 2
- Apogee
- Atari
- Slight Atari Player (Atari POKEY)
- BAF (Blur ADPCM)
- BAKA (PCM 16 bit)
- Bandai
- WSR (WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color)
- BH2PCM
- BNSF (G.722.1)
- Cave Story
- Commodore Amiga
- A.M. Composer v1.2 (.amc)
- AC1D-DC1A Packer (.ac1d)
- Actionamics Sound Tool (.ast)
- AMOS Music Bank (.abk)
- AMOS Samples Bank (.abk)
- Art & Magic (.aam)
- Audio Sculpture (.as)
- Beathoven Synthesiser (.bss)
- Ben Daglish (.bd)
- Ben Daglish SID (.bds)
- Ben Replay (.ben)
- Channel Players (.chan)
- Cinemaware (.cin)
- Core Design (.core)
- CustomMade (.cm)
- Darius Zendeh (.dz)
- Dave Lowe (.dl)
- Dave Lowe New (.dln)
- David Hanney (.dh)
- David Whittaker (.dw)
- Desire (.dsr)
- Digital Illusions (.di)
- Digital Sonix & Chrome (.dsc)
- Digital Sound Creations (.han)
- Dirk Bialluch (.tpu)
- Dynamic Synthesizer (.dns)
- Editeur Musical Sequentiel (.ems)
- Follin Player II (.tf)
- Fred Editor (.fred)
- Fred Gray (.fg)
- Future Player (.fp)
- FWMP (.fw)
- Game Music Creator (.gmc)
- Gnu Player (.gp)
- Hippel (.hip)
- Hippel-COSO (.hipc)
- Hornet Packer (.hrt)
- Howie Davies (.hd)
- IFF-MAUD
- Images Music System (.ims)
- Infogrames INS (.ins)
- Janko Mrsic-Flogel (.jmf)
- Jason Brooke (.jcb)
- Jason Page (.jp)
- Jeroen Tel (.jt)
- Jesper Olsen (.jo)
- Jochen Hippel (.hip)
- Kefrens Sound Machine (.ksm)
- Kris Hatlelid (.kh)
- Leggless Music Editor (.lme)
- Magnetic Fields Packer (.mfp)
- Maniacs of Noise (.mon, .jt)
- Mark Cooksey (.mc)
- Mark II Sound-System (.mii, .mk2, .mkii)
- Martin Walker (.mw)
- MaxTrax (.mxtx)
- Mike Davies (.md)
- MMDC (Module packer)
- Mugician (.mug)
- Mugician II (.mug2)
- NoiseRunner (.nr)
- NovoTrade Packer (.ntp)
- Pierre Adane Packer (.pap)
- Power Music (.pm)
- Professional Sound Artists (.psa)
- Promizer 0.1 (.pm01)
- Promizer 1.0c (.pm10)
- Promizer 1.8a (.pm18)
- Promizer 2.0 (.pm20)
- Promizer 4.0 (.pm40)
- ProPacker 1.0 (.pp10)
- ProPacker 2.1 (.pp21)
- ProPacker 3.0 (.pp30)
- Prorunner (.prun1, .prun2)
- Richard Joseph or Vectordean (.rjp)
- Rob Hubbard (.rh, .rho)
- Ron Klaren (.rk)
- Sean Connolly (.scn)
- Sean Conran (.scr)
- Sidmon (.sid, .sid2)
- Silmarils (.mok)
- SKYT Packer (.skyt)
- Sonic Arranger (.sa)
- Sound Images (.tw)
- Sound Master (.sm)
- Sound Programming Language (.spl)
- Soundcontrol (.sct)
- Soundfactory (.psf)
- SoundPlayer (.sjs)
- Special FX (.jd)
- Speedy System (.ss)
- Steve Barrett (.sb)
- Steve Turner (.jpo)
- Star Trekker Packer (.stpk)
- Synth Dream (.sdr)
- Synth Pack (.osp)
- The Musical Enlightenment (.tme)
- The Player (.p22a, .p30a, .p40a, .p40b, .p50a, .p60a, .p61a)
- Titanics Player (.ttp)
- Tracker Packer 1 (.tp1)
- Tracker Packer 2 (.tp2)
- Tracker Packer 3 (.tp3)
- Thomas Hermann (.thm)
- Wally Beben (.wb)
- Wanton Packer (.wn)
- XANN Packer (.xann)
- Zen Packer (.zen)
- CRI Middleware
- DCS (ADPCM)
- Death Rally Archive (.bpa)
- DMSG (PCM 16 bit)
- EACS IMA ADPCM (.kcey)
- Electronic Arts
- 8-Bit Sampled Voice (.8svx, .iff)
- Asylum Music Format (.amf, used in Crusader: No Remorse / Crusader: No Regret)
- Electronic Arts AS4 / ASF Music (.as4, .asf)
- Electronic Arts CMV
- Electronic Arts KSF Music (.ksf)
- Electronic Arts MAD
- Electronic Arts MUS (.mus)
- Electronic Arts SCxl
- Electronic Arts Sound Effects (.bnk, .crd)
- Electronic Arts Sound / Speech Files (.eas, .sph)
- Electronic Arts TGV
- Electronic Arts WVE
- IFF (Amiga 8SVX)
- Sonix Music Driver (.smus)
- EMFF (ADPCM)
- Epic Megagames
- Epic Megagames MASI (.masi, .psm)
- Final Fantasy XI Music file (.bgw)
- FMOD Sample Bank (.fsb)
- Funcom ISS
- Galaxy Music System
- GCW (PCM 16 bit)
- Generic Header (.genh, Generic Header Creator)
- Herad Music System
- Herad Music System AGD (.agd)
- Herad Music System SDB (.sdb)
- Herad Music System SQX (.sqx)
- HIS (PCM 8 bit)
- id Software
- Doom MUS
- id Software DNF (.dnf)
- id Software Music Format (.imf)
- id Software WLF (.wlf)
- IMA ADPCM (.bar, .dvi, .hwas, .idvi, .ivaud, .myspd, .stma, .strm)
- Interplay ACM (.acm)
- Inverse Frequency Sound format
- iXMF (Interactive Extensible Music Format)
- Ken Silverman
- Ken's Adlib Music (.ksm)
- Ken's Digital Music (.kdm)
- SM (Ken Silverman) (.sm)
- SND (Ken Silverman) (.snd)
- LOUDNESS Sound System (.lds)
- LucasArts
- LucasArts Adlib Audio (.laa)
- SCUMM (SCUMM)
- Martin Fernandez (.adlib)
- Microsoft
- 0x0069 (Xbox ADPCM)
- 2DX
- 2DX9 (ADPCM)
- DE2 (ADPCM)
- Xbox IMA ADPCM (.matx, .wavm, .wvs, .xmu, .xvas, .xwav)
- Mojang AB (Minecraft)
- Origin Software
- Ultima 6 Music (.m)
- PC-98 and PC-88
- Professional Music Driver PMD (.m, .m2)
- Pixel
- Pixel Painters (.fmf)
- Ragnarok Online 2 RMP
- Shadowlands (.cal)
- Sierra
- Sierra AGI (Sierra AGI)
- Sierra SCI (Used in Sierra PC games)
- Sound Images Generation 2 (.sig)
- Sound Interface System (.lem)
- STOS memory bank (.mbk)
- Unreal Music Format (.umx)
- Union Logic Software Publishing
- Unique Development Studios (.uds)
- Video Game Music (.vgm, .vgz)
- Westwood Studios
- Westwood Studios ADL (.adl)
- Westwood Studios AUD (.aud)
- Whacky Wheels (.klm)
- XMP Game Module (.j2b)
[edit] Nintendo
- Advanced Mario Sequencer file (.mss)
- BRSTMPSM (Super Paper Mario)
- Donkey Konga 2 DSP (Donkey Konga 2)
- Mario Paint Composer (MPC)
- Mario Sequencer file (.msq)
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii AAAP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii ADP (Nintendo Gamecube) (.adp)
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii AFC (Nintendo Gamecube)
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii AGSC (.agsc)
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii AMTS
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii ASN (Nintendo Gamecube)
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii ASR (Nintendo Wii)
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii AST (Nintendo Wii sound format)
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii BNS
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii BO2
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii BRSTM (Nintendo Wii streaming format)
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii CAPDSP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii CFN
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii DDSP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii DSP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii GCA (Nintendo Wii)
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii GCM
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii GSP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii HPS
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii IDSP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii ISD
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii ISH
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii KRAW (Nintendo Wii)
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii LPS
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii MPDS
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii MPDSP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii MSS
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii MUS
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii PDT
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii SDT
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii SMP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii SNS
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii SPD
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii SPT
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii SSM
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii STM
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii STR
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii STS
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii SWD
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii THP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii TYDSP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii VJDSP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii WAS
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii WSD
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii WSI
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii YDSP
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii YMF
- Nintendo GameCube / Wii ZWDSP
- SHI (ShroomTool Instrument, used for Mario Paint instruments)
- SHO (ShroomTool, used for Mario Paint sounds)
[edit] Sony
- ADS (PlayStation)
- ASS (PlayStation)
- AST (PlayStation)
- BG00 (PlayStation)
- BMDX (PlayStation)
- CCC (PlayStation)
- CNK (PlayStation)
- DXH (PlayStation)
- ENTH (PlayStation)
- FAG (PlayStation)
- FILP (PlayStation)
- FSB (PlayStation)
- GCM (PlayStation)
- GMS (PlayStation)
- HGC1 (PlayStation)
- I100 (PlayStation)
- I400 (PlayStation)
- I80 (PlayStation)
- IKM (PlayStation)
- ILD (PlayStation)
- IVB (PlayStation)
- JOE (PlayStation)
- KCES (PlayStation)
- KHV (PlayStation)
- LEG (PlayStation)
- MCG (PlayStation)
- MI4 (PlayStation)
- MIB (PlayStation)
- MIC (PlayStation)
- MIH (PlayStation)
- MIHB (PlayStation) (merged MIB (PlayStation) & MIH (PlayStation))
- MSA (PlayStation)
- MSVP (PlayStation)
- MUSC (PlayStation)
- NPSF (PlayStation)
- PNB (PlayStation)
- PSH (PlayStation)
- RKV (PlayStation)
- RND (PlayStation)
- RSTM (PlayStation)
- RWS (PlayStation)
- SFS (PlayStation)
- SIR (PlayStation)
- SL3 (PlayStation)
- SMPL (PlayStation)
- SND (PlayStation)
- SPU (PlayStation)
- STER (PlayStation)
- STH (PlayStation)
- STR (PlayStation)
- STS (PlayStation)
- SVAG (PlayStation)
- SVS (PlayStation)
- TEC (PlayStation)
- TK5 (PlayStation)
- VAS (PlayStation)
- VAG (PlayStation)
- VB2 (PlayStation & PS2)
- VGS (PlayStation)
- VIG (PlayStation)
- VPK (PlayStation)
- VS (PlayStation)
- VSF (PlayStation)
- WP2 (PlayStation)
- XA2 (PlayStation)
- XA30 (PlayStation)
- MI2 (PS2)
[edit] Identifiers of musical works, recordings, artists, etc.
- International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC)
- International Standard Recording Code (ISRC)
- MusicBrainz Identifier
[edit] Karaoke
[edit]
- APE tag
- Argoknot
- Cue Sheet - See CUE and BIN
- ELAN Annotation Format
- Exif
- Zoom Project Settings (.hprj)
- ID3
- MDZ
- Monkey's Audio metadata (.apl)
- Vorbis comment
[edit] Music trackers
(For more on this subject, listen to Jason Scott Talks His Way Out Of It: The Music Tracker Episode.)
- 1tracker module (.1tm)
- AHX (Abyss) (Abyss Highest eXperience)
- Aley's Module (.alm)
- All Sound Tracker module (.ast)
- Amiga Module (.mod)
- AProSys module (.aps)
- Archimedes Tracker module (.musx)
- Arkos Tracker (.aks)
- Art of Noise module (.aon)
- ASC Sound Master module (.asc)
- B's Pro Tracker module (.bpm, .bps)
- Beepola song (.bbsong)
- BeRoTracker module (.br)
- BoyScout Tracker module (.bsf)
- Brian Postma SoundMon
- Buzzic
- Buzzic v1.x (.buz)
- Buzzic v2.0 (.buz2)
- Chaos Music Composer
- Chuck Biscuits/Black Artist module (.cba)
- Coconizer module
- Composer 669 module (.669)
- craptracker ii module (.ct2)
- Custom Amiga Module (.cus. .custom)
- CyberTracker
- CyberTracker instrument (.ci)
- CyberTracker module (.ct)
- DeliTracker custom (.cust)
- DeltaMusic module (.dta)
- Delta Music Composer
- Delta Music Composer module (.dlt)
- Delta Music 2.0 module (.dl2)
- Desktop Tracker module (.dtt)
- DigiBooster / DigiBooster PRO
- Digital Symphony module (.dsym)
- Digitrakker
- Digitrakker instrument (.ist)
- Digitrakker module (.mdl)
- Digitrakker sample (.spl)
- DigiTrekker module (.dtm)
- Digital Tracker module (.dtm)
- DisorderTracker 2 module (.plm)
- Dual Module Player DSMI (.amf)
- Eureka Packer module (.eu)
- Extended MOD (.emd)
- Extreme's Tracker module (.ams)
- FAC Soundtracker (MSX, extension unknown)
- Face The Music module (.ftm)
- Famitracker
- FamiTracker module (.ftm)
- FamiTracker instrument (.fti)
- Farandole Composer
- Farandole Form 2.0 (.f2r)
- Farandole Composer module (.far)
- Farandole Composer pattern (.fpt)
- Farandole Composer sample (.fsm, .usm)
- Fashion Tracker module (.ex)
- FastTracker / FastTracker 2
- FastTracker module (.ft, .ftc)
- Extended instrument (.xi)
- Extended Module (.xm)
- FC-M Packer module (.fcm)
- Flash Tracker module (.fls)
- Flex Tracker module (.flx)
- Fuchs Tracker (.fchs)
- FunkTracker module (.fnk)
- Future Composer
- Future Composer v1.x module (.fc)
- Future Composer v1.3 module (.fc13)
- Future Composer v1.4 module (.fc14)
- Future Composer (BSI)
- Fuzzac Packer module (.fuzz)
- General Digital Music module (.gdm)
- GoatTracker module (.sng)
- Grave Composer module (.wow)
- Graoumf Tracker
- Graoumf Tracker module (.gtk)
- Graoumf Tracker 2 module (.gt2)
- Global Tracker v1.x module (.gtr)
- HeatSeeker Module Cruncher v1.0 (.crb)
- Hively Tracker module (.hvl)
- Ice Tracker module
- Imago Orpheus module (.imf)
- Impulse Tracker
- Impulse Tracker module (.it, .itbz, .itgz, .itr, .itz)
- Impulse Tracker sample (.its)
- JAMCracker Pro module (.jam)
- jacker-tracker
- klystrack
- klystrack instrument (.ki)
- klystrack module (.kt)
- KRIS Packer / ChipTracker module (.kris)
- Liquid Tracker
- Liquid Digitized Sample (.lds)
- Liquid Tracker module (.liq)
- MadTracker 2
- MadTracker 2 envelope (.mte)
- MadTracker 2 extension (.mtx)
- MadTracker 2 instrument (.mti)
- MadTracker 2 module (.mt2)
- MadTracker 2 pattern (.mtp)
- MadTracker 2 sample (.mts)
- maxYMiser
- maxYMiser instrument (.myi)
- maxYMiser module (.snd)
- Megatracker module (.mgt)
- MO3 (MP3 / Vorbis compressed module)
- MOD Edit sample (.sam)
- Module Protector + noID (.mp)
- Microdeal Quartet
- MONOTONE (.mon, .pit, .frq)
- Moonblaster (MSX)
- Moonblaster music (.mbm)
- Moonblaster sample kit (.mbk)
- Multi Track Module (.mtm)
- Muse Tracker / Pornotracker
- Music Pro Tracker
- Music Pro Tracker DoublePlay (.mpd)
- Music Pro Tracker module (MD1) (.md1)
- Music Pro Tracker module (MD2) (.md2)
- Music Pro Tracker module (MPT) (.mpt)
- Music Studio, The (Activision / Audio Light) (.sng, .song, .mss, .snd, .sound)
- Nerdtracker II module (.ned)
- NesTracker module (.nest)
- NoisePacker
- NoisePacker 2.x (.np2)
- NoisePacker 3.x (.np3)
- NoiseTracker module (.mod)
- Noisetrekker module (.ntk)
- OctaMED
- OctaMED module (MED) (.med)
- OctaMED module (MMD1) (.mmd1)
- OctaMED v2.00 module (.med3)
- OctaMED v2.10 module (MED4) (.med4)
- OctaMED v2.10 module (MMD0) (.mmd0)
- OctaMED v5 module (.mmd2)
- OctaMED SS module (.mmd3)
- MED Packer (.mmdc)
- Oktalyzer
- Oktalyzer module (.okt, .okta)
- Onyx Music File (.omf)
- Open MODPlug Tracker module (.mptm)
- Oracle module (.orc)
- Pha Packer (.pha)
- PlayerPRO
- Extended PlayerPRO module (.madx)
- PlayerPRO module (.mad)
- Polly Tracker module
- Poly Tracker module (.ptm)
- Polytone (.pol)
- Pro Sound Creator v1.xx (.psc, ZX Spectrum)
- Pro Sound Maker (.psm)
- Pro Tracker
- Pro Tracker v1.xx module (.pt1)
- Pro Tracker v2.xx module (.pt2)
- Pro Tracker v3.xx module (.pt3)
- Pro Tracker (MSX) (MSX-Music, extension unknown)
- Pumatracker module (.puma)
- Quadra Composer module (.emod)
- RASTER Music Tracker module (.rmt)
- Real Tracker
- Real Tracker instrument (.rti)
- Real Tracker module (.rtm)
- Real Tracker sample (.rts)
- Renoise
- Renoise song (XRNS) (.xrns)
- Renoise instrument (XRNS) (.xrni)
- Renoise effect chain (XRNT) (.xrnt)
- Renoise Song (NTK) (.ntk)
- Renoise Song (PTK) (.ptk)
- Renoise Song (RNS) (.rns)
- SBStudio module (.pac, .son, .sou)
- SCC Blaffer NT
- SCC Blaffer NT music (.sbm, MSX)
- SCC Blaffer NT instrument kit (.sbk)
- Scream Tracker
- SMUS
- SoundFX module (.sfx, .sfx2)
- Sound Tracker
- Soundtracker v2.6 / Ice Tracker module (.mtn)
- SoundTracker v2.6 module (.st26)
- Sound Tracker / Super Sonic module (.stc)
- Sound Tracker Pro module (.stp)
- SoundSmith module (.mtp)
- Soundtrakker
- Soundtrakker 128 instrument (.ins)
- Soundtrakker 128 module (.128)
- Soundtrakker v1.x instrument (.ins)
- Soundtrakker v1.x module (.sng)
- SQ-Tracker module (.sqt)
- Starkos Tracker module (.sks)
- StarTrekker / Star Tracker module (.mod, .nt, .flt4)
- SunVox module (.sunvox)
- TFMX
- TFMX pattern data (.mdat)
- TFMX 7V pattern data (.mdat)
- TFMX Pro pattern data (.mdat)
- TFMX sample data (.smpl)
- Theta Music Composer
- Trackerpacker 3 module (.tp3)
- Unic Tracker 1.0 (.unic1)
- Unic Tracker 2.0 (.unic2)
- Ultra Tracker (.ult)
- Velvet_Studio (.ams)
- VIC-TRACKER module (.vt)
- Vortex Tracker module (.vtx)
- X-Tracker
- D-Lusion Music File (.dmf)
- D-Lusion Sound File (.dms)
[edit] Musical instrument control
- ELECTONE - For Yamaha Electone Range Electronic Organs
- MIDI & Clones
- Compact MIDI
- GMD (MIDI clone)
- Gravis Ultrasound patch (used by MIDI synthesizers)
- HMI (MIDI clone)
- HMP (MIDI clone)
- HMZ (Compressed MIDI)
- KAR (MIDI Audio)
- MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
- MIDS (MIDI clone)
- MIZ (Compressed MIDI)
- MSS (MIDI Clone)
- RIFF MIDI
- RIFF MIDS
- Sample Vision (.smp)
- Scalable Polyphony MIDI
- sfArk (SoundFont archive compressed file)
- SoundFont 1.0 (.sbk)
- SoundFont 2.0 (.sf2)
- Synthetic Music Application Format
- XMI (Extended MIDI)
- ZIPI (proposed MIDI replacement)
- Hardware specific
- AdLib Sound Cards
- AdLib instrument (.ins)
- AdLib instrument bank (.bnk)
- AdLib MSCplay (.msc)
- AdLib music (.mus)
- Adlib Tracker
- Adlib Tracker instrument (.ins)
- Adlib Tracker module (.sng)
- Adlib Tracker II instrument (.a2i)
- Adlib Tracker II instrument with fm-register macro (.a2f)
- Adlib Tracker II instrument bank (.a2b)
- Adlib Tracker II instrument bank with macros (.a2w)
- Adlib Tracker II module (.a2m)
- Adlib Tracker II pattern (.a2p)
- Adlib Tracker II tiny module (.a2t)
- AdLib Visual Composer / Roland Synthesizer song (.rol)
- AMusic
- AMusic module (.amd)
- AMusic XMS (.xms)
- Beni Tracker module (.pis)
- Bob's Adlib Music (.bam)
- Boom Tracker v4.0
- Boom Tracker v4.0 instrument (.cif)
- Boom Tracker v4.0 module (.cff)
- DeFy Adlib Tracker module (.dtm)
- Digital FM module (.dfm)
- Drum Traker module (.dtl)
- EdLib packed module (.d00)
- Exotic AdLib module (.xad)
- Extra Simple Music (.xsm)
- Faust Music Creator module (.sng)
- FM Tracker module (.fmt)
- FM-Kingtracker
- FM-Kingtracker bank (.fib)
- FM-Kingtracker instrument (.fin)
- FM-Kingtracker module (.fmk)
- HSC AdLib Composer / HSC-Tracker
- JBM Adlib Music (.jbl)
- JCH
- Johannes Bjerregård module (.jbm)
- Master Tracker module (.mtr)
- MK-Jamz audio (.mkj)
- Mlat Adlib Tracker module (.mad)
- MPU-401 Trakker module (.mtk)
- Palladix module (.plx)
- RAW (AdLib Sound Card)
- Reality AdLib Tracker module (.rad)
- SNG Player module (.sng)
- Surprise! Adlib Tracker
- Twin TrackPlayer module (.dmo)
- Vibrants module (.vib)
- XMS-Tracker module (.xms)
- Akai
- Akai S-series MESA multi file (.mlt)
- Akai S-series MESA I program (.prg)
- Akai S-series MESA II program (.s3p)
- Codisk Audio File
- Creative Labs
- Creative Music Format (.cmf)
- Creative Voice File
- Sound Blaster Instrument (.sbi)
- Disney Sound Source
- DOSBox Raw OPL (.dro)
- Downloadable Sounds Banks (.dls)
- Ensoniq Concert Wavetable (.ecw)
- Gravis Ultrasound
- UltraSound GF1 patch (.pat)
- Instrument Bank (Instrument Bank)
- Software Music Synthesis System (for 8080/Z-80 systems with S-100 bus)
- TRS-80 Orchestra-90 (.orc)
- Voice Sequence (.vsq)
- Yamaha sound chips
- Callus OPL Register Log (YM2151, .cym)
- GYM (YM2612 / Sega Genesis)
- AdLib Sound Cards
- Software Synthesizers
- Farbrausch BR404 music (.bmf)
- iZotope iDrum (.idrum)
- Native Instruments
- Steinberg VST Presets
- E-Seq Yamaha (.fil, .esq)
[edit] Musical notation
- Drum tablature
- Guitar tablatures
- ASCII tab (.tab, .btab, .txt)
- Guitar Pro (.gtp)
- Guitar Pro 3 (.gp3)
- Guitar Pro 4 (.gp4)
- Guitar Pro 5 (.gp5)
- Guitar Pro 6 (.gp6)
- KGuitar (.kg)
- Power Tab (.ptb)
- Progression
- Rich MIDI Tablature Format (.rmtf)
- TablEdit (.tef)
- VexTab
- Musical notation
- ABC (musical notation)
- ANSI Music
- Capella
- ChordML
- ConcertWare
- Copyist
- Dorico (.dorico)
- Encore (.enc)
- Extended Notation Format (.enf)
- Extensible Music Notation Markup Language
- Finale (.etf, .mus, .musx)
- Forte (.fnf)
- Guido
- JMSL
- JScoreML
- LilyPond
- MEI
- MHTML
- MidiXML
- minimusic
- MPEG4-SMR
- Mup
- MuseScore
- MSCX - XML file format
- MSCZ - ZIP compressed MSCX
- Music Description Language
- Music Markup Language
- Music Time (.mus)
- Music Time Pro (.mts)
- Musical Notation Markup Language
- MusicML
- MusicWrite (.mwk)
- MusicXML
- MusicXML compressed (.mxl)
- Musink (.musink)
- MusiqueXML
- MusiXML
- Myriad Software (.msf)
- NeumesXML
- Neuratron Photoscore Format (.opt)
- Notation Interchange File Format
- NoteAbility Pro
- Noteworthy Composer and Music Publisher (.nwc)
- NoteWriter
- Notion
- NtEd
- Overture (.ove)
- PriMus
- Rhapsody Notation Program File (.rhp)
- Rhapsody 2/3 (RISC OS. Unrelated to the above "Rhapsody Notation Program File")
- Rhapsody 4 (RISC OS, .c00)
- Rosegarden (.rg)
- QuickScore Elite (.qsd)
- SCORE (.mus)
- Score Perfect (.spp)
- ScoreML
- ScoreWriter (.scw)
- Sibelius
- SMDL
- SongWrite
- Studio Session Song (.sss)
- Theta
- Tilia
- VexTab
- Virtual Musician Markup Language
- WEDELMUSIC
- XMF
- XMusic
- XScore (eXtensible Score Language)
[edit] Playlists, music libraries, music store downloaders
- Amazon downloader file (.amz)
- B4S (Winamp 3 playlist)
- FPL (foobar2000 playlist)
- iTunes Music Library
- Kapsule (Kazaa XML Manifest)
- KPL (Kazaa Playlist Format)
- M3U (Multimedia Playlist Format)
- MAGMA (Magnet URI)
- MOD4WIN Module List (.mol)
- MusicBee Library (.mbl)
- PLS (Multimedia Playlist)
- RAM (RealAudio)
- SMIL (W3C open standard)
- Windows Media Metafile (.asx, .wax, .wxv)
- Windows Media Playlist (.wpl)
- XML Sharable Playlist
[edit] Programming languages and APIs (audio/music-specific)
- ChucK (.ck)
- Csound (.csd, .orc, .sco)
- Cycling 74 Max (.maxpat, .max)
- FAUST (.dsp)
- Music Macro Language
- Native Instruments Reaktor (.rkplr)
- Pure Data (.pd)
- Scala (music software) (.kbm, .scl, .cmd)
- SuperCollider (.scd, .sc)
- WaveGL
- Web Audio API
[edit] Ringtones
- i Melody
- M4R (Apple iPhone Ringtones - see M4A)
- Polyphonic ringtone
- RTTTL
[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]
[edit] Speech synthesis
- Microsoft TTS voice data (.vce, .spd)
- Microsoft TTS voice definition (.cfg, .sdf)
- Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML)
- TextGrid
- VoiceDescription (OS X)
[edit] Unclassified (need to move to other categories)
- ACM (Audio Compression Manager)
- ADM (ADM Audio File)
- AIL real mode driver
- Audfprint fingerprint file (.afpk)
- AVR
- B1S
- BDSP (BotDetect Sound Package)
- BVG
- CBD2
- CLF
- DeskMate Music (.sng)
- DeskMate Sound (.snd)
- DIGPAK sound driver
- DSM (DSIK Internal)
- DSPW
- DTK
- EUPHONY (FM Towns computer system)
- FFW
- First Rate Music Hall (.pck, MSX-Music song editor using Music Macro Language)
- GBTS
- GCUB
- GSB
- HLWAV
- IAB
- IADP
- INT (RAW File)
- ISWS
- JSTM
- KOVS
- MA (Music Assembler)
- Micronas SC4
- MNSTR
- MSF
- MT9
- MTAF
- Photo CD Audio
- S98 (NEC PC-98)
- SD (ESPS sampled data file)
- SigmaStudio (.dspproj)
- Sound Description Interchange Format (SDIF)
- SGI (Sound Generator 3.0 instrument)
- SNG (SCC Musixx)
- Sound Effect Editor (.see, MSX)
- SoundHelix XML
- TFMX (TFMX)
- Vivaldi (RISC OS)
- Zsound Music
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
- Kickstarting free, open recordings of Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1"
- MPC-HC: media player for Windows handling just about all video/audio formats
- How Music Works
- Some discussion of "advanced music formats" from 1994
- FAQ on audio file formats (1992-07-09)
- Chiptune version of Talking Heads song
- Beatles 3000: humorous video of how the future might misunderstand 20th century pop culture if artifacts decay as happened in the past
- The Music Written on This Dude's Butt
- "Eye of the tiger" played on a modified dot matrix printer
- A Short History of Hardcore Chipmusic
- You Need to Hear This Extremely Rare Recording
- Library of Congress Recommended Format Specifications: Audio Works
- In a bid for more emotional snacking, Frito-Lay patents culinary theme songs
- Scientists reconstruct speech through soundproof glass by watching a bag of potato chips
- Apple releases tool to remove free U2 album (which they gave you whether you wanted it or not)
- Excel sheet that plays video and audio
- Web Audio API (W3C)
- Why Collecting Matters: Citizen Archivists and the Battle for Future Pasts
- MediaInfo: software that shows metadata for audio/video files
- Save our Sounds
- David Systems tools: includes online loudness analysis of sound files
- The next Web standard could be music notation
- How Oldschool Sound/Music worked (video)
- Understanding surround sound formats
- Reverse engineering the 76477 "Space Invaders" sound effect chip from die photos
