Audio and Music

File Format
Name	Audio and Music
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Audio and Music

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

Audio and sequencer software

• Ableton
  • Ableton Live Audio Analysis File (.asd)
• AUP (Audacity)
• Cakewalk
  • Cakewalk Project (CWP) (.cwp)
  • Cakewalk Project (WRK) (.wrk)
  • Cakewalk Sample Definition File (.sfz)
• CPS project (.cps)
• FruityLoops / FL Studio
  • FruityLoops project file (.flp)
• Jeskola Buzz song (.bmx)
• LOGIC (Logic)
• Pro Tools
  • PTS (Pro Tools 7-9)
  • PTX (Pro Tools 10)
• Propellerhead Reason
  • Propellerhead Reason NN-XT Patch File (.sx2)
  • Propellerhead Reason Reason Project File (.rsn)
  • Propellerhead Reason Reason Song File(.rns)
  • Propellerhead Reason REX2 Audio File (.rx2)
  • Propellerhead Reason ReCycle Loop File (.rex)
  • Propellerhead Reason ReFill Sound Bank (.rfl)
• Steinberg
  • CUBASE
    • ALL - A Steinberg CUBASE VST file for saving songs (pre 2002).
    • ARR - A Steinberg CUBASE VST file for saving arrangements (pre 2002).
    • CPR - A Steinberg CUBASE SX file for saving projects (2002 - ).
    • NPR - A Steinberg NUENDO file for saving arrangements (2002 - ).
  • FXP (VST preset)
  • Wavelab
    • MON (Audio montage)
• SES (Cool Edit / Audition) (Cool Edit / Audition Multi Track Session file)

Audio recording and sound waves

• Lossless compression
  • AAL (Lossless variant of ATRAC)
  • 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)
  • LA (Lossless Audio)
  • LiteWave
  • LPAC (Lossless Predictive Audio Coding)
  • 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)
  • 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 (WavPack Lossless)
  • WavPack v4.0
  • WMA Lossless (Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless)
• Lossy compression
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
  • Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation
    • ACT
    • MNF (Yamaha ADPCM)
    • SPB (Yamaha ADPCM)
    • VOX
  • ATRAC or Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (.aa3, .oma, .at3)
  • Audible Audiobook (.aa, .aax)
  • CELT (.ogg)
  • Dolby Digital (AC-3 or ATSC A/52)
  • Digital Theater Systems (.dts)
  • GSM (Raw GSM 6.10 Audio Stream)
  • M4A (MPEG-4 Audio)
  • M4B (iTunes Audio Book)
  • M4P (Fairplay DRM Encrypted M4A)
  • M4R (Apple iPhone Ringtones - see M4A)
  • MP+ (MPEGplus Audio)
  • MP1 (MPEG Audio Layer 1)
  • MP2 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer II)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
  • MPA (MPEG Audio)
  • MPC (Musepack Audio, formerly known as MPEGplus)
  • Opus (.opus)
  • RealAudio (.ra)
  • Speex (.spx)
  • Vorbis (.logg, .oga, .ogg)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio)
• Proprietary
  • DCT (Dictation format by NCH Software)
  • DSS (Digital Speech Standard by Olympus)
  • DVF (Digital Voice File by Sony)
  • ICS (IC Sound by Sony)
  • IKLAX (iKlax Media)
  • MSV (Memory Stick Voice by Sony)
• Uncompressed audio
  • AIF / AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)
  • Berkeley/IRCAM/Carl Sound Format (.sf)
  • LPCM (Linear Pulse Code Modulated Audio)
  • RAW (.raw, .pcm)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format)
• Various encodings
  • AIFC (AIFF Compressed)
  • AU (Sun Microsystems audio format)
  • Computerized Speech Lab (.nsp)
  • BONK (lossy/lossless audio compression)
  • INRS-Telecom file (.aud)
  • SPPACK (.d)

Chiptune

• Mark II Sound-System
  • MII (Mark II Sound-System)
  • MK2 (Mark 2 Sound System)
  • MKII (Mark II Sound System))
• SAM Coupé song (.cop, .sng)

Container formats

• ASF (Advanced Systems Format)
• Core Audio Format (.caf)
• Extensible Music Format (.xmf)
• Matroska (.mka)
• MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14 media container)
• OGG (.ogg, .oga, .ogx, .spx, .opus)
• Rich Music Format (.rmf)
• RealMedia (.rm)

Emulated music

• 2SF (Nintendo DS PSF)
• Atari SoundHeader (.sndh)
• AY (Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum)
• DSF (Dreamcast PSF)
• DSFLIB (DSF Library)
• EPSGMOD (.epsgmod, Mod2PSG)
• Fuxoft AY Language (.fmx)
• GSF (Game Boy Advance PSF)
• GSFLIB (GSF Library)
• GSR (Gens Sound Record)
• HES (Hudson Entertainment System)
• KSS (MSX)
• KSSX (Possible expansion of KSS)
• MDX (Sharp X68000 / MXDRV)
• MINIGSF (GSF track)
• MINIPSF (PSF track)
• MINIPSF2 (PSF2 track)
• MINIQSF (QSF track)
• MINISNSF (SNSF track)
• MINISSF (SSF track)
• MINIUSF (USF track)
• NES Sound Format (.nsf)
• NES Sound Format Extended (.nsfe)
• PSF (Portable Sound Format)
• PSF1 (Playstation PSF)
• PSF2 (Playstation 2 PSF)
• QSF (Capcom Q-Sound PSF)
• QSFLIB (QSF Library)
• SGC (Sega Master System / Game Gear / Colecovision)
• SID (Commodore)
• SND (Atari ST)
• SPC (Super Nintendo SPC700)
• SSF (Sega Saturn PSF)
• SSFLIB (SSF Library)
• USF (Nintendo 64 PSF)
• USFLIB (USF library)
• YM (Amstrad CPC / Spectrum ZX / Atari ST)
• ZXAYEMUL Sound (.cpc)

Game audio and music

• 4X IMA ADPCM
• Adept Software
  • God of Thunder Music Format
• AFC (AFX Audio File) -- used in Mass Effect 2
• Atari
  • Slight Atari Player (Atari POKEY)
• BAF (Blur ADPCM)
• BAKA (PCM 16 bit)
• Bandai
  • WSR (WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color)
• BH2PCM
• BNSF (G.722.1)
• Commodore Amiga
  • A.M. Composer v1.2 (.amc)
  • AC1D-DC1A Packer (.ac1d)
  • Actionamics Sound Tool (.ast)
  • AMOS Music Bank (.abk)
  • Art & Magic (.aam)
  • Beathoven Synthesiser (.bss)
  • Benn Daglish (.bd)
  • Benn Daglish SID (.bds)
  • 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)
  • Hippel (.hip)
  • Hippel-COSO (.hipc)
  • Howie Davies (.hd)
  • 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)
  • Kris Hatlelid (.kh)
  • Leggless Music Editor (.lme)
  • Magnetic Fields Packer (.mfp)
  • Maniacs of Noise (.mon, .jt)
  • Mark Cooksey (.mc)
  • Martin Walker (.mw)
  • MaxTrax (.mxtx)
  • Mike Davies (.md)
  • MMDC (Module packer)
  • Mugician (.mug)
  • Mugician II (.mug2)
  • NovoTrade Packer (.ntp)
  • Pierre Adane Packer (.pap)
  • Professional Sound Artists (.psa)
  • Promizer (.pr1)
  • ProPacker 2.1 (.pp21)
  • ProPacker 3.0 (.pp30)
  • Prorunner 1.0 (.prun)
  • Prorunner 2.0 (.pru2)
  • Richard Joseph or Vectordean (.rjp)
  • Rob Hubbard (.rh, .rho)
  • Ron Klaren (.rk)
  • Sean Connolly (.scn)
  • Sean Conran (.scr)
  • Sidmon (.sid)
  • Sidmon II (.sid2)
  • Silmarils (.mok)
  • Sonic Arranger (.sa)
  • Sound Images (.tw)
  • Sound Master (.sm)
  • Sound Programming Language (.spl)
  • Soundcontrol (.sct)
  • Soundfactory (.psf)
  • SoundFX (.sfx)
  • SoundPlayer (.sjs)
  • Special FX (.jd)
  • Speedy System (.ss)
  • Steve Barrett (.sb)
  • Steve Turner (.jpo)
  • Synth Dream (.sdr)
  • Synth Pack (.osp)
  • The Musical Enlightenment (.tme)
  • The Player 4.x (.p4x)
  • The Player 6.x (.p6x)
  • Thomas Hermann (.thm)
  • Wally Beben (.wb)
• CRI Middleware
  • ADX
  • AFS (container format for ADX / AHX (CRI))
  • AHX (CRI)
  • AIX
• 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 Music (.as4)
  • Electronic Arts KSF Music (.ksf)
  • Electronic Arts SCxl
  • Electronic Arts Sound Effects (.bnk, .crd)
  • Electronic Arts Sound / Speech Files (.eas, .sph)
  • IFF (Amiga 8SVX)
  • Sonix Music Driver (.smus)
• EMFF (ADPCM)
• Epic Megagames
  • Epic Megagames MASI (.masi, .psm)
• Final Fantasy XI Music file (.bgw)
• Galaxy Music System
  • Galaxy Music System v4.0
  • 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 DNF (.dnf)
  • id Software Music Format (.imf)
  • id Software WLF (.wlf)
• IMA ADPCM (.bar, .dvi, .hwas, .idvi, .ivaud, .myspd, .stma, .strm)
• Interplay ACM (.acm)
• Ken Silverman
  • Ken's Adlib Music (.ksm)
  • Ken's Digital Music (.kdm)
• 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)
• Nintendo
  • Advanced Mario Sequencer
  • BRSTMPSM (Super Paper Mario)
  • Donkey Konga 2 DSP (Donkey Konga 2)
  • GBR (Game Boy Sound)
  • GBS (Game Boy Sound)
  • Mario Paint Composer) (MPC)
  • Mario Sequencer
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii AAAP
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii ADP (Nintendo Gamecube)
  • 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)
• Origin Software
  • Ultima 6 Music (.m)
• Pixel Painters (.fmf)
• Shadowlands (.cal)
• Sierra
  • Sierra AGI (Sierra AGI)
  • Sierra SCI (Used in Sierra PC games)
• Sony
  • Sony Playstation ADS (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation ASS (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation AST
  • Sony Playstation BG00
  • Sony Playstation BMDX
  • Sony Playstation CCC (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation CNK
  • Sony Playstation DXH (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation ENTH
  • Sony Playstation FAG (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation FILP
  • Sony Playstation FSB (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation GCM
  • Sony Playstation GMS (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation HGC1
  • Sony Playstation I100 (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation I400 (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation I80 (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation IKM
  • Sony Playstation ILD (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation IVB
  • Sony Playstation JOE
  • Sony Playstation KCES (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation KHV (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation LEG (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation MCG
  • Sony Playstation MI4 (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation MIB (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation MIC (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation MIH
  • Sony Playstation MIHB (merged MIB & MIH)
  • Sony Playstation MSA
  • Sony Playstation MSVP
  • Sony Playstation MUSC
  • Sony Playstation NPSF
  • Sony Playstation PNB
  • Sony Playstation PSH
  • Sony Playstation RKV
  • Sony Playstation RND
  • Sony Playstation RSTM
  • Sony Playstation RWS
  • Sony Playstation SFS
  • Sony Playstation SIR
  • Sony Playstation SL3
  • Sony Playstation SMPL
  • Sony Playstation SND
  • Sony Playstation SPU (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation STER
  • Sony Playstation STH
  • Sony Playstation STR
  • Sony Playstation STS
  • Sony Playstation SVAG
  • Sony Playstation SVS
  • Sony Playstation TEC
  • Sony Playstation TK5
  • Sony Playstation VAS
  • Sony Playstation VAG
  • Sony Playstation VB2 (Playstation / PS2)
  • Sony Playstation VGS
  • Sony Playstation VIG
  • Sony Playstation VPK
  • Sony Playstation VS
  • Sony Playstation VSF
  • Sony Playstation WP2
  • Sony Playstation XA2
  • Sony Playstation XA30
  • Sony Playstation 2 MI2 (Sony Playstation 2)
• Sound Images Generation 2 (.sig)
• Sound Interface System (.lem)
• Unreal Music Format (.umx)
• Union Logic Software Publishing
  • Vinyl Goddess From Mars Instrument Format
  • Vinyl Goddess From Mars Music Format
• 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)

Metadata formats

• MDZ - strictly not itself a music format, but a metadata file for other music files used by Open Cubic Player. See http://www.cubic.org/player/doc/node72.htm
• Monkey's Audio metadata (.apl)

Music trackers

• 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
• 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
  • Brian Postma SoundMon v1.x module (.bp)
  • Brian Postma SoundMon v2.x & v3.x module (.bp3)
  • BS
• Chaos Music Composer
  • CM3 (CMC "3/4")
  • CMC (Chaos Music Composer)
  • CMR (CMC "Rzog")
  • CMS (Stereo Double CMC)
  • DMC (Double ChaosMusicComposer)
• ChipTracker module (.kris)
• 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)
• Delta Music Composer
  • Delta Music Composer module (.dlt)
  • Delta Music 2.0 module (.dl2)
• Desktop Tracker module (.dtt)
• DigiBooster / DigiBooster PRO
  • DigiBooster v1.x module (.digi)
  • DigiBooster PRO v2.x / DigiBooster 3 module (.dbm)
• 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)
• FAC Soundtracker (MSX, extension unknown)
• Face the Music module (.ftm)
• FamiTracker module (.ftm)
• Farandole Composer
  • F2R (Farandole Form 2.0)
  • FAR (Farandole Composer)
  • FPT (Farandole Composer pattern)
  • FSM (Farandole Composer Sample / Instrument)
  • USM (Unsigned FSM)
• Fashion Tracker module (.ex)
• FastTracker / FastTracker 2
  • FastTracker module (FT) (.ft)
  • Fast Tracker module (FTC) (.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 / .fc3)
  • Future Composer v1.4 module (.fc14 / .fc4)
• Fuzzac Packer module (.fuzz)
• General Digital Music module (.gdm)
• GoatTracker module (.sng)
• Grave Composer module (.wow)
• Groumpf Tracker
  • Groumpf Tracker (GT2) (.gt2)
  • Groumpf Tracker (GTK) (.gtk)
• 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
  • IT (ImpulseTracker module)
  • Impulse Tracker sample (.its)
• JAMCracker Pro module (.jam)
• klystrack
  • klystrack instrument (.ki)
  • klystrack module (.kt)
• Liquid Tracker module (.liq)
• MadTracker 2 module (.mt2)
• maxYMiser
  • maxYMiser instrument (.myi)
  • maxYMiser module (.snd)
• Megatracker module (.mgt)
• MO3 (MP3 / Vorbis compressed module)
• MOD Edit sample (.sam)
• Module Protector + noID (.mp)
• Moonblaster (MSX)
  • Moonblaster music (.mbm)
  • Moonblaster sample kit (.mbk)
• Multi Track Module (.mtm)
• Muse Tracker / Pornotracker
  • Musetracker / Pornotracker instrument (.poi)
  • Musetracker / Pornotracker module (.pom)
• 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)
• NerdTracker II module (.ned)
• NesTracker module (.nest)
• NoisePacker
  • NoisePacker 2.x (.np2)
  • NoisePacker 3.x (.np3)
• NoiseTracker module (.nst)
• 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)
• Oktalyzer
  • Oktalyzer module (OKT) (.okt)
  • Oktalyzer module (OKTA) (.okta)
• Open MODPlug Tracker module (.mptm)
• Oracle module (.orc)
• Pha Packer (.pha)
• PlayerPRO
  • Extended PlayerPRO module (.madx)
  • PlayerPRO module (.mad)
• Polly Tracker module
• 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)
• Poly Tracker module (.ptm)
• Quadra Composer module (.emod)
• Real Tracker module (.rtm)
• Renoise
  • Renoise Song (NTK) (.ntk)
  • Renoise Song (PTK (.ptk)
  • Renoise Song (RNS (.rns)
  • Renoise Song (XRNS) (.xrns)
• SBStudio II (.pac, .son, .sou)
• Scream Tracker
  • ScreamTracker 2 module (.stm)
  • ScreamTracker 3 Adlib module (.as3m)
  • Scream Tracker 3 module (.s3m)
  • ScreamTracker 3 / DigiTracker sample (.s31)
  • ScreamTracker 3 / DigiTracker sample (.smp)
• 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) (.128)
  • Soundtrakker v1.x instrument (.ins)
  • Soundtrakker v1.x module (.sng)
• SQ-Tracker module (.sqt)
• Starkos Tracker module (.sks)
• Startrekker / Audio Sculpturer module (.flt)
• 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
  • 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)
• Ultra Tracker (.ult)
• Velvet Studio AMS v1.x module (.ams)
• VIC-TRACKER module (.vt)
• Vortex Tracker module (.vtx)
• X-Tracker
  • D-Lusion Music File (.dmf)
  • D-Lusion Sound File (.dms)

Musical instrument control

• ELECTONE - For Yamaha Electone Range Electronic Organs
  • BOO - Part of the ELECTONE format.
  • EVT - Part of the ELECTONE format.
• MIDI & Clones
  • GMD (MIDI clone)
  • 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)
• 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
      • 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 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 S-series MESA multi file (.mlt)
    • Akai S-series MESA I program (.prg)
    • Akai S-series MESA II program (.s3p)
  • Creative Labs
    • Creative Music Format (.cmf)
    • Creative Voice File
    • Sound Blaster Instrument (.sbi)
  • Gravis Ultrasound
    • UltraSound GF1 patch (.pat)
  • DOSBox Raw OPL (.dro)
  • Downloadable Sounds Banks (.dls)
  • GYM (Genesis YM2612)
  • Instrument Bank (Instrument Bank)
  • TRS-80 Orchestra-90 (.orc)
  • Voice Sequence (.vsq)
• Software Synthesizers
  • Farbrausch BR404 music (.bmf)
  • iZotope iDrum (.idrum)
  • Native Instruments
    • Native Instruments Reaktor ensemble (.ens)

Musical notation

• 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
  • Capella
    • CAP
    • CapXML (.capx)
  • ChordML
  • ChordQL
  • Copyist
    • CP4
    • CP6
  • Encore (.enc)
  • Extensible Music Notation Markup Language
  • Finale (.mus)
  • Forte (.fnf)
  • Guido
    • GUIDO
    • GUIDO XML
  • JMSL
    • JMSL
    • JMSL Score
  • JScoreML
  • MEI
  • MHTML
  • MidiXML
  • minimusic
  • MPEG4-SMR
  • Mup
  • MuseScore
    • MSC -(old file format)
    • MSCX - XML file format
    • MSCZ - GZIP 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)
  • 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)
  • Rosegarden (.rg)
  • QuickScore Elite (.qsd)
  • SCORE (.mus)
  • Score Perfect (.spp)
  • ScoreML
  • ScoreWriter (.scw)
  • Sibelius
  • SMDL
  • SongWrite
  • Studio Session Song (.sss)
  • Theta
  • Tilia
  • Virtual Musician Markup Language
  • WEDELMUSIC
  • XMF
  • XMusic
  • XScore (eXtensible Score Language)

Playlist formats

• B4S (Winamp 3 playlist)
• FPL (foobar2000 playlist)
• KPL (Kazaa Playlist Format)
• M3U (Multimedia Playlist Format)
• MOD4WIN Module List(.mol)
• PLS (Multimedia Playlist)
• WPL (Windows Media Playlist)

Unclassified (need to move to other categories)

• ACM (Audio Compression Manager)
• ADM (ADM Audio File)
• B1S
• BDSP (BotDetect Sound Package)
• BVG
• CBD2
• DSM (DSIK Internal)
• DSPW
• DTK
• 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)
• MNSTR
• MSF
• MTAF
• S98 (NEC PC-98)
• SCC Blaffer NT
  • SCC Blaffer NT music (.sbm, MSX)
  • SCC Blaffer NT instrument kit (.sbk)
• SD (ESPS sampled data file)
• SF2 (SoundFont 2.0 Sound Banks)
• SGI (Sound Generator 3.0 instrument)
• SNG (SCC Musixx)
• Sound Effect Editor (.see, MSX)
• TFMX (TFMX)

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).