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== Introduction ==
 
 
[[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]
 
* 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]
 
* [http://www.garymcgath.com/streamingprotocols.html Basics of streaming protocols]
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== Album formats ==
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(files containing entire music albums, with some track structure)
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* [[Connected Media Experience]] (CME, CMX)
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* [[iTunes LP]]
  
 
== Audio and sequencer software ==
 
== Audio and sequencer software ==
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* [[Audacity Project Format]] (.aup)
 
* [[Audacity Project Format]] (.aup)
 
* Cakewalk
 
* Cakewalk
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** [[Cakewalk Bundle (BUN)]] (.bun)
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** [[Cakewalk Bundle (CWB)]] (.cwb)
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** [[Cakewalk Dump Request Macro]] (.drm)
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** [[Cakewalk Instrument Definition File]] (.ins)
 
** [[Cakewalk Project (CWP)]] (.cwp)
 
** [[Cakewalk Project (CWP)]] (.cwp)
 
** [[Cakewalk Project (WRK)]] (.wrk)
 
** [[Cakewalk Project (WRK)]] (.wrk)
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* [[CPS project]] (.cps)
 
* [[CPS project]] (.cps)
 
* FruityLoops / FL Studio
 
* FruityLoops / FL Studio
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** [[BeatCreator/BeatSlicer Grid File]] (.zgr)
 
** [[DrumSynth Preset]] (.ds)
 
** [[DrumSynth Preset]] (.ds)
 
** [[FL Studio Score File]] (.fsc)
 
** [[FL Studio Score File]] (.fsc)
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** [[GarageBand MagicMentor template]] (.mwand)
 
** [[GarageBand MagicMentor template]] (.mwand)
 
* [[Hydrogen]] (.h2song, .h2pattern)
 
* [[Hydrogen]] (.h2song, .h2pattern)
* [[Jacker song]]
 
 
* Jeskola Buzz
 
* Jeskola Buzz
 
** [[Jeskola Buzz machine]] (.dll)
 
** [[Jeskola Buzz machine]] (.dll)
** [[Jeskola Buzz machine preset]] (.prs)
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** [[Jeskola Buzz machine preset]] (.prs, .prs.xml)
** [[Jeskola Buzz song]] (.bmx)
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** [[Jeskola Buzz song]] (.bmx, .bmw)
 
* [[LMMS]] (Linux MultiMedia Studio) (.mmp, .mmpz)
 
* [[LMMS]] (Linux MultiMedia Studio) (.mmp, .mmpz)
* [[LOGIC]] (Logic)
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* Logic Pro / Logic / Notator Logic
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** [[Logic Pro project file]] (.logic, .logicx)
 
* [[Maestro]] (RISC OS)
 
* [[Maestro]] (RISC OS)
 
* [[Make-A-Melody]] (''Big Blue Disk'' #42) (.mus)
 
* [[Make-A-Melody]] (''Big Blue Disk'' #42) (.mus)
* Piston Collage
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* Piston Collage / PxTone
 
** [[Piston Collage noise]] (.ptnoise)
 
** [[Piston Collage noise]] (.ptnoise)
 
** [[Piston Collage song]] (.ptcop, .pttune)
 
** [[Piston Collage song]] (.ptcop, .pttune)
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* Pro Tools
 
* Pro Tools
 
** [[PTS]] (Pro Tools 7-9)  
 
** [[PTS]] (Pro Tools 7-9)  
** [[PTX]] (Pro Tools 10)
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** [[PTX (Pro Tools)|PTX]] (Pro Tools 10)
 
* Propellerhead Reason
 
* Propellerhead Reason
 
** [[Propellerhead Reason NN-XT Patch File]] (.sx2)
 
** [[Propellerhead Reason NN-XT Patch File]] (.sx2)
** [[Propellerhead Reason Reason Project File]] (.rsn)
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** [[Propellerhead Reason Project File]] (.rsn, .reason)
** [[Propellerhead Reason Reason Song File]](.rns)
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** [[Propellerhead Reason REX2 Audio File]] (.rx2)
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** [[Propellerhead Reason ReCycle Loop File]] (.rex)
 
** [[Propellerhead Reason ReCycle Loop File]] (.rex)
 
** [[Propellerhead Reason ReFill Sound Bank]] (.rfl)
 
** [[Propellerhead Reason ReFill Sound Bank]] (.rfl)
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** [[Propellerhead Reason REX2 Audio File]] (.rx2)
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** [[Propellerhead Reason Song File]] (.rns)
 
* [[Renoise]]
 
* [[Renoise]]
 
** [[Renoise song]] (.xrns)
 
** [[Renoise song]] (.xrns)
 
** [[Renoise instrument]] (.xrni)
 
** [[Renoise instrument]] (.xrni)
 
** [[Renoise DSP device-chain]] (.xrnt)
 
** [[Renoise DSP device-chain]] (.xrnt)
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* Roxio
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** [[DMSE]] (Sound Editor project)
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** [[DMSA]] (Music Disc Creator project)
 
* SeaTone
 
* SeaTone
 
** [[SeaTone song]] (.pxt)
 
** [[SeaTone song]] (.pxt)
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* [[SoundDesigner II]] (.sd2)
 
* Steinberg
 
* Steinberg
 
** [[CUBASE]]
 
** [[CUBASE]]
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*** [[VOX]]
 
*** [[VOX]]
 
** [[Adaptive Multi-Rate WideBand Audio]]
 
** [[Adaptive Multi-Rate WideBand Audio]]
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** [[Adaptive Multi-Rate Audio]] (.amr)
 
** [[Archimedes VIDC audio]]
 
** [[Archimedes VIDC audio]]
 
** ATRAC or [[Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding]] (.aa3, .oma, .at3)
 
** ATRAC or [[Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding]] (.aa3, .oma, .at3)
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** [[RealAudio]] (.ra)
 
** [[RealAudio]] (.ra)
 
** [[Speex]] (.spx)
 
** [[Speex]] (.spx)
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** [[SWA]]
 
** [[Vorbis]] (.logg, .oga, .ogg)
 
** [[Vorbis]] (.logg, .oga, .ogg)
 
** [[WMA]] (Windows Media Audio)
 
** [[WMA]] (Windows Media Audio)
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** [[Bonk]] (lossy/lossless audio compression)
 
** [[Bonk]] (lossy/lossless audio compression)
 
** [[INRS-Telecom file]] (.aud)
 
** [[INRS-Telecom file]] (.aud)
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** [[SIFF]] (.son)
 
** [[SPPACK]] (.d)
 
** [[SPPACK]] (.d)
 
** [[WVE (Psion)]]
 
** [[WVE (Psion)]]
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* [[Core Audio Format]] (.caf)
 
* [[Core Audio Format]] (.caf)
 
* [[Extensible Music Format]] (.xmf)
 
* [[Extensible Music Format]] (.xmf)
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* [[IFF]]
 
* [[Matroska Audio]] (.mka)
 
* [[Matroska Audio]] (.mka)
 
* [[MP4]] (MPEG-4 Part 14 media container)
 
* [[MP4]] (MPEG-4 Part 14 media container)
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* [[Atari SoundHeader]] (SNDH)
 
* [[Atari SoundHeader]] (SNDH)
 
* [[AY]] (Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum)
 
* [[AY]] (Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum)
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* [[AZX]] (ZX Spectrum)
 
* [[Custom Amiga Module]] (CUST)
 
* [[Custom Amiga Module]] (CUST)
 
* [[DSF]] (Dreamcast [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]])
 
* [[DSF]] (Dreamcast [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]])
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** [[ProPacker 2.1]] (.pp21)
 
** [[ProPacker 2.1]] (.pp21)
 
** [[ProPacker 3.0]] (.pp30)
 
** [[ProPacker 3.0]] (.pp30)
** [[Prorunner 1.0]] (.prun1)
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** [[Prorunner]] (.prun1, .prun2)
** [[Prorunner 2.0]] (.prun2)
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** [[Richard Joseph]] or Vectordean (.rjp)
 
** [[Richard Joseph]] or Vectordean (.rjp)
 
** [[Rob Hubbard]] (.rh, .rho)
 
** [[Rob Hubbard]] (.rh, .rho)
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** [[Sean Connolly]] (.scn)
 
** [[Sean Connolly]] (.scn)
 
** [[Sean Conran]] (.scr)
 
** [[Sean Conran]] (.scr)
** [[Sidmon]] (.sid)
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** [[Sidmon]] (.sid, .sid2)
** [[Sidmon II]] (.sid2)
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** [[Silmarils]] (.mok)
 
** [[Silmarils]] (.mok)
 
** [[SKYT Packer]] (.skyt)
 
** [[SKYT Packer]] (.skyt)
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** [[Synth Pack]] (.osp)
 
** [[Synth Pack]] (.osp)
 
** [[The Musical Enlightenment]] (.tme)
 
** [[The Musical Enlightenment]] (.tme)
** [[The Player 2.2a]] (.p22a)
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** [[The Player]] (.p22a, .p30a, .p40a, .p40b, .p50a, .p60a, .p61a)
** [[The Player 3.0a]] (.p30a)
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** [[The Player 4.0a]] (.p40a)
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** [[The Player 4.0b]] (.p40b)
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** [[The Player 5.0a]] (.p50a)
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** [[The Player 6.0a]] (.p60a)
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** [[The Player 6.1a]] (.p61a)
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** [[Titanics Player]] (.ttp)
 
** [[Titanics Player]] (.ttp)
 
** [[Tracker Packer 1]] (.tp1)
 
** [[Tracker Packer 1]] (.tp1)
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** [[DE2]] (ADPCM)
 
** [[DE2]] (ADPCM)
 
** [[Xbox IMA ADPCM]] (.matx, .wavm, .wvs, .xmu, .xvas, .xwav)
 
** [[Xbox IMA ADPCM]] (.matx, .wavm, .wvs, .xmu, .xvas, .xwav)
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* Mojang AB (Minecraft)
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** [[Minecraft sounds.json]]
 
* Nintendo
 
* Nintendo
 
** [[Advanced Mario Sequencer file]] (.mss)
 
** [[Advanced Mario Sequencer file]] (.mss)
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* Origin Software
 
* Origin Software
 
** [[Ultima 6 Music]] (.m)
 
** [[Ultima 6 Music]] (.m)
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* PC-98 and PC-88
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** [[Professional Music Driver PMD]] (.m, .m2)
 
* Pixel
 
* Pixel
 
** [[PMD (Pixel)]]
 
** [[PMD (Pixel)]]
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* [[APE tag]]
 
* [[APE tag]]
 
* Cue Sheet - See [[CUE and BIN]]
 
* Cue Sheet - See [[CUE and BIN]]
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* [[ELAN Annotation Format]]
 
* [[Exif]]
 
* [[Exif]]
 
* [[ID3]]
 
* [[ID3]]
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== Music trackers ==
 
== Music trackers ==
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(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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** [[Impulse Tracker sample]] (.its)
 
** [[Impulse Tracker sample]] (.its)
 
* [[JAMCracker Pro module]] (.jam)
 
* [[JAMCracker Pro module]] (.jam)
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* jacker-tracker
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** [[Jacker song]]
 
* klystrack
 
* klystrack
 
** [[klystrack instrument]] (.ki)
 
** [[klystrack instrument]] (.ki)
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** [[Scream Tracker 3 / DigiTracker sample]] (.s31)
 
** [[Scream Tracker 3 / DigiTracker sample]] (.s31)
 
** [[Scream Tracker 3 / DigiTracker sample]] (.smp)
 
** [[Scream Tracker 3 / DigiTracker sample]] (.smp)
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* [[SMUS]]
 
* [[SoundFX module]] (.sfx, .sfx2)
 
* [[SoundFX module]] (.sfx, .sfx2)
 
* Sound Tracker
 
* Sound Tracker
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** [[KAR]] ([[MIDI]] Audio)
 
** [[KAR]] ([[MIDI]] Audio)
 
** [[MIDI]] (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
 
** [[MIDI]] (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
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*** [[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 MIDI]]
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** [[RIFF MIDS]]
 
** [[Scalable Polyphony MIDI]]
 
** [[Scalable Polyphony MIDI]]
 
** [[SFARK]] (SoundFont archive compressed file)
 
** [[SFARK]] (SoundFont archive compressed file)
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*** [[CapXML]] (.capx)
 
*** [[CapXML]] (.capx)
 
** [[ChordML]]
 
** [[ChordML]]
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** [[ConcertWare]]
 
** Copyist
 
** Copyist
 
*** [[CP4]]
 
*** [[CP4]]
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* [[MSF]]
 
* [[MSF]]
 
* [[MTAF]]
 
* [[MTAF]]
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* [[The Music Studio|Music Studio, The]] (Activision / Audio Light) (.sng, .song, .mss, .snd, .sound)
 
* [[S98]] (NEC PC-98)
 
* [[S98]] (NEC PC-98)
 
* [[SD]] (ESPS sampled data file)
 
* [[SD]] (ESPS sampled data file)
* [[SGI]] (Sound Generator 3.0 instrument)
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* [[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)
 
* [[Sound Effect Editor]] (.see, MSX)
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* [[SoundHelix XML]]
 
* [[TFMX]] (TFMX)
 
* [[TFMX]] (TFMX)
 
* [[Vivaldi]] (RISC OS)
 
* [[Vivaldi]] (RISC OS)

Revision as of 04:54, 19 October 2020

File Format
Name Audio and Music
Ontology

Musical notation

Musical notation

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

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

Contents

Introduction

Album formats

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

Audio and sequencer software

Audio recording and sound waves

Chiptune

Configuration files

  • X2A (Yamaha S70xs/S90xs keyboard workstations)

Container formats

Converters

Emulated music

Game audio and music

(see also Game data files)

Metadata formats and related data

Music trackers

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

Musical instrument control

Musical notation

Playlists, music libraries, music store downloaders

Programming languages and APIs (audio/music-specific)

Ringtones

Signal processing

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

Sound card related formats

Speech synthesis

Unclassified (need to move to other categories)

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

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

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