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[[Electronic_File_Formats|Electronic Formats]] concerned with audio and musical data, including sound recording, instrument control, musical notation, etc.
  
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[[Electronic_File_Formats|Electronic Formats]] concerned with Audio Data.
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For additional multimedia formats that may contain audio, see [[Video]].
  
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== # ==
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== Introduction ==
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* [[2SF]] (Nintendo DS [[PSF]])
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* 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]
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* [[669]] (Composer 669 module)
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* [http://www.garymcgath.com/streamingprotocols.html Basics of streaming protocols]
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* [[8SVX|8SV / 8SVX]] (IFF-8SVX)
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== A ==
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== Album formats ==
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* [[AA3]] (Advanced Transform Acoustic Coding)
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(files containing entire music albums, with some track structure)
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* [[AAC]] (Advanced Audio Coding)
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* [[Connected Media Experience]] (CME, CMX)
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* [[AAM]] (Art & Magic)
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* [[iTunes LP]]
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* [[ABK]] (AMOS Music Bank)
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* [[AC1D]] (AC1D-DC1A Packer)
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== Audio and sequencer software ==
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* [[AC3]] (Dolby Digital AC-3)
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* [[AGI]] (Sierra AGI)
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* Ableton
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* [[AHX]] (Commodore Amiga)
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** [[Ableton Live]]
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* [[AIFC]] ([[AIFF]] Compressed)
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* Adobe Audition
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* [[AIFF|AIF / AIFF]] (Audio Interchange File Format)
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** [[Cool Edit / Audition Multi Track Session file]] (.ses)
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* [[ALAC]] (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)
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** [[Audition]] (.sesx)
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* [[AMC]] (AM Composer)
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* Aldrin
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* [[AMF]] (ASYLUM Music Format / Advanced Music Format)
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** [[Creative Commons Module]] (.ccm)
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* [[AMS]] (Velvet Studio AMS 1.x modules.)
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* [[Audacity Project Format]] (.aup)
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* [[APE]] (Monkey's Audio)
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** [[Audacity AU]] (.au)
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* [[AST]] (Actionamics Sound Tool)
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* Cakewalk
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* [[AT3]] (Advanced Transform Acoustic Coding)
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** [[Cakewalk Bundle (BUN)]] (.bun)
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* [[AU]] (Sun Microsystems audio format)
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** [[Cakewalk Bundle (CWB)]] (.cwb)
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* [[AY]] (Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum)
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** [[Cakewalk Dump Request Macro]] (.drm)
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== B ==
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** [[Cakewalk Instrument Definition File]] (.ins)
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* [[B4S]] (Winamp 3 playlist)
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** [[Cakewalk Project (CWP)]] (.cwp)
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* [[BD]] (Benn Daglish)
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** [[Cakewalk Project (WRK)]] (.wrk)
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* [[BDS]] (Benn Daglish SID)
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** [[Cakewalk Sample Definition File]] (.sfz)
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* [[BP (SoundMon 2.0)]] (SoundMon 2.0)
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* [[CPS project]] (.cps)
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* [[BP (SoundMon 2.2)]] (SoundMon 2.2)
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* [[DeLuxe Music Score]]
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* [[BSS]] (Beathoven Synthesiser)
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* [[Digital Performer]]
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== C ==
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* [[Dynamic Studio Professional module]]
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* [[CHAN]] (Channel Players)
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* FruityLoops / FL Studio
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* [[CIN]] (Cinemaware)
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** [[BeatCreator/BeatSlicer Grid File]] (.zgr)
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* [[CM]] (CustomMade)
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** [[DrumSynth Preset]] (.ds)
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* [[CM3]] ([[CMC]] "3/4")
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** [[FL Studio Score File]] (.fsc)
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* [[CMC]] (Chaos Music Composer)
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** [[FL Studio State File]] (.fst)
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* [[CMR]] ([[CMC]] "Rzog")
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** [[Humanize Preset]] (.fpr)
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* [[CMS]] (Stereo Double [[CMC]])
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** [[Raw FL Studio Project]] (.flp)
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* [[COP]] (SAM Coupe)
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** [[SimSynth Preset]] (.syn)
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* [[CORE]] (Core Design)
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** [[Speech Preset]] (.speech)
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* [[CUST]] (DeliTracker Custom)
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* GarageBand (Mac)
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* [[CWP]] (Cakewalk Project)
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** [[GarageBand project]] (.band, .gbproj)
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== D ==
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** [[Magic GarageBand template]] (.wand)
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* [[D00]] (Adlib OPL)
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** [[GarageBand MagicMentor template]] (.mwand)
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* [[DAT]] (Paul Robotham)
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* [[Hydrogen]] (.h2song, .h2pattern)
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* [[DBM]] (DigiBooster modules)
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* [[iZotope RX]] (.rxdoc)
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* [[DCT]] (Format designed for dictation by NCH Software)
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* Jeskola Buzz
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* [[DH]] (David Hanney)
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** [[Jeskola Buzz machine]] (.dll)
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* [[DI]] (Digital Illusions)
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** [[Jeskola Buzz machine preset]] (.prs, .prs.xml)
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* [[DIGI]] (DIGI Booster)
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** [[Jeskola Buzz song]] (.bmx, .bmw)
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* [[DL]] (Dave Lowe)
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* [[LMMS]] (Linux MultiMedia Studio) (.mmp, .mmpz)
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* [[DLN]] (Dave Lowe New)
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* Logic Pro / Logic / Notator Logic
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* [[DLS]] (Downloadable Sounds Banks)
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** [[Logic Pro project file]] (.logic, .logicx)
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* [[DLT]] (Delta Music Composer)
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* [[Maestro]] (RISC OS)
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* [[DM2]] (Delta Music 2.0)
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* [[Make-A-Melody]] (''Big Blue Disk'' #42) (.mus)
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* [[DMF]] (Delusion Digital Music Format)
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* [[Nero SoundTrax]] (.npf)
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* [[DNS]] (Dynamic Synthesizer)
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* [[Nero WaveEditor]] (.nwf)
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* [[DSC]] (Digital Sonix & Chrome)
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* Piston Collage / PxTone
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* [[DMC]] (DoublePlay [[CMC]])
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** [[Piston Collage noise]] (.ptnoise)
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* [[DSF]] (Dreamcast [[PSF]])
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** [[Piston Collage song]] (.ptcop, .pttune)
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* [[DSFLIB]] ([[DSF]] Library)
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** [[Piston Collage voice]] (.ptvoice)
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* [[DSM]] (DSIK)
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* Pro Tools
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* [[DSR]] (Desire)
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** [[Pro Tools (Mac)]] (.pt5, .p24, .pt4, .pt3)
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* [[DSS]] (Digital Speech Standard)
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** [[PTS]] (Pro Tools 5.1-6.9)
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* [[DTM]] (DigiTrekker)
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** [[PTF]] (Pro Tools 7-9)  
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* [[DTS]]
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** [[PTX (Pro Tools)|PTX]] (Pro Tools 10)
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* [[DVF]] (Sony Digital Audio recorders)
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* Propellerhead (Reason, ReCycle)
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* [[DW]] (David Whittaker)
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** [[Propellerhead Reason NN-XT Patch File]] (.sx2)
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* [[DZ]] (Darius Zendeh)
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** [[Propellerhead Reason Project File]] / song file (.reason, .rns, others)
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== E ==
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** [[Propellerhead Reason ReFill Sound Bank]] (.rfl)
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* [[EMS]] (Editeur Musical Sequentiel)
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** [[Propellerhead ReCycle Loop File]] (.rex)
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* [[EX]] (Fashion Tracker)
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** [[Reason Studios REX2 Audio File]] (.rx2)
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== F ==
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* [[Reaper Project]] (.rpp)
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* [[F2R]] (Farandole Form 2.0)
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* [[Renoise]]
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* [[FAR]] (Farandole Composer)
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** [[Renoise song]] (.xrns)
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* [[FC]] (Future Composer)
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** [[Renoise instrument]] (.xrni)
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* [[FC13]] (Future Composer v1.3)
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** [[Renoise DSP device-chain]] (.xrnt)
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* [[FC14]] (Future Composer v1.4)
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* [[ROXIO|Roxio]]
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* [[FLAC]] (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
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** [[DMSE]] (Sound Editor project)
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* [[FLP]] (FruityLoops / FL Studio project files)
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** [[DMSA]] (Music Disc Creator project)
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* [[FNK]] (FunkTracker)
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* SeaTone / PixTone
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* [[FP]] (Future Player)
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** [[PXT]] (.pxt)
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* [[FPT]] (Farandole Composer pattern)
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* [[Sonic Foundry Acid]] (.acd)
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* [[FRED]] (Fred Editor)
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* [[SoundDesigner II]] (.sd2)
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* [[FSM]] (Farandole Composer Sample / Instrument)
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* [[Soundtrack Pro]] (.stmp)
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* [[FW]] (FWMP)
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* Steinberg
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== G ==
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** [[Cubase]]
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* [[GBS]] (Game Boy Sound)
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*** [[ALL]] - A Steinberg [[Cubase]] VST file for saving songs (pre 2002).
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* [[GDM]] (General Digital Music)
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*** [[ARR]]  - A Steinberg [[Cubase]] VST file for saving arrangements (pre 2002).
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* [[GMC]] (Game Music Creator)
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*** [[CPR]] - A Steinberg [[Cubase]] SX file for saving projects (2002 - ).
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* [[GRAY]] (Fred Gray)
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** [[Nuendo]]
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* [[GSF]] (Game Boy Advance [[PSF]])
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*** [[NPR]] - A Steinberg [[Nuendo]] file for saving arrangements (2002 - ).
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* [[GSFLIB]] ([[GSF]] Library)
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** [[WaveLab]]
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* [[GSM]] (Raw GSM 6.10 Audio Stream)
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*** [[MON]] (Audio montage)
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* [[GYM]] (Genesis YM2612)
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* [[(Super) Studio Session song]] (.sss)
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== H ==
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* [[Waveburner]] (.wb3)
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* [[HAN]] (Digital Sound Creations)
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* [[HD]] (Howie Davies)
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== Audio recording and sound waves ==
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* Lossless compression
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** [[ATRAC Advanced Lossless]] (.aal)
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** [[ADA]]  (Advanced Digital Audio)
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** [[ALAC]] (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)
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** [[APAC]] (Marian's A-pac)
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** [[Dakx Wav]]
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** [[Dolby TrueHD]]
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** [[DTS-HD]] (Lossless variant of DTS- DTS-HD Master Audio)
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** [[FLAC]] (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
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** [[G.711]]
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** [[G.729]]
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** [[HALAC]]
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** [[Kexis]] (.kxs)
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** [[LA]] (Lossless Audio)
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** [[LiteWave]]
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** [[LPAC]] (Lossless Predictive Audio Coding)
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** [[MKW]]
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** [[MLP]] (Meridian Lossless Packing Audio)
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** [[Monkey's Audio]] (.ape)
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** [[MPEG-4 ALS]] (MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding)
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** [[MPEG-4 SLS]] (MPEG-4 Scalable lossless coding mode)
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** [[MQA]] (Master Quality Authenticated)
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** [[OptimFROG]] (.ofr, .ofs)
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** [[Perfect Clarity Audio]] (.pca)
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** [[RALF]] (Real Lossless Audio Codec)
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** [[RK Audio]] (.rka)
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** [[Shorten]] (.shn)
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** [[Sonarc]]
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** [[Split2000]]
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** [[TAK]] (.tak)
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** [[True Audio]] (.tta)
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** [[VocPack]]
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** [[WavArc]]
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** [[WavPack]] (.wv)
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** [[WMA Lossless]] (Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless)
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* Lossy compression
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** [[AAC]] (Advanced Audio Coding)
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** [[ADPCM|Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation]]
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*** [[ACT]]
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*** [[ADPCM-A]] (Yamaha)
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*** [[ADPCM-B]] (Yamaha)
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*** [[VOX]]
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** [[Adaptive Multi-Rate WideBand Audio]]
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** [[Adaptive Multi-Rate Audio]] (.amr)
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** [[Archimedes VIDC audio]]
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** ATRAC or [[Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding]] (.aa3, .oma, .at3)
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** [[Audible Audiobook]] (.aa, .aax)
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** [[Audition Loop]] (.cel)
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** [[CELT]] (.ogg)
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** [[Digital Theater Systems]] (.dts)
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** [[Dolby Digital]] (AC-3 or ATSC A/52)
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** [[GSM]] (GSM 6.10 RPE-LTP)
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** [[LB]] (Low Bitrate)
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** [[M4B]] (iTunes Audio Book)
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** [[M4P]] (Fairplay DRM Encrypted [[M4A]])
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** MP1: See [[MPEG Audio Layer I]]
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** MP2: See [[MPEG Audio Layer II]]
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** [[MP3]] (MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
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*** [[packMP3]]
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*** [[mp3PRO]]
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*** [[MP3 wrapper]] - '''reversibly''' combine mp3 files into one playable mp3 (often used on filesharing services that banned other formats like zip/rar)
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**** [[zip/rar.mp3]]
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**** [[AlbumWrap (ALBW)]]
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**** [[MooseWrap (DJWrap)]]
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**** [[Mp3Wrap]]
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**** [[Track Wrapper (TRKW)]]
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**** [[MP3 Album Maker]]
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**** [[M3A]]
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**** [[Wrapster]] (when adding MP3 files to a wrapped MP3 file)
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** MPA (MPEG Audio): See [[MPEG Audio Layer II]]
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** MP+ (MPEGplus Audio): See [[Musepack Audio]]
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** MPEG-4 Audio: Can refer to various formats connected with [[MPEG-4]], including [[AAC]]. (.m4a, .m4b, .m4p, .m4r, .mp4, .aac)
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** [[MPEG Audio Layer I]] (MP1)
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** [[MPEG Audio Layer II]] (MP2; MPEG-1 Audio Layer II)
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** [[Musepack Audio]] (.mpc)
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** [[Opus]] (.opus)
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** [[Quite OK Audio]] (.qoa)
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** [[RealAudio]] (.ra)
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** [[Speex]] (.spx)
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** [[SWA]]
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** [[Vorbis]] (.logg, .oga, .ogg)
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** [[WMA]] (Windows Media Audio)
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* Proprietary
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** [[DCT]] (Dictation format by NCH Software)
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** [[Digital Speech Standard]] (.dss)
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** [[Digital Voice File]] (.dvf)
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** [[IC Sound]] (.ics)
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** [[iKlax]] (iKlax Media)
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** [[Memory Stick Voice]] (.msv)
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** [[Panasonic VM1]] (.vm1)
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** [[Pono]]
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** [[PXD]]
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** [[RCA-VOC]] (.voc)
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* Separated parts of tracks
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** [[Stems]]
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* Uncompressed audio
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** [[AIFF|AIF / AIFF]] (Audio Interchange File Format)
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** [[Berkeley/IRCAM/Carl Sound Format]] (.sf)
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** [[BWF]] (Broadcast Wave Format; variant of WAV)
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** [[DSD]] (Direct Stream Digital) (.dsf)
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** [[RAW (Audio)|RAW]] (.raw, .pcm)
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** [[RF64]] (extended variant of BWF)
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** [[Sony Wave64]] (.w64)
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** [[WAV]] (Waveform Audio File Format)
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* Various encodings
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** [[AIFC]] ([[AIFF]] Compressed)
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** [[AU]] (Sun Microsystems audio format)
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** [[Computerized Speech Lab NSP]] (.nsp)
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** [[DiamondWare Digitized]] (.dwd)
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** [[Bonk]] (lossy/lossless audio compression)
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** [[INRS-Telecom file]] (.aud)
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** [[SIFF]] (.son)
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** [[SPPACK]] (.d)
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** [[WVE (Psion)]]
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== Chiptune ==
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* [[SAM Coupé song]] (.cop, .sng)
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== Configuration files ==
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* [[X2A]] (Yamaha S70xs/S90xs keyboard workstations)
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== Container formats ==
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* [[AAF]] (Advanced Authoring Format)
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* [[ASF]] (Advanced Systems Format)
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* [[Core Audio Format]] (.caf)
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* [[Extensible Music Format]] (.xmf)
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* [[IFF]]
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* [[Matroska Audio]] (.mka)
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* [[MP4]] (MPEG-4 Part 14 media container)
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* [[Ogg]] (.ogg, .oga, .ogx, .spx, .opus)
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* [[OMF Interchange]] (Open Media Framework Interchange format)
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* [[Qualcomm QCP]] (Purevoice)
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* [[Rich Music Format]] (.rmf)
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* [[RealMedia]] (.rm)
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* [[WAV]]
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* [[WebM]] (.webm) (also used for video)
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== Emulated music ==
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* [[2SF]] (Nintendo DS [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]])
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* [[3G2]] (3GPP, also a video format)
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* [[3GP]] (3GPP, also a video format)
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* [[Atari SoundHeader]] (SNDH)
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* [[AY]] (Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum / ZXAYEMUL)
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* [[AZX]] (ZX Spectrum)
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* [[Custom Amiga Module]] (CUST)
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* [[DSF]] (Dreamcast [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]])
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* [[EPSGMOD]] (.epsgmod, Mod2PSG)
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* [[Fuxoft AY Language]] (.fmx)
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* [[Game Boy Sound]] (.gbs)
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* [[GBR]] (Game Boy Sound)
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* [[Gens Sound Record]] (GSR)
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* [[GSF]] (Game Boy Advance [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]])
 
* [[HES]] (Hudson Entertainment System)
 
* [[HES]] (Hudson Entertainment System)
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* [[HIP]] (Hippel)
 
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* [[HIPC]] (Hippel-COSO)
 
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* [[HVL]] (Hively Tracker)
 
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== I ==
 
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* [[IMF (Adlib)|IMF]] (AdLib Sound Card)
 
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* [[IMF (Imago)|IMF]] (Imago Orpheus)
 
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* [[IMS]] (Images)
 
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* [[INS]] (Infogrames)
 
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* [[IT]] (ImpulseTracker module)
 
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* [[ITS]] (Impulse Tracker Samples)
 
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== J ==
 
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* [[JAM]] (JamCracker)
 
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* [[JCB]] (Jason Brooke)
 
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* [[JD]] (Special FX)
 
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* [[JPO]] (Steve Turner)
 
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* [[JMF]] (Janko Mrsic-Flogel)
 
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* [[JO]] (Jesper Olsen)
 
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* [[JPN]] (Jason Page)
 
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* [[JT]] (Jeroen Tel)
 
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== K ==
 
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* [[KH]] (Kris Hatlelid)
 
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* [[KPL]] (Kazaa Playlist Format)
 
 
* [[KSS]] (MSX)
 
* [[KSS]] (MSX)
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* [[KSSX]] (Possible expansion of [[KSS]]
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* [[KSSX]] (Possible expansion of [[KSS]])
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== L ==
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* [[MDX (X68000)|MDX]] (Sharp X68000 / MXDRV)
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* [[LME]] (Leggless Music Editor)
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* [[NES Sound Format]] (.nsf)
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* [[LPCM]] (Linear Pulse Code Modulated Audio)
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* [[NES Sound Format Extended]] (.nsfe)
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== M ==
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* [[NSD (audio)|NSD]]
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* [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]] (Portable Sound Format)
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* [[PSF1]] (Playstation [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]])
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* [[PSF2]] (Playstation 2 [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]])
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* [[QSF]] (Capcom Q-Sound [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]])
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* [[SC68]] (Atari ST / Atari STE / Amiga)
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* [[SGC]] (Sega Master System / Game Gear / Colecovision)
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* [[SID]] (Commodore 64)
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* [[SPC (Audio)|SPC]] (Super Nintendo SPC700)
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* [[SSF]] (Sega Saturn [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]])
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* [[USF]] (Nintendo 64 [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]])
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* [[YM]] (Amstrad CPC / Spectrum ZX / Atari ST)
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== Game audio and music ==
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(see also [[Game data files]])
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* [[4X IMA ADPCM]]
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* Accolade
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** [[Accolade MIDI File Format]]
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* Adept Software
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** [[God of Thunder Music Format]]
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* [[AFC]] (AFX Audio File) -- used in Mass Effect 2
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* Apogee
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** [[Crystal Caves Sound format]]
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* Atari
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** [[Slight Atari Player]] (Atari POKEY)
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* [[BAF]] (Blur ADPCM)
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* [[BAKA]] (PCM 16 bit)
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* Bandai
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** [[WSR]] (WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color)
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* [[BH2PCM]]
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* [[BNSF]] (G.722.1)
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* Cave Story
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** [[Organya]]
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* Commodore Amiga
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** [[A.M. Composer v1.2]] (.amc)
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** [[AC1D-DC1A Packer]] (.ac1d)
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** [[Actionamics Sound Tool]] (.ast)
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** [[AMOS Music Bank]] (.abk)
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** [[AMOS Memory Bank#AMOS Samples Bank|AMOS Samples Bank]] (.abk)
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** [[Art & Magic]] (.aam)
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** [[Audio Sculpture]] (.as)
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** [[Beathoven Synthesiser]] (.bss)
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** [[Ben Daglish]] (.bd)
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** [[Ben Daglish SID]] (.bds)
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** [[Ben Replay]] (.ben)
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** [[Channel Players]] (.chan)
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** [[Cinemaware]] (.cin)
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** [[Core Design]] (.core)
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** [[CustomMade]] (.cm)
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** [[Darius Zendeh]] (.dz)
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** [[Dave Lowe]] (.dl)
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** [[Dave Lowe New]] (.dln)
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** [[David Hanney]] (.dh)
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** [[David Whittaker]] (.dw)
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** [[Desire]] (.dsr)
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** [[Digital Illusions]] (.di)
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** [[Digital Sonix & Chrome]] (.dsc)
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** [[Digital Sound Creations]] (.han)
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** [[Dirk Bialluch]] (.tpu)
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** [[Dynamic Synthesizer]] (.dns)
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** [[Editeur Musical Sequentiel]] (.ems)
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** [[Follin Player II]] (.tf)
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** [[Fred Editor]] (.fred)
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** [[Fred Gray]] (.fg)
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** [[Future Player]] (.fp)
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** [[FWMP]] (.fw)
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** [[Game Music Creator]] (.gmc)
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** [[Gnu Player]] (.gp)
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** [[Hippel]] (.hip)
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** [[Hippel-COSO]] (.hipc)
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** [[Hornet Packer]] (.hrt)
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** [[Howie Davies]] (.hd)
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** [[IFF-MAUD]]
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** [[Images Music System]] (.ims)
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** [[Infogrames INS]] (.ins)
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** [[Janko Mrsic-Flogel]] (.jmf)
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** [[Jason Brooke]] (.jcb)
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** [[Jason Page]] (.jp)
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** [[Jeroen Tel]] (.jt)
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** [[Jesper Olsen]] (.jo)
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** [[Jochen Hippel]] (.hip)
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** [[Kefrens Sound Machine]] (.ksm)
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** [[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
 +
** [[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 / 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)
 +
*** [[IFF-MAUD]]
 +
** [[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
 +
** [[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
 +
** [[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)
 +
** [[Minecraft sounds.json]]
 +
 
 +
* Origin Software
 +
** [[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)
 +
* 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
 +
** [[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)
 +
 
 +
=== 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)]]
 +
 
 +
== Identifiers of musical works, recordings, artists, etc. ==
 +
* [[International Standard Musical Work Code]] (ISWC)
 +
* [[International Standard Recording Code]] (ISRC)
 +
* [[MusicBrainz Identifier]]
 +
 
 +
== Karaoke ==
 +
* [[CD+G]]
 +
* [[UltraStar Karaoke]]
 +
 
 +
== 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 ==
 +
(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)
 +
* [[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
 +
** [[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
 +
** [[CM3]] ([[CMC]] "3/4")
 +
** [[CMC]] (Chaos Music Composer)
 +
** [[CMR]] ([[CMC]] "Rzog")
 +
** [[CMS]] (Stereo Double [[CMC]])
 +
** [[DMC]] (Double ChaosMusicComposer)
 +
* [[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
 +
** [[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)
 +
* [[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)
 +
** [[Future Composer (BSI) module]]
 +
* [[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
 +
** [[Jacker song]]
 +
* 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
 +
** [[4V]]
 +
* [[MONOTONE]] (.mon, .pit, .frq)
 +
* 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)
 +
* [[The Music Studio|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|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 Music Interface Kit module]]
 +
** [[Scream Tracker 1 & 2 module]] (.stm)
 +
** [[Scream Tracker 3 Adlib module]] (.as3m)
 +
** [[Scream Tracker 3 module]] (.s3m)
 +
** [[Scream Tracker 3 / DigiTracker sample]] (.s31)
 +
** [[Scream Tracker 3 / DigiTracker sample]] (.smp)
 +
* [[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
 +
** [[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)
 +
* [[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)
 +
 
 +
== Musical instrument control ==
 +
 
 +
* [[ELECTONE]] - For Yamaha Electone Range Electronic Organs
 +
** [[BOO]] - Part of the [[ELECTONE]] format.
 +
** [[EVT]] - Part of the [[ELECTONE]] format.
 +
* 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)
 +
*** [[MIDI Instrument Definition File]]
 +
** [[MIDS]] ([[MIDI]] clone)
 +
** [[MIZ]] (Compressed [[MIDI]])
 +
** [[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
 +
** 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|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 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)
 +
* 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 ==
 +
 
 +
* [[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
 +
*** [[CAP]]
 +
*** [[CapXML]] (.capx)
 +
** [[ChordML]]
 +
** [[ConcertWare]]
 +
** Copyist
 +
*** [[CP4]]
 +
*** [[CP6]]
 +
** [[Encore]] (.enc)
 +
** [[Extended Notation Format]] (.enf)
 +
** [[Extensible Music Notation Markup Language]]
 +
** [[Finale]] (.etf, .mus, .musx)
 +
** [[Forte]] (.fnf)
 +
** Guido
 +
*** [[GUIDO]]
 +
*** [[GUIDO XML]]
 +
** JMSL
 +
*** [[JMSL]]
 +
*** [[JMSL Score]]
 +
** [[JScoreML]]
 +
** [[LilyPond]]
 +
** [[MEI]]
 +
** [[MHTML]]
 +
** [[MidiXML]]
 +
** [[minimusic]]
 +
** [[MPEG4-SMR]]
 +
** [[Mup]]
 +
** [[MuseScore]]
 +
*** [[MSC]] -(old file format)
 +
*** [[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)
 +
 
 +
== 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)
 
* [[M3U]] (Multimedia Playlist Format)
−
* [[M4A]] (MPEG-4 Audio)
+
* [[MAGMA]] ([[Magnet URI]])
−
* [[M4P]] (Fairplay DRM Encrypted [[M4A]])
+
* [[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]])
 
* [[M4R]] (Apple iPhone Ringtones - see [[M4A]])
−
* [[MAD]] (PlayerPRO module)
+
* [[Polyphonic ringtone]]
−
* [[MADX]] (Extended [[MAD]])
+
* [[RTTTL]]
−
* [[MC]] (Mark Cooksey)
+
−
* [[MD]] (Mike Davies)
+
−
* [[MDL]] (Digitrakker)
+
−
* [[MDX]] (Sharp X68000)
+
−
* [[MED]] (OctaMED module)
+
−
* [[MFP]] (Magnetic Fields Packer)
+
−
* [[MIDI|MID / MIDI]] (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
+
−
* [[MII]] (Mark II Sound-System)
+
−
* [[MINIPSF]] ([[PSF]] track)
+
−
* [[MINIGSF]] ([[GSF]] track)
+
−
* [[MINIQSF]] ([[QSF]] track)
+
−
* [[MINISSF]] ([[SSF]] track)
+
−
* [[MINIUSF]] ([[USF]] track)
+
−
* [[MDAT (TFMX)]] ([[TFMX]] pattern data)
+
−
* [[MDAT (TFMX 7V)]] (TFMX 7V)
+
−
* [[MDAT (TFMX Pro)]] (TFMX Pro)
+
−
* [[MDL]] (DigiTracker 1.x)
+
−
* [[MMDC]] (MMDC)
+
−
* [[MNF]] (Yamaha ADPCM)
+
−
* [[MO3]] (MO3-compressed modules)
+
−
* [[MOD]] (Amiga Module)
+
−
* [[MOK]] (Silmarils)
+
−
* [[MON]] (M.O.N New / Old)
+
−
* [[MP2]] (MPEG-1 Audio Layer II)
+
−
* [[MP3]] (MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
+
−
* [[MPD]] ([[MPT]] DoublePlay)
+
−
* [[MPT]] (Music Pro Tracker)
+
−
* [[MPTM]] (Open MODPlug Tracker)
+
−
* [[MSS]] (Advanced Mario Sequencer)
+
−
* [[MSV]] (Sony dictation machines)
+
−
* [[MT2]] (MadTracker 2)
+
−
* [[MTM]] (MultiTracker)
+
−
* [[MUG]] (Mugician)
+
−
* [[MUG2]] (Mugician II)
+
−
* [[MW]] (Martin Walker)
+
−
* [[MXTX]] (MaxTrax)
+
  
−
== N ==
+
== Signal processing ==
−
* [[NP2]] (NoisePacker v2.x)
+
−
* [[NP3]] (NoisePacker v3.x)
+
−
* [[NSF]] (NES Sound Format)
+
−
* [[NSFE]] (Extended [[NSF]])
+
−
* [[NST]] (NoiseTracker)
+
−
* [[NTP]] (NovoTrade Packer)
+
−
== O ==
+
−
* [[OGG]] (Ogg Vorbis audio file)
+
−
* [[OKT]] (Oktalyzer module)
+
−
* [[OKTA]] (Oktalyzer module)
+
−
* [[OMA]] (Advanced Transform Acoustic Coding)
+
−
* [[ORC]] (TRS-80 Orchestra-90)
+
−
* [[OSP]] (Synth Pack)
+
−
== P ==
+
−
* [[P4X]] (The Player v4.x)
+
−
* [[P6X]] (The Player v6.x)
+
−
* [[PAC]] (SBStudio II
+
−
* [[PAP]] (Pierre Adane Packer)
+
−
* [[PAT]] (UltraSound GF1 Patches)
+
−
* [[PCM]] (Pulse Code Modulation)
+
−
* [[PHA]] (Pha Packer)
+
−
* [[PLS]] (Multimedia Playlists)
+
−
* [[PP21]] (ProPacker 2.1)
+
−
* [[PP30]] (ProPacker 3.0)
+
−
* [[PR1]] (Promizer)
+
−
* [[PRU2]] (Prorunner 2.0)
+
−
* [[PRUN]] (Prorunner 1.0)
+
−
* [[PS]] (Paul Shields)
+
−
* [[PSA]] (Professional Sound Artists)
+
−
* [[Portable Sound Format|PSF]] (Portable Sound Format)
+
−
* [[Soundfactory|PSF]] (Soundfactory)
+
−
* [[PSF2]] (Playstation 2 [[PSF]])
+
−
* [[PSM]] (Epic Megagames MASI)
+
−
* [[PTM]] (PolyTracker)
+
−
* [[PUMA]] (PumaTracker)
+
−
* [[PVP]] (Peter Verswyvelen Packer)
+
−
== Q ==
+
−
* [[QSF]] (Capcom Q-Sound [[PSF]])
+
−
* [[QSFLIB]] ([[QSF]] Library)
+
−
== R ==
+
−
* [[RA]] (RealAudio)
+
−
* [[RAD]] (Reality AdLib Tracker)
+
−
* [[RAW (Adlib)|RAW]] (AdLib Sound Card)
+
−
* [[RAW (Sample)|RAW]] (RAW sample data)
+
−
* [[RH]] (Rob Hubbard)
+
−
* [[RHO]] (Rob Hubbard Old)
+
−
* [[RJP]] (Richard Joseph)
+
−
* [[RK]] (Ron Klaren)
+
−
* [[RM]] (RealMedia)
+
−
* [[RMT]] (Raster Music Tracker)
+
−
* [[ROL]] (AdLib Visual Composer)
+
  
−
== S ==
+
These aren't specific file formats, but generic mathematical methods used by other file formats.
−
* [[S31]] (ScreamTracker 3 / DigiTracker Samples)
+
 
−
* [[S3M]] (Scream Tracker 3 module)
+
* [[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)
 +
* [[ADM]] (ADM Audio File)
 +
* [[Audfprint fingerprint file]] (.afpk)
 +
* [[AVR]]
 +
* [[B1S]]
 +
* [[BDSP]] (BotDetect Sound Package)
 +
* [[BVG]]
 +
* [[CBD2]]
 +
* CLF
 +
** [[Common Loudspeaker Format]]
 +
** [[Common Instrument Format]]
 +
* [[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)
 +
* [[MNSTR]]
 +
* [[MSF]]
 +
* [[MT9]]
 +
* [[MTAF]]
 +
* [[Photo CD Audio]]
 
* [[S98]] (NEC PC-98)
 
* [[S98]] (NEC PC-98)
−
* [[SA]] (Sonic Arranger)
+
* [[SD]] (ESPS sampled data file)
−
* [[SA2]] (Surprise Adlib Tracker)
+
* [[SGI (Sound Generator)|SGI]] (Sound Generator 3.0 instrument)
−
* [[SAM]] (MOD Edit sample)
+
* [[SNG (SCC Musixx)|SNG]] (SCC Musixx)
−
* [[SAP]] (Atari POKEY)
+
* [[Sound Effect Editor]] (.see, MSX)
−
* [[SB]] (Steve Barrett)
+
* [[SoundHelix XML]]
−
* [[SCI]] (Used in Sierra PC games)
+
−
* [[SCN]] (Sean Connolly)
+
−
* [[SCR]] (Sean Conran)
+
−
* [[SCT]] (Soundcontrol)
+
−
* [[SCUMM]] (SCUMM)
+
−
* [[SDR]] (Synth Dream)
+
−
* [[SF2]] (SoundFont 2.0 Sound Banks)
+
−
* [[SFX]] (SoundFX)
+
−
* [[SFZ]] (Cakewalk Sample Definition File)
+
−
* [[SGC]] (Sega Master System / Game Gear / Colecovision)
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* [[SHI]] ([http://battleofthebits.org/lyceum/View/ShroomTool ShroomTool] Instrument)
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* [[SHO]] (Mario Paint)
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* [[SID]] (Commodore)
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* [[SID (Sidmon)]] (Sidmon)
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* [[SID2]] (Sidmon II)
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* [[SJS]] (SoundPlayer)
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* [[SM]] (Sound Master)
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* [[SMP]] (ScreamTracker 3 / DigiTracker Samples)
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* [[SMPL]] ([[TFMX]] sample data)
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* [[SMUS]] (Sonix Music Driver)
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* [[SNDH]] (Atari ST)
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* [[SNK]] (Paul Summers)
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* [[SPB]] (Yamaha ADPCM)
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* [[SPC]] (Super Nintendo SPC700)
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* [[SPL]] (Sound Programming Language)
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* [[SPU]] (Sony Playstation)
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* [[SS]] (Speedy System)
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* [[SSF]] (Sega Saturn [[PSF]])
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* [[SSFLIB]] ([[SSF]] Library)
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* [[ST26]] (SoundTracker 2.6)
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* [[STM]] (Scream Tracker module)
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== T ==
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* [[TAK]] (Tom's Lossless Audio Kompressor)
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* [[TF]] (Follin Player II)
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* [[TFMX]] (TFMX)
 
* [[TFMX]] (TFMX)
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* [[THM]] (Thomas Hermann)
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* [[Vivaldi]] (RISC OS)
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* [[TM2]] (Theta Music Composer v2.x)
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* [[Zsound Music]]
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* [[TM8]] (8-channel stero [[TMC]])
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* [[TMC]] (Theta Music Composer v1.x)
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See the Open Cubic Player homepage for a list of demo formats: http://www.cubic.org/player/features.html
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* [[TME]] (The Musical Enlightenment)
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* [[TP3]] (Trackerpacker 3)
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See also [[Piano Rolls]] (which is under the [[Physical File Formats]]).
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* [[TPU]] (Dirk Bialluch)
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* [[TTA]] (True Audio)
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== Links ==
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* [[TW]] (Sound Images)
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* [http://boingboing.net/2013/09/20/kickstarting-free-open-record.html Kickstarting free, open recordings of Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1"]
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== U ==
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* [http://mpc-hc.org/ MPC-HC: media player for Windows handling just about all video/audio formats]
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* [[UDS]] (Unique Development)
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* [http://boingboing.net/2013/09/27/david-byrnes-how-music-wor.html How Music Works]
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* [[ULT]] (UltraTracker)
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* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/admusfmt.pro Some discussion of "advanced music formats" from 1994]
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* [[UMX]] (Unreal Music Format)
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* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/audiof23.txt FAQ on audio file formats (1992-07-09)]
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* [[USF]] (Nintendo 64 [[PSF]])
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* [http://boingboing.net/2013/11/03/this-must-be-the-8-bit-place.html Chiptune version of Talking Heads song]
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* [[USM]] (Unsigned [[FSM]])
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* [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]
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* [[USFLIB]] ([[USF]] library)
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* [http://publicdomainreview.tumblr.com/post/76437123224/chaoscontrolled123-luke-and-i-were-looking-at The Music Written on This Dude's Butt]
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== V ==
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* [http://vimeo.com/58200103 "Eye of the tiger" played on a modified dot matrix printer]
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* [[VOX]]  
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* [http://chipflip.wordpress.com/2014/03/09/a-short-history-of-hardcore-chipmusic/ A Short History of Hardcore Chipmusic]
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* [[VGM]] (Videogame Music)
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* [https://medium.com/message/you-need-to-hear-this-extremely-rare-recording-27619411e077 You Need to Hear This Extremely Rare Recording]
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* [[VGZ]] (GZipped VGM)
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* [http://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/audio.html Library of Congress Recommended Format Specifications: Audio Works]
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* [[VTX]] (Vortex Tracker)
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* [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]
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== W ==
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* [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]
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* [[WAV]] (Waveform Audio File Format)
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* [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)
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* [[WB]] (Wally Beben)
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* [https://github.com/AyrA/ExcelPlayer Excel sheet that plays video and audio]
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* [[WMA]] (Windows Media Audio)
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* [http://webaudio.github.io/web-audio-api/ Web Audio API (W3C)]
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* [[WOW]] (Grave Composer)
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* [http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/why-collecting-music-matters/ Why Collecting Matters: Citizen Archivists and the Battle for Future Pasts]
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* [[WRK]] (Cakewalk Project)
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* [http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo MediaInfo: software that shows metadata for audio/video files]
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* [[WSR]] (Bandai WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color)
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* [http://www.bl.uk/projects/save-our-sounds Save our Sounds]
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== X ==
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* [http://www.davidsystems.com/#tools David Systems tools: includes online loudness analysis of sound files]
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* [[XI]] (FastTracker instrument)
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* [http://createdigitalmusic.com/2015/07/next-web-standard-music-notation/ The next Web standard could be music notation]
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* [[XM]] (FastTracker 2 module)
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_3d1x2VPxk How Oldschool Sound/Music worked] (video)
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== Y ==
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* [http://www.crutchfield.com/S-ulligiNLBZf/learn/learningcenter/home/hometheater_surround.html Understanding surround sound formats]
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* [[YM]] (Amstrad CPC / Spectrum ZX / Atari ST)
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* [http://www.righto.com/2017/04/reverse-engineering-76477-space.html Reverse engineering the 76477 "Space Invaders" sound effect chip from die photos]
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== Z ==
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[[Category:Audio and Music| ]]

Latest revision as of 14:16, 20 April 2024

File Format
Name Audio and Music
Ontology

Musical notation

Musical notation

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

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

Contents

[edit] Introduction

[edit] Album formats

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

[edit] Audio and sequencer software

[edit] Audio recording and sound waves

[edit] Chiptune

[edit] Configuration files

  • X2A (Yamaha S70xs/S90xs keyboard workstations)

[edit] Container formats

[edit] Emulated music

[edit] Game audio and music

(see also Game data files)

[edit] Nintendo

[edit] Sony

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

[edit] Karaoke

[edit] Metadata formats and related data

[edit] Music trackers

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

[edit] Musical instrument control

[edit] Musical notation

[edit] Playlists, music libraries, music store downloaders

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

[edit] Ringtones

[edit] Signal processing

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

[edit] Software

Refer to Audio software.

[edit] Sound card related formats

[edit] Speech synthesis

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

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

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

[edit] Links

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