Audio and Music

Revision as of 17:19, 23 November 2012

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

Audio and sequencer software

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

Audio recording and sound waves

• Container formats
  • ASF (Advanced Systems Format)
  • MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14 media container)
  • OGG (Vorbis, CELT or Opus audio compression format)
  • RM (RealMedia)
• Lossless compression
  • AAL (Lossless variant of ATRAC)
  • ADA (Advanced Digital Audio)
  • ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)
  • APAC (Marian's A-pac)
  • APE (Monkey's Audio)
  • Dakx Wav
  • DTS-HD (Lossless variant of DTS- DTS-HD Master Audio)
  • FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
  • LA (Lossless Audio)
  • LiteWave
  • LPAC (Lossless Predictive Audio Coding)
  • MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing Audio)
  • MPEG-4 ALS (MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding)
  • MPEG-4 SLS (MPEG-4 Scalable lossless coding mode)
  • OFR (OptimFROG lossless audio)
  • PCA (Sony's Perfect Clarity Audio)
  • RALF (Real Lossless Audio Codec)
  • RKA (RK Audio)
  • SHN (Shorten)
  • Sonarc
  • Split2000
  • TAK (Tom's Lossless Audio Kompressor)
  • TrueHD (Dolby TrueHD)
  • TTA (True Audio)
  • VocPack
  • WavArc
  • WavPack (WavPack Lossless)
  • WavPack v4.0
  • WMA Lossless (Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless)
• Lossy compression
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
  • Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation
    • MNF (Yamaha ADPCM)
    • SPB (Yamaha ADPCM)
    • VOX
  • ATRAC or Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (.aa3, .oma, .at3)
  • Audible Audiobook (.aa, .aax)
  • GSM (Raw GSM 6.10 Audio Stream)
  • M4A (MPEG-4 Audio)
  • M4B (iTunes Audio Book)
  • M4P (Fairplay DRM Encrypted M4A)
  • M4R (Apple iPhone Ringtones - see M4A)
  • MP+ (MPEGplus Audio)
  • MP1 (MPEG Audio Layer 1)
  • MP2 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer II)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
  • MPA (MPEG Audio)
  • MPC (Musepack Audio, formerly known as MPEGplus)
  • RA (RealAudio)
  • SPX (Speex)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio)
• Uncompressed audio
  • AIF / AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)
  • LPCM (Linear Pulse Code Modulated Audio)
  • RAW (RAW audio)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format)
• Various encodings
  • AIFC (AIFF Compressed)
  • AU (Sun Microsystems audio format)
  • INRS-Telecom file (.aud)

Emulated music

• 2SF (Nintendo DS PSF)
• DSF (Dreamcast PSF)
• DSFLIB (DSF Library)
• GSF (Game Boy Advance PSF)
• GSFLIB (GSF Library)
• MINIGSF (GSF track)
• MINIPSF (PSF track)
• MINIPSF2 (PSF2 track)
• MINIQSF (QSF track)
• MINISNSF (SNSF track)
• MINISSF (SSF track)
• MINIUSF (USF track)
• PSF (Portable Sound Format)
• PSF1 (Playstation PSF)
• PSF2 (Playstation 2 PSF)
• QSF (Capcom Q-Sound PSF)
• QSFLIB (QSF Library)
• SSF (Sega Saturn PSF)
• SSFLIB (SSF Library)
• USF (Nintendo 64 PSF)
• USFLIB (USF library)

Game audio and music

• Adept Software
  • God of Thunder Music Format
• AFC (AFX Audio File) -- used in Mass Effect 2
• Art & Magic
  • Art & Magic (.aam)
• Atari
  • Slight Atari Player (Atari POKEY)
• Bandai
  • WSR (WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color)
• CIN (Cinemaware)
• CORE (Core Design)
• Beathoven Synthesiser (.bss)
• Benn Daglish (.bd)
• Benn Daglish SID (.bds)
• Channel Players (.chan)
• CRI Middleware
  • ADX
  • AFS (container format for ADX / AHX (CRI))
  • AHX (CRI)
• CustomMade (.cm)
• Darius Zendeh (.dz)
• Dave Lowe (.dl)
• Dave Lowe New (.dln)
• David Hanney (.dh)
• David Whittaker (.dw)
• DI (Digital Illusions)
• Digital Sonix & Chrome (.dsc)
• Electronic Arts
  • 8-Bit Sampled Voice (.8svx, .iff)
  • Asylum Music Format (.amf, used in Crusader: No Remorse / Crusader: No Regret)
  • Electronic Arts AS4 Music (.as4)
  • Electronic Arts KSF Music (.ksf)
  • Electronic Arts Sound Effects (.bnk, .crd)
  • Electronic Arts Sound / Speech Files (.eas, .sph)
  • IFF (Amiga 8SVX)
  • Sonix Music Driver (.smus)
• Editeur Musical Sequentiel (.ems)
• Epic Megagames
  • Epic Megagames MASI (.masi, .psm)
• Desire (.dsr)
• FWMP (.fw)
• Galaxy Music System
  • Galaxy Music System v4.0
  • Galaxy Music System v5.0 (.j2b)
• Hippel (.hip)
• Hippel-COSO (.hipc)
• Howie Davies (.hd)
• id Software
  • id Software DNF (.dnf)
  • id Software Music Format (.imf)
  • id Software WLF (.wlf)
• Images Music System (.ims)
• Interplay ACM (.acm)
• Infogrames INS (.ins)
• Janko Mrsic-Flogel (.jmf)
• Jason Brooke (.jcb)
• Jason Page (.jp)
• Jesper Olsen (.jo)
• LucasArts
  • LucasArts Adlib Audio (.laa)
  • SCUMM (SCUMM)
• Magnetic Fields Packer (.mfp)
• Maniacs of Noise (.mon, .jt)
• Mark Cooksey (.mc)
• Martin Walker (.mw)
• MaxTrax (.mxtx)
• Mike Davies (.md)
• Mugician (.mug)
• Mugician II (.mug2)
• Nintendo
  • Donkey Konga 2 DSP (Donkey Konga 2)
  • GBR (Game Boy Sound)
  • GBS (Game Boy Sound)
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii AAAP
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii ADP (Nintendo Gamecube)
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii AFC (Nintendo Gamecube)
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii AGSC (.agsc)
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii AMTS
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii ASN (Nintendo Gamecube)
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii ASR (Nintendo Wii)
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii AST (Nintendo Wii sound format)
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii BNS
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii BO2
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii BRSTM (Nintendo Wii streaming format)
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii CAPDSP
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii CFN
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii DDSP
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii DSP
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii GCA (Nintendo Wii)
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii GCM
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii GSP
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii HPS
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii IDSP
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii ISD
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii ISH
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii KRAW (Nintendo Wii)
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii LPS
  • Nintendo Gamecube / Wii 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
• NoisePacker 2.x (.np2)
• NoisePacker 3.x (.np3)
• NovoTrade Packer (.ntp)
• Origin Software
  • Ultima 6 Music (.m)
• Paul Robotham (.dat)
• Paul Shields (.ps)
• Paul Summers (.snk)
• Peter Verswyvelen Packer (.pvp)
• Pha Packer (.pha)
• Pierre Adane Packer (.pap)
• Professional Sound Artists (.psa)
• ProPacker 2.1 (.pp21)
• ProPacker 3.0 (.pp30)
• Prorunner 1.0 (.prun)
• Prorunner 2.0 (.pru2)
• PR1 (Promizer)
• Richard Joseph or Vectordean (.rjp)
• Ron Klaren (.rk)
• Sean Connolly (.scn)
• Sean Conran (.scr)
• Sierra
  • Sierra AGI (Sierra AGI)
  • Sierra SCI (Used in Sierra PC games)
• Silmarils (.mok)
• Sony
  • Sony Playstation ADS (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation ASS (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation AST
  • Sony Playstation BG00
  • Sony Playstation BMDX
  • Sony Playstation CCC (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation CNK
  • Sony Playstation DXH (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation ENTH
  • Sony Playstation FAG (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation FILP
  • Sony Playstation FSB (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation GCM
  • Sony Playstation GMS (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation HGC1
  • Sony Playstation I100 (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation I400 (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation I80 (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation IKM
  • Sony Playstation ILD (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation IVB
  • Sony Playstation JOE
  • Sony Playstation KCES (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation KHV (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation LEG (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation MCG
  • Sony Playstation MI4 (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation MIB (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation MIC (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation MIH
  • Sony Playstation MIHB (merged MIB & MIH)
  • Sony Playstation MSA
  • Sony Playstation MSVP
  • Sony Playstation MUSC
  • Sony Playstation NPSF
  • Sony Playstation PNB
  • Sony Playstation PSH
  • Sony Playstation RKV
  • Sony Playstation RND
  • Sony Playstation RSTM
  • Sony Playstation RWS
  • Sony Playstation SFS
  • Sony Playstation SIR
  • Sony Playstation SL3
  • Sony Playstation SMPL
  • Sony Playstation SND
  • Sony Playstation SPU (Sony Playstation)
  • Sony Playstation STER
  • Sony Playstation STH
  • Sony Playstation STR
  • Sony Playstation STS
  • Sony Playstation SVAG
  • Sony Playstation SVS
  • Sony Playstation TEC
  • Sony Playstation TK5
  • Sony Playstation VAS
  • Sony Playstation VAG
  • Sony Playstation VB2 (Playstation / PS2)
  • Sony Playstation VGS
  • Sony Playstation VIG
  • Sony Playstation VPK
  • Sony Playstation VS
  • Sony Playstation VSF
  • Sony Playstation WP2
  • Sony Playstation XA2
  • Sony Playstation XA30
  • Sony Playstation 2 MI2 (Sony Playstation 2)
• Sound Images (.tw)
• Sound Master (.sm)
• Sound Programming Language (.spl)
• SoundPlayer (.sjs)
• Special FX (.jd)
• Speedy System (.ss)
• Steve Barrett (.sb)
• Steve Turner (.jpo)
• Synth Dream (.sdr)
• Synth Pack (.osp)
• The Musical Enlightenment (.tme)
• The Player 4.x (.p4x)
• The Player 6.x (.p6x)
• Thomas Hermann (.thm)
• Unreal Music Format (.umx)
• Union Logic Software Publishing
  • Vinyl Goddess From Mars Instrument Format
  • Vinyl Goddess From Mars Music Format
• Unique Development Studios (.uds)
• Videogame Music (.vgm)
• Westwood Studios
  • Westwood Studios ADL (.adl)
  • Westwood Studios AUD (.aud)
• Wally Beben (.wb)
• XMP Game Module (.j2b)

Metadata formats

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

Music trackers

• 1tracker module (.1tm)
• AdLib instrument (.ins)
• Adlib Tracker
  • A2B (Adlib Tracker II bank)
  • A2F (Adlib Tracker II instrument with fm-register macro)
  • A2I (Adlib Tracker II instrument)
  • A2M (Adlib Tracker II song format)
  • A2P (Adlib Tracker II pattern)
  • A2T (Adlib Tracker II tiny module)
  • A2W (Adlib Tracker II bank with macros)
• AHX (Abyss) (Abyss Highest eXperience)
• Aley's Module (.alm)
• AMusic module (.amd)
• Archimedes Tracker module
• Arkos Tracker (.aks)
• Art of Noise module (.aon)
• ASC Sound Master module (.asc)
• Beepola song (.bbsong)
• BeRoTracker module (.br)
• BoomTracker v4.0
  • BoomTracker v4.0 instrument (.cif)
  • BoomTracker v4.0 module (.cff)
• BoyScout Tracker module (.bsf)
• Chaos Music Composer
  • CM3 (CMC "3/4")
  • CMC (Chaos Music Composer)
  • CMR (CMC "Rzog")
  • CMS (Stereo Double CMC)
  • DMC (Double ChaosMusicComposer)
• ChipTracker module (.kris)
• Coconizer module
• Composer 669 module (.669)
• craptracker ii module (.ct2)
• CyberTracker
  • CyberTracker instrument (.ci)
  • CyberTracker module (.ct)
• DeFy Adlib Tracker module (.dtm)
• DeliTracker custom (.cust)
• Desktop Tracker module (.dtt)
• DigiBooster / DigiBooster PRO
  • DBM (DigiBooster PRO v2.x / DigiBooster 3 module)
  • DigiBooster v1.x module (.digi)
• Digital Symphony module (.dsym)
• DisorderTracker II module (.plm)
• DTM (DigiTrekker)
• Digital Tracker module (.dtm)
• Dual Module Player DSMI (.amf)
• Face the Music module (.ftm)
• FamiTracker module (.ftm)
• Farandole Composer
  • F2R (Farandole Form 2.0)
  • FAR (Farandole Composer)
  • FPT (Farandole Composer pattern)
  • FSM (Farandole Composer Sample / Instrument)
  • USM (Unsigned FSM)
• Fashion Tracker module (.ex)
• FastTracker / FastTracker 2
  • FastTracker module (FT) (.ft)
  • Fast Tracker module (FTC) (.ftc)
  • Extended instrument (.xi)
  • XM (Extended module)
• Flash Tracker module (.fls)
• Flex Tracker module (.flx)
• FM-Kingtracker
  • FM-Kingtracker bank (.fib)
  • FM-Kingtracker instrument (.fin)
  • FM-Kingtracker module (.fmk)
• Fuchs Tracker (.fchs)
• FunkTracker module (.fnk)
• Future Composer
  • Future Composer v1.x module (.fc)
  • Future Composer v1.3 module (.fc13 / .fc3)
  • Future Composer v1.4 module (.fc14 / .fc4)
• GoatTracker module (.sng)
• Grave Composer module (.wow)
• Groumpf Tracker
  • Groumpf Tracker (GT2) (.gt2)
  • Groumpf Tracker (GTK) (.gtk)
• Global Tracker v1.x module (.gtr)
• Hively Tracker module (.hvl)
• HSC AdLib Composer / HSC-Tracker
  • HSC AdLib Composer / HSC-Tracker module (.hsc)
  • HSC AdLib Composer / HSC-Tracker packed module (.hsp)
• Ice Tracker module
• Imago Orpheus module (.imf)
• Impulse Tracker
  • IT (ImpulseTracker module)
  • Impulse Tracker sample (.its)
• JAMCracker Pro module (.jam)
• klystrack module (.kt)
• Liquid Tracker module (.liq)
• MadTracker 2 module (.mt2)
• MDL (Digitrakker)
• Megatracker module (.mgt)
• Mlat Adlib Tracker module (.mad)
• MOD (Amiga Module)
• Multi Track Module (.mtm)
• Muse Tracker / Pornotracker
  • Musetracker / Pornotracker instrument (.poi)
  • Musetracker / Pornotracker module (.pom)
• Music Pro Tracker
  • Music Pro Tracker DoublePlay (.mpd)
  • Music Pro Tracker module (MD1) (.md1)
  • Music Pro Tracker module (MD2) (.md2)
  • Music Pro Tracker module (MPT) (.mpt)
• NerdTracker II module (.ned)
• NesTracker module (.nest)
• NoiseTracker module (.nst)
• Noisetrekker module (.ntk)
• OctaMED
  • OctaMED module (MED) (.med)
  • OctaMED module (MMD1) (.mmd1)
  • OctaMED v2.00 module (.med3)
  • OctaMED v2.10 module (MED4) (.med4)
  • OctaMED v2.10 module (MMD0) (.mmd0)
  • OctaMED v5 module (.mmd2)
  • OctaMED SS module (.mmd3)
• Oktalyzer
  • Oktalyzer module (OKT) (.okt)
  • Oktalyzer module (OKTA) (.okta)
• Open MODPlug Tracker module (.mptm)
• PlayerPRO module (.mad)
• Polly Tracker module
• Pro Tracker
  • Pro Tracker v1.xx module (.pt1)
  • Pro Tracker v2.xx module (.pt2)
  • Pro Tracker v3.xx module (.pt3)
• Poly Tracker module (.ptm)
• Quadra Composer module (.emod)
• Real Tracker module (.rtm)
• Reality AdLib Tracker module (.rad)
• SBStudio II (.pac, .son, .sou)
• Scream Tracker
  • ScreamTracker 2 module (.stm)
  • Scream Tracker 3 module (.s3m)
  • ScreamTracker 3 / DigiTracker sample (.s31)
  • ScreamTracker 3 / DigiTracker sample (.smp)
• Sound Tracker
  • Soundtracker v2.6 / Ice Tracker module (.mtn)
  • SoundTracker v2.6 module (.st26)
  • Sound Tracker / Super Sonic module (.stc)
  • Sound Tracker Pro module (.stp)
• SoundSmith module (.mtp)
• Soundtrakker
  • Soundtrakker 128 instrument (.ins)
  • Soundtrakker 128 module (128) (.128)
  • Soundtrakker v1.x instrument (.ins)
  • Soundtrakker v1.x module (.sng)
• SQ-Tracker module (.sqt)
• Starkos Tracker module (.sks)
• Startrekker / Audio Sculpturer module (.flt)
• Surprise! Adlib Tracker
  • Surprise! AdLib Tracker v1, 5, 6 module (.sat)
  • Surprise! Adlib Tracker v2.0 (.sa2)
• TFMX
  • TFMX pattern data (.mdat)
  • TFMX 7V pattern data (.mdat)
  • TFMX Pro pattern data (.mdat)
  • TFMX sample data (.smpl)
• Trackerpacker 3 module (.tp3)
• Ultra Tracker (.ult)
• Velvet Studio AMS v1.x module (.ams)
• VIC-TRACKER module (.vt)
• Vortex Tracker module (.vtx)
• X-Tracker
  • D-Lusion Music File (.dmf)
  • D-Lusion Sound File (.dms)
• XMS-Tracker module (.xms)

Musical instrument control

• ELECTONE - For Yamaha Electone Range Electronic Organs
  • BOO - Part of the ELECTONE format.
  • EVT - Part of the ELECTONE format.
• MIDI & Clones
  • GMD (MIDI clone)
  • HMI (MIDI clone)
  • HMP (MIDI clone)
  • HMZ (Compressed MIDI)
  • KAR (MIDI Audio)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • MIDS (MIDI clone)
  • MIZ (Compressed MIDI)
  • MSS (MIDI Clone)
• Hardware specific
  • AdLib Sound Cards
  • AdLib instrument bank (.bnk)
  • Bob's Adlib Music (.bam)
  • RAW (AdLib Sound Card)
  • Akai
    • Akai S-series MESA multi file (.mlt)
    • Akai S-series MESA I program (.prg)
    • Akai S-series MESA II program (.s3p)
  • Creative Labs
    • Creative Music Format (.cmf)
    • Sound Blaster Instrument (.sbi)
  • DOSBox Raw OPL (.dro)
  • GYM (Genesis YM2612)
  • IBK (Instrument Bank)

Musical notation

• Guitar tablatures
  • tab, btab, txt - ASCII tab
  • gtp Guitar Pro
  • gp3 - Guitar Pro 3
  • gp4 - Guitar Pro 4
  • gp5 - Guitar Pro 5
  • gp6 - Guitar Pro 6
  • kg - KGuitar
  • ptb - Power Tab
  • Progression
  • rmtf - Rich MIDI Tablature Format
  • tef - TablEdit
  • VexTab

• Musical notation
  • Capella
    • CAP
    • capx - CapXML
  • Copyist
    • CP4
    • CP6
  • enc - Encore
  • mus - Finale
  • fnf - Forte
  • GUIDO
  • Mup
  • MuseScore
    • MSC -(old file format)
    • MSCX - XML file format
    • MSCZ - GZIP compressed MSCX
  • mwk - MusicWrite
  • mus - Music Time
  • mts - Music Time Pro
  • msf - Myriad Software
  • opt - Neuratron Photoscore Format
  • Notation Interchange File Format
  • NoteAbility Pro
  • nwc - Noteworthy Composer and Music Publisher
  • NoteWriter
  • Notion
  • NtEd
  • ove - Overture
  • PriMus
  • rhp - Rhapsody Notation Program File
  • rg - Rosegarden
  • qsd - QuickScore Elite
  • mus - SCORE
  • spp - Score Perfect
  • scw - ScoreWriter
  • Sibelius
  • sss - Studio Session Song
  • Tilia
  • XMF

Playlist formats

• B4S (Winamp 3 playlist)
• FPL (foobar2000 playlist)
• KPL (Kazaa Playlist Format)
• M3U (Multimedia Playlist Format)
• PLS (Multimedia Playlists)

Unclassified (need to move to other categories)

#

• 2DX (2DX Audio File)
• 2DX9 (2DX9 Audio File)

A

• abk - AMOS Music Bank
• AC1D (AC1D-DC1A Packer)
• AC3 (Dolby Digital AC-3)
• ACM (Audio Compression Manager)
• ADM (ADM Audio File)
• AIX (AIX Audio File)
• AMC (AM Composer)
• AST (Actionamics Sound Tool)
• AY (Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum)

B

• B1S
• BAF
• BAKA
• BAR
• BDSP
• BGW
• BH2PCM
• BMF (BR404 Music)
• BNSF
• BONK
• BP (SoundMon 2.0) (SoundMon 2.0)
• BP (SoundMon 2.2) (SoundMon 2.2)
• BP3 (Brian Postma's SoundMon v3.x)
• BPA (Death Rally Archive))
• BRSTMPSM
• BS (Brian Postma's SoundMon)
• BVG

C

• CAF
• CBA (Chuck Biscuits+Black Artist)
• CBD2
• COP (SAM Coupe)
• CPC (ZXAYEMUL Sound)
• CPS
• CRB (Heatseeker v1.0)
• CUS (Custom Amiga Module)
• CUSTOM (Custom Amiga Module)

D

• D (SPPACK)
• D00 (Packed EdLib Module)
• DCS
• DCT (Format designed for dictation by NCH Software)
• DE2
• DFM (Digital-FM)
• DLS (Downloadable Sounds Banks)
• DLT (Delta Music Composer)
• DM2 (Delta Music 2.0)
• DMO (Twin TrackPlayer)
• DMSG
• DNS (Dynamic Synthesizer)
• DSM (DSIK Internal)
• DSPW
• DSS (Digital Speech Standard)
• DTK
• DTS
• DVF (Sony Digital Audio recorders)
• DVI

E

• EAM (EA-XA)
• EMFF
• EPSGMOD (Mod2PSG)
• EU (Eureka Packer)

F

• FCM (FC-M Packer)
• FFW
• FMX (Fuxoft AY Language)
• FP (Future Player)
• FRED (Fred Editor)
• FUZZ (Fuzzac Packer)

G

• GBTS
• GCUB
• GCW
• GDM (General Digital Music)
• GENH (artificial header for RAW files)
• GMC (Game Music Creator)
• GRAY (Fred Gray)
• GSB
• GSR (Gens Sound Record)

H

• HAN (Digital Sound Creations)
• HES (Hudson Entertainment System)
• HIS
• HIW (Jochen Hippel / TFM2)
• HLWAV
• HWAS

I

• IAB
• IADP
• IDRUM (iZotope iDrum)
• INT (RAW File)
• ISWS
• IVAUD

J

• JBL (JBM Adlib Music)
• JC (JCalG1 DataPacker)
• JSTM
• JT (Jeroen Tel)

K

• KCEY
• KDM (Ken's Digital Music)
• KH (Kris Hatlelid)
• KHV
• KI (klystrack Instrument)
• KLM (Whacky Wheels)
• KOVS
• KSM (Ken's Adlib Music)
• KSS (MSX)
• KSSX (Possible expansion of KSS)

L

• LDS (LOUDNESS Sound System)
• LME (Leggless Music Editor)
• LOGG
• LWAV

M

• MA (Music Assembler)
• MADX (Extended MAD)
• MATX
• MBM (Moonblaster Music Format)
• MDX (MXDRV16y Music File)
• MDX (Sharp X68000)
• MIHB
• MII (Mark II Sound-System)
• MK2 (Mark 2 Sound System)
• MKII (Mark II Sound System))
• MKJ (MKJamz Audio)
• MMDC (MMDC)
• MML (Music Macro Language)
• MNSTR
• MO3 (MP3 / OGG Compressed ST-xx)
• MOL (MOD4WIN Module Lists)
• MP (Module Protector + noID)
• MPC (Mario Paint Composer)
• MPDS
• MSC (AdLib MSCplay)
• MSF
• MSQ (Mario Sequencer)
• MSS (Advanced Mario Sequencer)
• MSV (Sony dictation machines)
• MTAF
• MTK (MPU-401 trakker)
• MXM (Mxmplay)
• MYI (maxYMiser Instrument)

N

• NSD (???)
• NSF (NES Sound Format)
• NSFE (Extended NSF)
• NSP (Computerized Speech Lab)

O

• ORC (TRS-80 Orchestra-90)

P

• PAT (UltraSound GF1 Patches)
• PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)
• PIXI (Pixilang)
• PSC (Pro Sound Creator v1.xx)
• PSF (Soundfactory)
• PSM (Pro Sound Maker)

R

• RH (Rob Hubbard)
• RHO (Rob Hubbard Old)
• Rich Music Format
• ROL (AdLib Visual Composer)

S

• S98 (NEC PC-98)
• SA (Sonic Arranger)
• SAM (MOD Edit sample)
• SCT (Soundcontrol)
• SD (ESPS sampled data file)
• SF (Berkeley/IRCAM/Carl Sound Format)
• SF2 (SoundFont 2.0 Sound Banks)
• SFX (SoundFX)
• SGC (Sega Master System / Game Gear / Colecovision)
• SGI (Sound Generator 3.0 instrument)
• SHI (ShroomTool Instrument)
• SHO (Mario Paint)
• SID (Commodore)
• SID (Sidmon) (Sidmon)
• SID2 (Sidmon II)
• SND (Atari ST)
• SNDH (Atari ST)
• SNG (SCC Musixx)
• SPC (Super Nintendo SPC700)
• SunVox

T

• TF (Follin Player II)
• TFMX (TFMX)
• TM2 (Theta Music Composer v2.x)
• TM8 (8-channel stero TMC)
• TMC (Theta Music Composer v1.x)
• TPU (Dirk Bialluch)

V

• VGZ (GZipped VGM)
• VSQ (Voice Sequence)

X

• XMF (Extensible Music Format)

Y

• YM (Amstrad CPC / Spectrum ZX / Atari ST)

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).