Editing List of file formats (section)

== Sound and music ==
{{See also|List of audio file formats}}

=== [[Audio compression (data)#Difficulties in lossless compression of audio data|Lossless]] audio ===

==== Uncompressed ====
* [[8SVX]] – Commodore-Amiga 8-bit sound (usually in an [[Interchange File Format|IFF]] container)
* [[8SVX|16SVX]] – Commodore-Amiga 16-bit sound (usually in an [[Interchange File Format|IFF]] container)
* [[Audio Interchange File Format|AIFF]], AIF, AIFC – Audio Interchange File Format
* [[Au file format|AU]] – Simple [[audio file format]] introduced by [[Sun Microsystems]]
* AUP3 – [[Audacity (audio editor)|Audacity]]'s file for when you save a song
* [[Broadcast Wave Format|BWF]] – Broadcast Wave Format, an extension of WAVE
* [[Red Book (audio CD standard)|CDDA]] – Compact Disc Digital Audio
* [[Direct Stream Digital|DSF, DFF]] – [[Direct Stream Digital]] audio file, also used in [[Super Audio CD]]
* [[Raw audio format|RAW]] – Raw samples without any header or sync
* [[WAV]] – Microsoft Wave
* CWAV – file read by the Nintendo 3DS for Home-screen sound effects
* QAU, QUEYEAUDIO - Queye Audio file, adapted from WAVE with specific metadata, generally for artists to submit music to their labels.
* QAU0 - Proprietary version of the Queye Audio file, without metadata.

==== Compressed ====
* RA, RM – [[RealAudio]] format
* [[FLAC]] – [[Libre software|Free]] lossless codec of the [[Ogg]] project
* LA – [[Lossless audio]]
* PAC – [[Lossless Predictive Audio Compression|LPAC]]
* APE – [[Monkey's Audio]]
* OFR, OFS, OFF – [[OptimFROG]]
* RKA – RKAU
* SHN – [[Shorten (file format)|Shorten]]
* TAK – Tom's Lossless Audio Kompressor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=TAK|title=TAK|work=hydrogenaud.io}}</ref>
* THD – [[Dolby TrueHD]]
* TTA – Free lossless audio codec (True Audio)
* WV – [[WavPack]]
* WMA – [[Windows Media Audio]] 9 Lossless
* BCWAV – Nintendo 3DS Home-screen BGM file
* BRSTM – Binary Revolution Stream<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fileextensions/f/brstmfile.htm|title=BRSTM File (What It Is & How To Open One)|author=Tim Fisher|work=About.com Tech|access-date=20 March 2012|archive-date=5 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505003508/http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fileextensions/f/brstmfile.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* DTS, DTSHD, DTSMA – [[DTS (sound system)]]
* AST – [[Nintendo]] Audio Stream
* AW – [[Nintendo]] Audio Sample used in first-party games
* PSF – [[Portable Sound Format]], PlayStation variant (originally PlayStation Sound Format)

=== [[Data compression#Lossy audio compression|Lossy]] audio ===
* [[Dolby AC3|AC3]] – Usually used for [[Dolby Digital]] tracks
* [[Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec|AMR]] – For [[GSM]] and [[Universal Mobile Telecommunications System|UMTS]] based mobile phones
* [[MP1]] – [[Moving Picture Experts Group|MPEG]] [http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-1/audio Layer 1]
* [[MP2 (format)|MP2]] – [[Moving Picture Experts Group|MPEG]] [http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-1/audio Layer 2]
* [[MP3]] – [[Moving Picture Experts Group|MPEG]] [http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-1/audio Layer 3]
* SPX – [[Speex]] ([[Ogg]] project, specialized for voice, low bitrates)
* [[GSM]] – GSM [[Full Rate]], originally developed for use in mobile phones
* WMA – [[Windows Media Audio]]
* [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]] – Advanced Audio Coding (usually in an [[MPEG-4]] container)
* [[Musepack|MPC]] – Musepack
* [[TwinVQ|VQF]] – Yamaha TwinVQ
* [[OTS (file format)|OTS]] – Audio File (similar to MP3, with more data stored in the file and slightly better compression; designed for use with [[OtsLabs]]' [[OtsAV]])
* SWA – [[Adobe Shockwave]] Audio (Same compression as [[MP3]] with additional header information specific to [[Adobe Director]])
* VOX – [[Dialogic ADPCM]] Low Sample Rate Digitized Voice
* VOC – [[Creative Labs]] [[Soundblaster]] Creative Voice 8-bit & 16-bit Also output format of RCA Audio Recorders
* DWD – DiamondWare Digitized
* SMP – Turtlebeach SampleVision
* [[Ogg|OGG]] – Ogg Vorbis

=== [[Tracker music|Tracker]] modules and related ===
* [[MOD (file format)|MOD]] – Soundtracker and Protracker sample and melody modules
* MT2 – [http://www.madtracker.org/about.php MadTracker] 2 module
* [[S3M (file format)|S3M]] – [[Scream Tracker]] 3 module
* [[XM (file format)|XM]] – [[Fast Tracker]] module
* [[IT (file format)|IT]] – [[Impulse Tracker]] module
* SNG – Goat Tracker module
* NSF – [[NES Sound Format]]
* MID, MIDI – Standard [[Musical Instrument Digital Interface|MIDI]] file; most often just notes and controls but occasionally also sample dumps (.mid, .rmi)
* FTM – [http://www.famitracker.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page FamiTracker] Project file
* BTM – [https://github.com/rerrahkr/BambooTracker BambooTracker] Project file
* FUR – [https://tildearrow.org/furnace/ Furnace Tracker] Project file

=== Sheet music files ===
* ABC – [[ABC notation|ABC Notation]] sheet music file
* DARMS – [[DARMS File Format]] also known as the Ford-Columbia Format
* ETF – [[Enigma Transportation Format]] abandoned sheet music exchange format
* GP – [[Guitar Pro]] sheet music and tablature file
* KERN – [[HumDrum File Format|Kern File Format]] sheet music file
* LY – [[GNU LilyPond|LilyPond]] sheet music file
* MEI – [[Music Encoding Initiative]] file format that attempts to encode all musical notations
* MIDI – [[MIDI]] file format that is a music sheet for instruments
* MUS, MUSX – [[Finale (software)|Finale]] sheet music file
* MXL, XML – [[MusicXML]] standard sheet music exchange format
* MSCX, MSCZ – [[MuseScore]] sheet music file
* SMDL – [[Standard Music Description Language]] sheet music file
* SIB – [[Sibelius (computer program)|Sibelius]] sheet music file

=== Other file formats pertaining to audio ===
* ASF – [[Advanced Systems Format]]
* CUST – DeliPlayer custom sound format
* GYM – [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]] [[YM2612]] log
* [[JAM notation|JAM]] – [[JAM notation|Jam music format]]
* MNG – Background music for the [[Creatures (artificial life program)|Creatures]] game series, starting from Creatures 2
* NIFF – [[Notation Interchange File Format]]
* PTB – [[Power Tab Editor]] [[Tablature|tab]]
* PVD – Portable Voice Document used for Oaisys & Mitel call recordings
* RMJ – RealJukebox Media used for [[RealPlayer]]
* SF2 – Polyphone Soundfont 2
* SF3 – Polyphone Soundfont 3
* SF4 – Polyphone Soundfont 4
* SID – [[MOS Technology SID#Software emulation|Sound Interface Device]] – Commodore 64 instructions to play SID music and sound effects
* [[SPC700 sound format|SPC]] – [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] sound format
* TXM – Track ax media
* [[VGM (file format)|VGM]] – Stands for "Video Game Music", log for several different chips
* YM – Atari ST/Amstrad CPC [[YM2149]] sound chip format