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Audio File Formats
              Just like video and photos, audio is available in a variety  of
              types and formats. The audio file format is a type of file used
              to store digital audio on devices like smartphones and PCs. Bit
              layout refers to the way that audio data is encoded in a file
              as bits. These bit layouts can be compressed using lossless or
              lossy encoding, or they can be left uncompressed.


                               File                                       Description
                    .au                         Sun Microsystems created the audio AU format, which was used in
                                                the early days of the web and on their NeXT computers.
                    .iff                        A common file type developed by Electronic Arts is an IFF file. It is
                                                used to exchange multiple types of data across apps and systems
                                                and may contain image, text, or audio data. Many applications can
                                                open  IFF  files  like  Adobe  Audition  2022  on  Windows  and  Apple
                                                QuickTime Player on Mac.
                    .mid, .rmi                  The Standard MIDI File (SMF) is a file format that offers a standardised
                                                method for saving, transferring, and opening music sequences in
                                                other systems. The MMA created and upholds the standard, which
                                                often employs a .mid extension. Windows Media Player, VLC, and
                                                Apple’s Logic Pro can all open MIDI files.

                                                Microsoft Windows combines SMFs  and Downloadable Sounds
                                                (DLS)  files  in  Resource  Interchange  File  Format  (RIFF)-wrapped
                                                RMID files with the .rmi extension.
                    .mod                        A music module file saved in the common music module format.
                                                It was derived from the Amiga module format. It includes sound
                                                samples that represent various instruments and note patterns (much
                                                like a MIDI file), which are played back in time with the notes. Video
                                                games frequently employ MOD files for their background music.
                    .qt                         A QuickTime movie can just have audio and no visuals. QT sound
                                                files can be played by any application that supports QuickTime.
                    .snd                        The  file  extension  SND  (SouND)  denotes  that  a  file  is  a  digital
                                                sound file. It can be opened on Windows Media Player or Apple’s
                                                QuickTime Player.
                    .voc                        The Creative Voice audio format, which uses the .voc file extension,
                                                was created in the 1990s for use with Creative Technology’s Sound
                                                Blaster sound cards. Sadly, there are not many applications that can
                                                play  VOC  files  because  the  VOC  format  is  not  widely  supported.
                                                However,  VOC  files  can  be  opened  and  played  by  Faasoft  Video
                                                Converter and Faasoft Audio Converter. These tools can be used to
                                                convert data as well.






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