The big list below indicates which file formats that Awave Studio can read and/or write. The listed file extension is the one most commonly used - but usually the program can correctly determine the file format even if the file extension is wrong. The following symbols are used in the table:
| R | Indicates support for Reading a format. |
| W | Indicates support for Writing a format. |
 | Indicates that the format can be auto-detected - even with the wrong extension. |
 | Indicates that you can save waveforms to this format. |
 | Indicates that you can save instruments to this format. |
 | Indicates that you can save collections to this format. |
 | Indicates that you can load from and/or save MIDI songs to this format. |
CD | Indicates that the synth uses a proprietary CD-ROM format. |
FD | Indicates that the synth uses a proprietary floppy-disk format. |
S | Indicates that the format may use a 'Synthesis model' other than wavetable synthesis. |
| * | Indicates that a free 3rd party add-on may be needed for reading and/or writing certain compressed data formats (click on the format extension to get more info). |
Note: Some synthesizers use disk formats and file systems that are not recognized by Windows - but the program can still read many of them by communicating directly with the hardware.
For more on this, see the List of special I/O formats!
Note: You can also save MIDI songs and/or tracks to any format with the symbol in list below - in this case, the program will automatically render a recording from the note data!
Note: Also supports are several formats containing phase modulation synthesis (a.k.a. FM-synthesis) instruments (marked by S). Such instruments will automatically be converted into wavetable synthesis (a.k.a. sampling synthesis) instruments whenever needed.
| Ext. | R/W | Format description |
| 32 | R | Raw Yamaha DX7 32-voice data. S |
| 3G2 | R+W | 3GPP 'project 2' file format. * |
| 3GP | R+W | 3GPP file format. * |
| 404 | R+W | Muon DS404 bank files. |
| 404 | R+W | Muon DS404 patch files. |
| 669 | R | 669 modules. |
| AAC | R+W | MPEG-2/4 Advanced Audio Coding format (ADTS container format). * |
| AAC | R | MPEG-2/4 Advanced Audio Coding format (ADIF container format). * |
| AAC | R | MPEG-2/4 Advanced Audio Coding format ('raw' format). * |
| AIFC | R | Compressed Audio Interchange File Format. |
| AIF | R+W | Audio Interchange File Format. |
| AIFF | R+W | Audio Interchange File Format. |
| AIS | R | Velvet Studio instruments. |
| AKAI | R | AKAI S-series floppy disk image files. |
| AKP | R+W | AKAI S-5000/S-6000 programs. |
| ALAW | R+W | G.711 A-law european telephony format. |
| ALW | R+W | G.711 A-law european telephony format. |
| AMR | R+W | MIME 'AMR file storage' format. |
| AMS | R | Extreme Tracker modules. |
| AMS | R | Velvet Studio modules. |
| APE | R+W | Monkey Audio losslessly compressed files. |
| APEX | R+W | AVM Sample Studio bank files. |
| ARL | R+W | Aureal 'Aspen' bank files. |
| ASE | R | Velvet Studio samples. |
| ASF | R | ActiveMovie streaming format. |
| ATAK?? | R+W | Soundscape Audio-Take files. |
| AU | R+W | Sun/NeXT/DEC audio files. |
| AVI | R | Microsoft Audio Video Interleave files. |
| AVR | R | Audio Visual Research sound file. |
| BN4 | R | Yamaha DX21 / DX27 / DX100 voice SysEx dumps. S |
| BNK | R | Yamaha DX21 / DX27 / DX100 voice SysEx dumps. S |
| BNK | R | Yamaha DX11 / TX81z voice SysEx dumps. S |
| BNK | R | Ad Lib banks. S |
| BWF | R | Broadcast wave files. |
| C01 | R | Typhoon wave files. |
| CDA | R | Audio CD tracks. CD |
| CDR | R | Audio CD compatible raw data. |
| CMF | R | Creative Labs music files. S |
| COD | R+W | 3GPP 'AMR interface format 2'. |
| DCM | R | DCM modules. |
| DEWF | R | SoundCap/SoundEdit instruments |
| DIG | R | Digilink format. |
| DIG | R | Sound Designer I files. |
| DLP | R | DirectMusic Producer DLS files. |
| DLS | R+W | DownLoadable Sounds level 1. |
| DLS | R+W | DownLoadable Sounds level 2/2+/2++. |
| DLS | R+W | Mobile DLS files minimal / full feature set. |
| DMF | R | Delusion/XTracker digital music format. |
| DR8 | R+W | FXpansion DR-008 drumkits. |
| DSF | R | Delusion/XTracker sample format. |
| DSM | R | Digital Sound Module format. |
| DSS | R | Olympus DSS files. * |
| DTM | R | DigiTrekker modules. |
| DWD | R+W | DiamondWare digitized files. |
| DX7 | R | Yamaha DX7 voice SysEx dumps. S |
| DX7 | R | Raw Yamaha DX7 32-voice data. S |
| EDA | R | Ensoniq ASR disk images. |
| EDE | R | Ensoniq EPS disk images. |
| EDK | R | Ensoniq KT disk imagse. |
| EDQ | R | Ensoniq SQ1/SQ2/KS32 disk images. |
| EDV | R | Ensoniq VFX-SD disk images. |
| EFA | R | Ensoniq ASR instrument files. |
| EFE | R+W | Ensoniq EPS instrument files. |
| EFK | R | Ensoniq KT instrument files. |
| EFQ | R | Ensoniq SQ1/SQ2/KS32 instrument files. |
| EFS | R | Ensoniq SQ80 instrument files. |
| EFV | R | Ensoniq VFX-SD instrument files. |
| EMB | R | Everest embedded bank files. |
| EMD | R | ABT extended modules. |
| EMY | R+W | EMelody Ericsson mobile ring-tone format. |
| ESPS | R | ESPS audio files. |
| EUI | R | Ensoniq EPS family compacted disk images. |
| F2R | R | Farandoyle linear module format. |
| F3R | R | Farandoyle blocked linear module format. |
| F32 | R+W | Floating point raw 32-bit IEEE data. |
| F64 | R+W | Floating point raw 64-bit IEEE data. |
| FAR | R | Farandoyle module. |
| FFF | R+W | Gravis UltraSound PnP bank files. |
| FLAC | R+W | Free lossless audio codec files. * |
| FNK | R | FunkTracker modules. |
| FSB | R | FMOD SoundSystem sound banks. |
| FSM | R | Farandoyle sample format. |
| FZB | R+W | Casio FZ-1 bank dump format. |
| FZF | R+W | Casio FZ-1 full dump format. |
| FZV | R+W | Casio FZ-1 voice dump format. |
| G721 | R+W | G.721 4-bit (32 kbps) ADPCM format data. |
| G723 | R+W | G.723 3/5-bit ADPCM format data. |
| G723-3 | R+W | G.723 3-bit (24 kbps) ADPCM format data. |
| G723-5 | R+W | G.723 5-bit (40 kbps) ADPCM format data. |
| G726 | R+W | G.726 2/3/4/5-bit ADPCM format data. |
| G726-2 | R+W | G.726 2-bit (16 kbps) ADPCM format data. |
| G726-3 | R+W | G.726 3-bit (24 kbps) ADPCM format data. |
| G726-4 | R+W | G.726 4-bit (32 kbps) ADPCM format data. |
| G726-5 | R+W | G.726 5-bit (40 kbps) ADPCM format data. |
| GDM | R | Bells, Whistles, Sound Boards modules. |
| GI! | R | GigaStudio/GigaSampler files - Split over multiple CD-ROM's. |
| GIG | R+W | GigaStudio/GigaSampler files - Normal. |
| GIG | R+W | GigaStudio/GigaSampler files - Compressed. |
| GKH | R | Ensoniq EPS family disk image files. |
| GSM | R+W | Raw GSM 06.10 audio streasm. |
| GSM | R+W | Raw 'byte aligned' GSM 06.10 audio streams. |
| GSM | R+W | US Robotics voice modems GSM w.o. header (VoiceGuide, RapidComm). |
| GSM | R+W | US Robotics voice modems GSM w. header (QuickLink). |
| HCOM | R | Sound Tools HCOM format. |
| IBK | R | Creative Labs FM banks. S |
| IFF | R+W | Interchange file format. |
| IMY | R+W | iMelody mobile phone ring-tone format. |
| INI | R+W | Gravis UltraSound.ini bank setup. |
| INI | R | IBM MWave DSP synthesizer bank setup (MWSYNTH.INI). |
| INRS | R | INRS-Telecommunications audio files. |
| INS | R | Ensoniq EPS family instrument files. |
| INS | R | Ad Lib instruments. S |
| INS | R+W | Sample Cell II Mac instruments. |
| INS | R+W | Sample Cell II PC instruments. |
| INS | W | Cakewalk instrument definition files. |
| IST | R | Digitrakker instruments. |
| IT | R | Impulse Tracker modules. |
| ITI | R+W | Impulse Tracker instruments. |
| ITS | R+W | Impulse Tracker samples. |
| K25 | R | Kurzweil K2500 files. CD |
| K26 | R | Kurzweil K2600 files. CD |
| KFT | R | Korg T-series waves. |
| KIT | R+W | Native Instruments Batter v1 drum-kit files. |
| KMP | R+W | Korg Triton keymap file. |
| KMP | R+W | Korg Trinity keymap file. |
| KR1 | R+W | Kurzweil K2000/K2500/K2600 split files. CD |
| KRZ | R+W | Kurzweil K2000 files (also K2500 & K2600). CD |
| KSC | R+W | Korg Triton script files. |
| KSC | R+W | Korg Trinity script files. |
| KSF | R+W | Korg Triton sample files. |
| KSF | R+W | Korg Trinity sample files. |
| M4A | R+W | iTunes MPEG-4 audio format. * |
| MAP | R+W | Native Instruments Reaktor wavetable files - Embedded waves. |
| MAP | R+W | Native Instruments Reaktor wavetable files - Linked waves. |
| MAT | R+W | Matlab variables binary files. |
| MAUD | R | MAUD sample format. |
| MDL | R | Digitrakker modules. |
| MED | R | OctaMED modules. |
| MID | R+W | Standard MIDI files. |
| MID | R | Yamaha DX7 voice SysEx dumps. S |
| MID | R | Yamaha DX7s / DX7II / DX200 voice SysEx dumps. S |
| MID | R | Yamaha DX21 / DX27 / DX100 voice SysEx dumps. S |
| MID | R | Yamaha DX11 / TX81z voice SysEx dumps. S |
| MLD | R | MFi/MFi2 songs a.k.a. i-Melody a.k.a. Melody Format for i-Mode. |
| MLS | R | Miles Sound System compressed DLS file. |
| MMF | R | SMAF songs, 'Synthetic Music Mobile Application Format'. S |
| MOD | R | Module files. |
| MOV | R | Apple QuickTime movie format. * |
| MP1 | R | MPEG audio streams, layer I. |
| MP2 | R+W | MPEG audio streams, layer II. * |
| MP3 | R+W | MPEG audio streams, layer III. * |
| MP4 | R+W | MPEG-4 base media file format. * |
| MPA | R | MPEG audio streams, layer I, II, 'II½' or III. |
| MPEG | R | MPEG system streams, audio+video. |
| MPG | R | MPEG system streams, audio+video. |
| MSS | R+W | Miles Sound System DLS 1 + XMI file. |
| MT2 | R | MadTracker 2 modules. |
| MTI | R+W | MadTracker 2 instruments. |
| MTM | R | MultiTracker modules. |
| MUS | R | Doom/Heretic music files. |
| MUS | R+W | Musifile MPEG Layer II audio stream. |
| MUS10 | R | Mus10 audio files. |
| MWS | W | IBM MWave DSP synth instrument extracts. |
| NIST | R+W | NIST Sphere files. |
| NVF | R+W | Creative Labs Nomad voice files. |
| O01 | R | Typhoon voice files. |
| OGG | R+W | Vorbis Ogg streams. * |
| OKT | R | Oktalyzer modules. |
| OSP | R+W | Orion Sampler programs. |
| OUT | R | Roland S-5xx series floppy images (S-50,S-51,S-330,W-30,S-500,S-550). CD FD |
| OUT | R | Roland S-7xx series floppy images (S-70,S-700,S-750,S-760,S-770,S-772). CD FD |
| P | R | AKAI S900/S9500 programs. CD |
| P | R+W | AKAI S1000/S1100/S01 programs. CD |
| P | R+W | AKAI S3000/S3200/S2000/S2800 programs. CD |
| PAC | R | SB Studio II package files. |
| PAF | R+W | Ensoniq PARIS audio files. |
| PAT | R+W | Gravis Ultrasound GF1 patch files. |
| PBF | R+W | Turtle Beach Pinnacle bank files. |
| PCG | R+W | Korg Triton bank files. |
| PCG | R+W | Korg Trinity bank files. |
| PCM | R | OKI MSM6376 synth chip PCM format. |
| PGM | R+W | AKAI MPC-1000 drum set files + .WAV files. |
| PGM | R+W | AKAI MPC-2000XL drum set files + .WAV files. |
| PGM | R+W | AKAI MPC-2000 drum set files + .SND files. |
| PGM | R+W | AKAI MPC-3000 drum set files + .SND files. |
| PLM | R | DisorderTracker2 modules. |
| PLS | R | DisorderTracker2 samples. |
| PPF | R | Turtle Beach Pinnacle program files. |
| PRG | R+W | WAVmaker program. |
| PSB | R | Turtle Beach Pinnacle sound banks. |
| PSION | R | PSION a-law files. |
| PSM | R | Protracker Studio modules. |
| PTM | R | Poly Tracker modules. |
| RA | W | RealAudio files. * |
| RAW | R | Signed 8-bit PCM data. |
| RIF | R | Rockwell ADPCM format (Hotfax/Quicklink). |
| RMI | R+W | RIFF-MIDI files. |
| ROCKWELL | R+W | Rockwell 2/3/4-bit ADPCM data. |
| ROCKWELL-2 | R+W | Rockwell 2-bit ADPCM data. |
| ROCKWELL-3 | R+W | Rockwell 3-bit ADPCM data. |
| ROCKWELL-4 | R+W | Rockwell 4-bit ADPCM data. |
| S | R | AKAI S900/950 samples. |
| S | R+W | AKAI S1000/S1100/S01 samples. CD |
| S | R+W | AKAI S3000/S3200/S2000/S2800 samples. CD |
| S3I | R+W | ScreamTracker v3 instruments. |
| S3M | R | ScreamTracker v3 modules. |
| S3P | R+W | AKAI MESA II/PC S-series program. |
| SAM | R | Signed 8-bit PCM files. |
| SB | R+W | Signed byte (8-bit) data. |
| SBI | R | Creative Labs FM Instrument. S |
| SBK | R+W | EMU SoundFont v1.x banks. |
| SC2 | R+W | Sample Cell II PC/Mac instruments. |
| SD | R+W | Sound Designer I files. |
| SD2 | R+W | Sound Designer II flattened files. |
| SD2 | R+W | Sound Designer II data forks. |
| SDK | R | Roland S-5xx series floppy disk images (S-50, S-51, S-330, W-30, S-500, S-550). CD FD |
| SDK | R | Roland S-7xx series floppy disk images (S-70, S-700, S-750, S-760, S-770, S-772). CD FD |
| SDS | R+W | MIDI Sample Dump Standard dump files. |
| SDW | R | Signed dword (32-bit) data. |
| SDX | R | MIDI Sample Dump Standard dumps compacted by SDX. |
| SEQ | R+W | Sony Playstation MIDI sequences. |
| SF | R+W | IRCAM / MTU SoundFile format. |
| SF2 | R+W | EMU SoundFont v2.x banks. |
| SFARK | R | Melody Machine Compressed SoundFonts. * |
| SFD | R | SoundStage sound data file. |
| SFI | R | SoundStage sound info file. |
| SFR | R | Sonic Foundry sample resource files. |
| SFZ | R+W | rgc:audio SFZ instruments. |
| SMD | R | J-Phone / SmdEd mobile songs. |
| SMP | R | Samplevision files. |
| SMP | R | Ad Lib Gold samples. |
| SMP | R+W | Avalon samples. |
| SND | R+W | Unsigned 8-bit PCM data (W as .UB). |
| SND | R+W | AKAI MPC-60/2000/2000XL/3000 sample files. |
| SNDR | R | Sounder sound files. |
| SNDT | R | SndTools sound files. |
| SOU | R | SB Studio II sound files. |
| SPD | R | Speech data files. |
| SPL | R | Digitrakker samples. |
| SPPACK | R+W | SPPack sound sample. |
| STM | R | ScreamTracker v2 modules. |
| STS | R+W | Creamware STS-series sampler programs. |
| SVX | R | Interchange file format. |
| SW | R+W | Signed word (16-bit) data. |
| SXT | R+W | Propellerheads Reason 2 NN-XT format. |
| SYX | R | Yamaha DX7 voice SysEx dumps. S |
| SYX | R | Yamaha DX7s / DX7II / DX200 voice SysEx dumps. S |
| SYX | R | Yamaha DX21 / DX27 / DX100 voice SysEx dumps. S |
| SYX | R | Yamaha DX11 / TX81z voice SysEx dumps. S |
| SYW | R+W | Yamaha SY-series wave files. |
| TXT | W | Ascii text parameter descriptions. |
| TXT | R+W | Ascii text formatted audio data. |
| TXT | R+W | RTTTL / Nokring mobile ring-tone format. |
| TXT | R+W | Steinberg LM-4 banks. |
| TXW | R+W | Yamaha TX16W wave files. |
| U255LAW | R+W | Exponential 8-bit format. |
| UAX | R | Unreal Tournament audio packages. |
| UB | R+W | Unsigned byte (8-bit) data. |
| UDW | R | Unsigned dword (32-bit) data. |
| UMX | R | Unreal Tournament music package. |
| ULAW | R+W | G.711 mu-law US telephony format. |
| ULT | R | UltraTracker modules. |
| ULW | R+W | G.711 mu-law US telephony format. |
| UNI | R | MikMod 'UniMod' format. |
| UW | R+W | Unsigned word (16-bit) data. |
| UWF | R | UltraTracker wave files. |
| V8 | R | Covox 8-bit audio. |
| VAB | R+W | Sony Playstation / PS2 bank files. |
| VAG | R+W | Sony Playstation / PS2 compressed sound files. |
| VAP | R+W | Annotated speech files. |
| VM1 | R | Panasonic voice file. |
| VOC | R+W | Creative Labs 'newer style' sound files. |
| VOC | R+W | Creative Labs 'older style' sound files. |
| VOX | R+W | Dialogic 4-bit ADPCM files. |
| VOX | R | Talking Technology Incorporated files. |
| VOX-6K | R+W | Dialogic 4-bit ADPCM files (6000 Hz). |
| VOX-8K | R+W | Dialogic 4-bit ADPCM files (8000 Hz). |
| VSB | R+W | Virtual Sampler Bank file. |
| W?? | R+W | Yamaha TX16W wave files. |
| W?? | R+W | Yamaha SY-series wave files. |
| W2A | R | Yamaha Motif 'all' format. |
| W2V | R+W | Yamaha Motif 'voices' format. |
| W2W | R+W | Yamaha Motif 'waveforms' format. |
| W7A | R | Yamaha Motif ES 'all' format. |
| W7V | R+W | Yamaha Motif ES 'voices' format. |
| W7W | R+W | Yamaha Motif ES 'waveforms' format. |
| W64 | R+W | Sonic Foundry Wave-64 format. |
| WAV | R+W | Microsoft wave format. |
| WAV | R | Broadcast wave format (EBU BWF). |
| WA! | R+W | GigaStudio/GigaSampler compressed wave files. |
| WFB | R+W | Turtle Beach WaveFront bank format. |
| WFD | R+W | Turtle Beach WaveFront drum set format. |
| WFP | R+W | Turtle Beach WaveFront program format. |
| WMA | R+W | Windows Media Audio 4. * |
| WMA | R+W | Windows Media Audio 9 CBR. * |
| WMA | R+W | Windows Media Audio 9 ABR. * |
| WMA | R+W | Windows Media Audio 9 VBR. * |
| WMA | R+W | Windows Media Audio 9 Voice. * |
| WMA | R+W | Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless. * |
| WMA | R+W | Windows Media Audio 9 Pro CBR/ABR/VBR. * |
| WMV | R | Windows Media Video file. |
| WUSIKSND | R+W | Wusikstation multisampled sounds. |
| XI | R+W | FastTracker 2 instruments. |
| XM | R | FastTracker 2 extended modules. |
| XMI | R+W | Miles Sound System extended MIDI files. |
| YADPCM | R+W | Raw Yamaha 4-bit ADPCM format data. |
| ??? | R | Yamaha A3000 sample files. |
| * | R | Unrecognized file types (prompts user to supply info). () |