Awave Studio can read and/or write a huge number of file formats as indicated by the list below. 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.

Ext.	R/W	Format description
32	R	Raw Yamaha DX7 32-voice data.
3G2	R+W	3GPP 'project 2' file format. *
3GP	R+W	3GPP file format. *
404	R+W	Muon DS404 bank file.
404	R+W	Muon DS404 patch file.
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 instrument.
AKAI	R	AKAI S-series floppy disk image file.
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 file.
APEX	R	AVM Sample Studio bank file.
ARL	R	Aureal 'Aspen' bank file.
ASE	R	Velvet Studio sample.
ASF	R	ActiveMovie streaming format.
ATAK??	R+W	Soundscape Audio-Take file.
AU	R+W	Sun/NeXT/DEC audio file.
AVI	R	Microsoft Audio Video Interleave file.
AVR	R	Audio Visual Research sound file.
BIN	R	Roland D-50 VST sound bank.
BN4	R	Yamaha DX21 / DX27 / DX100 voice SysEx dump.
BNK	R	Yamaha DX21 / DX27 / DX100 voice SysEx dump.
BNK	R	Yamaha DX11 / TX81z voice SysEx dump.
BNK	R	Ad Lib bank.
BWF	R	Broadcast wave file.
C01	R	Typhoon wave file.
CAF	R+W	Apple CoreAudio file format.
CAFF	R+W	Apple CoreAudio file format.
CDA	R	Audio CD tracks. CD
CDR	R	Audio CD compatible raw data.
CMF	R	Creative Labs music file.
COD	R+W	3GPP 'AMR interface format 2'.
DCM	R	DCM modules.
DEWF	R	SoundCap/SoundEdit instrument.
DIG	R	Digilink format.
DIG	R	Sound Designer I file.
DLP	R	DirectMusic Producer DLS file.
DLS	R+W	DownLoadable Sounds level 1.
DLS	R+W	DownLoadable Sounds level 2/2+/2++.
DLS	R	Mobile DLS file.
DMF	R	Delusion/XTracker digital music format.
DR8	R+W	FXpansion DR-008 drumkits.
DRO	R	DOSBox Raw OPL format.
DSF	R	Delusion/XTracker sample format.
DSM	R	Digital Sound Module format.
DSPRESET	R+W	Decent Sampler preset.
DSS	R	Olympus DSS file (in 32-bit app only). *
DTM	R	DigiTrekker modules.
DWD	R+W	DiamondWare digitized file.
DVD-16-44	R	Raw ripped DVD LPCM audio format.
DVD-16-48	R	Raw ripped DVD LPCM audio format.
DVD-16-96	R	Raw ripped DVD LPCM audio format.
DVD-16-192	R	Raw ripped DVD LPCM audio format.
DVD-24-44	R	Raw ripped DVD LPCM audio format.
DVD-24-48	R	Raw ripped DVD LPCM audio format.
DVD-24-96	R	Raw ripped DVD LPCM audio format.
DVD-24-192	R	Raw ripped DVD LPCM audio format.
DX7	R	Yamaha DX7 voice SysEx dump.
DX7	R	Raw Yamaha DX7 32-voice data.
EDA	R	Ensoniq ASR-10 disk image. FD CD
EDE	R	Ensoniq EPS disk image. FD CD
EDK	R	Ensoniq KT disk image.
EDM	R	Ensoniq Mirage disk image.
EDQ	R	Ensoniq SQ1/SQ2/KS32 disk image.
EDV	R	Ensoniq VFX-SD disk image.
EFA	R	Ensoniq ASR-10 instrument file. FD CD
EFE	R+W	Ensoniq EPS instrument file. FD CD
EFK	R	Ensoniq KT instrument file.
EFQ	R	Ensoniq SQ1/SQ2/KS32 instrument file.
EFS	R	Ensoniq SQ80 instrument file.
EFV	R	Ensoniq VFX-SD instrument file.
EMB	R	Everest embedded bank file.
EMD	R	ABT extended modules.
EMY	R+W	EMelody Ericsson mobile ring-tone format.
ESPS	R	ESPS audio file.
EUI	R	Ensoniq EPS family compacted disk image.
EXS	R+W	Logic EXS24 instrument.
F2R	R	Farandole linear module format.
F3R	R	Farandole 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	Farandole module.
FFF	R	Gravis UltraSound PnP bank file.
FLAC	R+W	Free lossless audio codec file. *
FNK	R	FunkTracker modules.
FOR	R+W	Kurzweil Forte files.
FSB	R	FMOD SoundSystem sound bank.
FSM	R	Farandole 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.
G722	R+W	ITU G.722 ADPCM format data.
G722-6	R+W	ITU G.722 6-bit (48 kbps) ADPCM format data.
G722-7	R+W	ITU G.722 7-bit (56 kbps) ADPCM format data.
G722-8	R+W	ITU G.722 8-bit (64 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 file - Split over multiple CD-ROMs.
GIG	R+W	GigaStudio/GigaSampler file - Normal.
GIG	R+W	GigaStudio/GigaSampler file - Compressed.
GKH	R	Ensoniq EPS family disk image file. FD CD
GSM	R+W	Raw GSM 06.10 audio streasm.
GSM	R+W	Raw 'byte aligned' GSM 06.10 audio stream.
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.
HD	R	Sony PS2 SCEI instrument set.
IBK	R	Creative Labs FM bank.
IFF	R+W	Interchange file format.
IMF	R	id Software Music Format (560 Hz).
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.
INRS	R	INRS-Telecommunications audio file.
INS	R	Ensoniq EPS family instrument file.
INS	R	Ad Lib instrument.
INS	R+W	Sample Cell II Mac instrument.
INS	R+W	Sample Cell II PC instrument.
INS	W	Cakewalk instrument definition file.
IST	R	Digitrakker instrument.
IT	R	Impulse Tracker modules.
ITI	R+W	Impulse Tracker instrument.
ITS	R+W	Impulse Tracker sample.
K25	R	Kurzweil K2500 file. CD
K26	R	Kurzweil K2600 file. CD
KAWAI12	R+W	KAWAI R50/R50E/R50III/R100 ROM-dump.
KDT	R	Konami KDT1 song.
KFT	R	Korg T-series waves.
KIT	R+W	Native instrument Batter v1 drum-kit file.
KMP	R+W	Korg Triton keymap file.
KMP	R+W	Korg Trinity keymap file.
KMP	R+W	Korg M3 keymap file.
KMP	R+W	Korg Kronos keymap file.
KR1	R+W	Kurzweil K2000/K2500/K2600 split file. CD
KRZ	R+W	Kurzweil K2000 file (also K2500 & K2600). CD
KSC	R+W	Korg Triton script file.
KSC	R+W	Korg Trinity script file.
KSC	R+W	Korg M3 script file.
KSC	R+W	Korg Kronos script file.
KSF	R+W	Korg Triton sample file.
KSF	R+W	Korg Trinity sample file.
KSF	R+W	Korg M3 sample file.
KSF	R+W	Korg Kronos sample file.
M4A	R+W	iTunes MPEG-4 audio format. *
M4R	R+W	iPhone ring-tone. *
MAP	R+W	Native instrument Reaktor wavetable file - Embedded waves.
MAP	R+W	Native instrument Reaktor wavetable file - Linked waves.
MAT	R+W	Matlab variables binary file.
MAUD	R	MAUD sample format.
MDL	R	Digitrakker modules.
MED	R	OctaMED modules.
MID	R+W	Standard MIDI file.
MID	R	Roland D-50 patch SysEx dump.
MID	R	Roland MT-32 (and compatibles) timbre SysEx dump.
MID	R	Yamaha DX7 voice SysEx dump.
MID	R	Yamaha DX7s / DX7II / DX200 voice SysEx dump.
MID	R	Yamaha DX21 / DX27 / DX100 voice SysEx dump.
MID	R	Yamaha DX11 / TX81z voice SysEx dump.
MKA	R	Matroska audio file.
MKV	R	Matroska video file.
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'.
MOD	R	Module file.
MOV	R	Apple QuickTime movie format. *
MP1	R	MPEG audio stream, layer I.
MP2	R+W	MPEG audio stream, layer II. *
MP3	R+W	MPEG audio stream, layer III. *
MP4	R+W	MPEG-4 base media file format. *
MPA	R	MPEG audio stream, layer I, II, 'II½' or III.
MPC	R+W	Musepack audio compression (in 32-bit app only).
MPEG	R	MPEG system stream, audio+video.
MPG	R	MPEG system stream, audio+video.
MSS	R+W	Miles Sound System DLS 1 + XMI file.
MT2	R	MadTracker 2 modules.
MTI	R+W	MadTracker 2 instrument.
MTM	R	MultiTracker modules.
MUS	R	Doom/Heretic music file.
MUS	R+W	Musifile MPEG Layer II audio stream.
MUS10	R	Mus10 audio file.
NCW	R	Native Instrument Kontakt Compressed Wave.
NIST	R	NIST Sphere file.
NKB	R+W	Native Instrument Kontakt Bank.
NKI	R+W	Native Instrument Kontakt Instrument.
NKM	R+W	Native Instrument Kontakt Multi.
NVF	R+W	Creative Labs Nomad voice file.
O01	R	Typhoon voice file.
OGG	R+W	Vorbis Ogg stream. *
OKT	R	Oktalyzer modules.
OPUS	R+W	Opus audio stream. *
OSP	R+W	Orion Sampler programs.
OUT	R	Roland S-5xx series floppy image (S-50,S-51,S-330,W-30,S-500,S-550). CD FD
OUT	R	Roland S-7xx series floppy image (S-70,S-700,S-750,S-760,S-770,S-772). CD FD
P	R	AKAI S900/S950 programs. CD
P	R+W	AKAI S1000/S1100/S01 program. CD
P	R+W	AKAI S3000/S3200/S2000/S2800 program. CD
P1	R	AKAI S1000/S1100/S01 program.
P3	R	AKAI S3000/S3200/S2000/S2800 program.
P3K	R+W	Kurzweil PC3K files.
PAC	R	SB Studio II package file.
PAF	R+W	Ensoniq PARIS audio file.
PAT	R+W	Gravis Ultrasound GF1 patch file.
PBF	R	Turtle Beach Pinnacle bank file.
PCG	R+W	Korg Trinity bank file.
PCG	R+W	Korg Triton bank file.
PCG	R+W	Korg Triton LE bank file.
PCG	R+W	Korg M3 bank file.
PCG	R+W	Korg M50 bank file.
PCG	R+W	Korg Kronos bank file.
PCM	R	Korg PA-series sample file.
PCM	R	OKI MSM6376 synth chip PCM format.
PGM	R+W	AKAI MPC-1000 drum set file + .WAV file.
PGM	R+W	AKAI MPC-2000XL drum set file + .WAV file.
PGM	R+W	AKAI MPC-2000 drum set file + .SND file.
PGM	R+W	AKAI MPC-3000 drum set file + .SND file.
PLM	R	DisorderTracker2 modules.
PLS	R	DisorderTracker2 sample.
PPF	R	Turtle Beach Pinnacle program file.
PRG	R	WAVmaker program.
PSB	R	Turtle Beach Pinnacle sound bank.
PSION	R	PSION a-law file.
PSM	R	Protracker Studio modules.
PTM	R	Poly Tracker modules.
RA	W	RealAudio file (in 32-bit app only). *
RAW	R	Signed 8-bit PCM data.
RAW	R	Rdos Raw OPL capture format.
RIF	R	Rockwell ADPCM format (Hotfax/Quicklink).
RMI	R+W	RIFF-MIDI file.
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.
ROL	R	AdLib Visual Composer songs.
ROM	R	Roland D-50 PCM ROM dump.
ROM	R	Roland MT-32 / CM32L / LAPC-1 PCM ROM dump.
S	R+W	AKAI S900/950 sample.
S	R+W	AKAI S1000/S1100/S01 sample. CD
S	R+W	AKAI S3000/S3200/S2000/S2800 sample. CD
S1	R	AKAI S1000/S1100/S01 sample.
S3	R	AKAI S3000/S3200/S2000/S2800 sample.
S1A	R	Yamaha EX5 'all' format.
S1M	R+W	Yamaha EX5 'waveforms' format.
S1V	R+W	Yamaha EX5 'voices' format.
S3I	R+W	ScreamTracker v3 instrument.
S3M	R	ScreamTracker v3 modules.
S3P	R+W	AKAI MESA II/PC S-series program.
SAM	R	Signed 8-bit PCM file.
SB	R+W	Signed byte (8-bit) data.
SBI	R	Creative Labs FM Instrument.
SBK	R+W	EMU SoundFont v1.x bank.
SC2	R+W	Sample Cell II PC/Mac instrument.
SD	R+W	Sound Designer I file.
SD2	R+W	Sound Designer II flattened file.
SD2	R+W	Sound Designer II data forks.
SDK	R	Roland S-5xx series floppy disk image (S-50, S-51, S-330, W-30, S-500, S-550). CD FD
SDK	R	Roland S-7xx series floppy disk image (S-70, S-700, S-750, S-760, S-770, S-772). CD FD
SDS	R+W	MIDI SDS sysex dump.
SDS	R	SmartSound SDS file.
SDW	R	Signed dword (32-bit) data.
SDX	R	SDX compacted MIDI SDS.
SEQ	R+W	Sony Playstation MIDI sequences.
SF	R+W	IRCAM / MTU SoundFile format.
SF2	R+W	EMU SoundFont v2.x bank.
SF2PACK	R	MIDI Converter Studio packed Sound Font.
SFARK	R	Melody Machine Compressed SoundFonts.
SFD	R	SoundStage sound data file.
SFI	R	SoundStage sound info file.
SFR	R	Sonic Foundry sample resource file.
SFZ	R+W	rgc:audio SFZ v1 instrument.
SFZ	R+W	Cakewalk SFZ v2 instrument.
SHN	R+W	Shorten lossless compression.
SMD	R	J-Phone / SmdEd mobile songs.
SMP	R	Samplevision file.
SMP	R	Ad Lib Gold sample.
SMP	R	Avalon sample.
SND	R+W	Unsigned 8-bit PCM data (W as .UB).
SND	R+W	AKAI MPC-60/2000/2000XL/3000 sample file.
SNDR	R	Sounder sound file.
SNDT	R	SndTools sound file.
SOU	R	SB Studio II sound file.
SPD	R	Speech data file.
SPL	R	Digitrakker sample.
SPPACK	R+W	SPPack sound sample.
SQ	R	Sony PS2 SCEI sequence.
STM	R	ScreamTracker v2 modules.
STS	R+W	Creamware STS-series sampler programs.
SVQ	R	Roland sequencer file.
SVX	R	Interchange file format.
SW	R+W	Signed word (16-bit) data.
SXT	R+W	Propellerheads Reason NN-XT format.
SYX	R	Roland D-50 patch SysEx dump.
SYX	R	Roland MT-32 (and compatibles) timbre SysEx dump.
SYX	R	Yamaha DX7 voice SysEx dump.
SYX	R	Yamaha DX7s / DX7II / DX200 voice SysEx dump.
SYX	R	Yamaha DX21 / DX27 / DX100 voice SysEx dump.
SYX	R	Yamaha DX11 / TX81z voice SysEx dump.
SYW	R+W	Yamaha SY-series wave file.
TVD	R	Yamaha Tyros 2 custom drum voice file.
TVN	R+W	Yamaha Tyros 2 custom voice file.
TXBANK	R+W	Cwitec TX16Wx bank.
TXPROG	R+W	Cwitec TX16Wx program.
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 bank.
TXW	R+W	Yamaha TX16W wave.
U255LAW	R+W	Exponential 8-bit format.
UAX	R	Unreal Tournament audio packages.
UASSET	R	Unreal Engine SoundWave asset.
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.
UVD	R+W	Yamaha Tyros 3 custom drum voice file.
UVN	R+W	Yamaha Tyros 3 custom voice file.
UW	R+W	Unsigned word (16-bit) data.
UWF	R	UltraTracker wave file.
V8	R	Covox 8-bit audio.
VAB	R+W	Sony Playstation / PS2 bank file.
VAG	R+W	Sony Playstation / PS2 compressed sound file.
VAP	R+W	Annotated speech file.
VM1	R	Panasonic voice file.
VOC	R+W	Creative Labs 'newer style' sound file.
VOC	R+W	Creative Labs 'older style' sound file.
VOX	R+W	Dialogic 4-bit ADPCM file.
VOX	R	Talking Technology Incorporated file.
VOX-6K	R+W	Dialogic 4-bit ADPCM file (6000 Hz).
VOX-8K	R+W	Dialogic 4-bit ADPCM file (8000 Hz).
VSB	R	Virtual Sampler Bank file.
W??	R+W	Yamaha TX16W wave file.
W??	R+W	Yamaha SY-series wave file.
W2A	R	Yamaha Motif 'all' format.
W2V	R+W	Yamaha Motif 'voices' format.
W2W	R+W	Yamaha Motif 'waveforms' format.
W3A	R	Yamaha Motif waveforms.
W3V	R+W	Yamaha Motif waveforms.
W3W	R+W	Yamaha Motif waveforms.
W4KSND	R+W	Wusik 4000 instrument.
W7A	R	Yamaha Motif ES 'all' format.
W7V	R+W	Yamaha Motif ES 'voices' format.
W7W	R+W	Yamaha Motif ES 'waveforms' format.
W8A	R	Yamaha Motif ES waveforms.
W8V	R+W	Yamaha Motif ES waveforms.
W8W	R+W	Yamaha Motif ES waveforms.
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 file.
WFB	R	Turtle Beach WaveFront bank format.
WFD	R	Turtle Beach WaveFront drum set format.
WFP	R	Turtle Beach WaveFront program format.
WLF	R	id Software Music Format (700 Hz).
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.
WRF	R+W	Westacott WinRanX instrument file.
WRK	R	CakeWalk work file.
WUSIKSND	R+W	Wusikstation sound file.
WUSIKPACK	R	Wusikstation pack file.
WV	R+W	WavPack losslessly compressed file.
X0A	R	Yamaha Motif XS 'all' format.
X0V	R+W	Yamaha Motif XS 'voices' format.
X0W	R+W	Yamaha Motif XS 'waveforms' format.
X3A	R	Yamaha Motif XF 'all' format.
X3V	R+W	Yamaha Motif XF 'voices' format.
X3W	R+W	Yamaha Motif XF 'waveforms' format.
XI	R+W	FastTracker 2 instrument.
XM	R	FastTracker 2 extended modules.
XMI	R+W	Miles Sound System extended MIDI file.
YADPCM	R+W	Raw Yamaha 4-bit ADPCM format data.
???	R	Yamaha A3000 sample file.
*	R	Unrecognized file types (prompts user to supply info). ()

Legend of symbols used:

R	Indicates support for Reading a format.
W	Indicates support for Writing a format.
	Indicates that the format can be auto-detected.
	Indicates that you can save collections to this format.
	Indicates that you can save instruments to this format.
	Indicates that you can save waveforms to this format.
	Indicates that you can 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.
	Indicates that the format may use a 'Synthesis model' other than wavetable synthesis.
*	Indicates that a free 3rd party add-on are needed for reading and/or writing compressed data.

Note:   Some synthesizers use disk formats and file systems that are not recognized by Windows. 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 supported are several formats using other synthesis models, more specifically Phase modulation synthesis (a.k.a. Yamaha FM-synthesis) and an Additive synthesis hybrid (a.k.a. Roland LA-synthesis). Such file formats are marked with in the list.