Source Formats |
Software |
Native Instruments Kontakt Instrument/Multi/Bank (.nki; .nkm; .nkb) |
Apple EXS24 (.exs) All Versions |
Digidesign/A.I.R./inMusic Structure (.patch) |
UVI Falcon (.uvip; .uvim) |
MOTU MachFive 1, 2, 3 (.m5p; .m5m) |
Tascam GigaStudio (all versions) (.gig) |
Propellerheads Reason NN-XT (.sxt) |
Ableton Sampler/Simpler (.adg; .adv) |
Emu EmulatorX (.exb) All Versions |
Steinberg HALion 1 and 2 (.fxp) |
IK Multimedia SampleTank 1, 2, 3-4* (.sth;.sti;.stw;.xml;.pak) |
Akai MESA 1 and 2, Millennium (s3p, .prg) |
Creamware Pulsar/STS (.sts; .p; .s; .wav) |
SoundFont (.sf2) |
Downloadable Sounds (.dls) |
Cakewalk SFZ (.sfz) |
Speedsoft VSampler 2 (.vbs) |
CWIAudio TX16Wx (.tga) |
Image-Line DirectWave (.dwp' .dwb; .wav) |
Togu Audio Line TALSampler (.talsmpl) |
One Small Step Grace Sampler (.lpg) |
Propellerhead IDT (.inst) |
New Sonic Arts Nuance (.nu) |
iRompler (.xsml) |
Digidesign SampleCell (.ins) |
Native Instruments Reaktor (.map) |
Bitheadz Unity DS-1 (.uds) |
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Workstations and Hardware Computer Format Samples |
Yamaha Motif Classic, ES, XS, XF, MOXF (.w2v;.w7v;.x0v;.x3v;.x6v) |
Yamaha Montage (.x7a; .x7l) |
Roland Fantom-S, -X, and -G (.svd) |
Korg Kronos/M3/Triton (.pcg;.ksc;.kmp;.ksf) |
Alesis Fusion (.afp;.afi;.afs) |
Yamaha Tyros 2,3,4,5 (.tvn;.uvn) |
Ketron Audya |
Akai S-5000/Z-Series |
Sequential Prophet-X |
Waldorf Quantum/Iradium |
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Groove Boxes (software, hardware) |
Akai MPC-60, 3000, 2000, 2000XL, 1000/2500/500/5000 (all versions) (.pgm; .wav; .snd) |
Akai MPC-Renaissance/MPC-X (.xpm) |
Akai MPC-4000 (.akp; .wav) |
Roland MV-8000/8800 (.mv0) |
Native Instruments Battery 1, 2, 3, and 4 (.nbkt; .kit; .kt2; .kt3; .cel; .cl3) |
Sonoma Wireworks DrumCore/KitCore (.userKit) |
One Small Step Poise Drum Sampler (.dkt) |
FXpansion GURU (.kit) |
FXpansion DR008 (.dr8) |
Radikal Technologies Spectralis (.sli) |
Singular Sound Beat Buddy |
Steinberg LM-4 mrk I and mrk II (.txt;.fxp) |
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Hardware Proprietary Samplers |
Akai S900/950 |
Akai S1000/3000 |
Roland S50/S550/S330/W30 |
Roland S7x |
Emu Emulator II |
Emu Emax |
Emu E3/ESi |
Emu E4/EOS |
Ensoniq Mirage |
Ensoniq EPS/ASR (.efe;.efa) |
Kurzweil K2x (.krz;.k25;.k26), PC3K (.p3k), Forte (.for) |
Yamaha A-Series |
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Slice Files |
Recycle I and II (.rx2, .rex; .rcy) |
ACID (.wav) |
AppleLoops (.aif;.aiff) |
Stylus RMX |
Akai Chopshop (.wav) |
Native Instruments Kontakt Beat Machine (.nki) |
Emu EmulatorX TwistaLoop (.exb) |
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Single Samples |
WAVE (.wav) |
AIFF (.aif;.aiff) |
Akai MPC (.snd) |
Korg Sample (.ksf) |
Apple CAF (Core Audio Format) (.caf) |