Digital sound file formats using the .snd extension

Most commonly a {{mono|.snd}} file contains a NeXT sound file. This is essentially the same as the au file format used by Sun Microsystems. The first four bytes of a {{mono|.snd}} file contain the hex number 0x2e736e64 which displays as "{{mono|.snd}}" when interpreted as ASCII text.

Another {{mono|.snd}} file format is attributed to Apple Inc. Data stored in such files are commands for the Macintosh Sound Manager including 'wavetable' sample-based instruments and sound samples. It can serve as a pure audio file format if only one command and one sound sample is stored in it. In this format, the first two bytes specify a 16-bit integer representing the numbers 1 or 2.

Programs supporting audio files with the {{mono|.snd}} extension generally assume, and check, that it is NeXT/SUN (AU) format.

Electronic music instrument manufacturer Akai had an audio file format with the extension {{mono|.snd}}.{{Cite web|url=http://mda.smartelectronix.com/akai/akaiinfo.htm|title=Akai Disk & File Formats|website=mda.smartelectronix.com}} The first byte contains the number 1 and the second the number 4.{{Cite web|url=http://mda.smartelectronix.com/akai/akaiinfo.htm|title = Akai Disk & File Formats}}

The manufacturer of the HOM-BOT Robot Vacuum Cleaner LG Group and the VTech V.Flash use audio files with the extension {{mono|.snd}}. The sounds are encoded in PCM (single channel, 16 kHz, 16 bits signed).

The Unity Game Engine uses a compressed format called .snd for sound packages.

• Au file format

{{Reflist}}

• [https://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/mac/Sound/Sound-60.html#MARKER-9-400 Documentation] on developer.apple.com
• [https://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/mac/sound/Sound-66.html List of commands] on developer.apple.com
• [http://sox.sourceforge.net/AudioFormats-11.html Sox audio file format FAQ]

Category:Computer file formats

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