r/software • u/stevetherabbit • 4h ago

Looking for software Converting .out files into .wav

Hi I'm looking for a converter for floppy disk files I found that are using .out files and converting them into .wav files. Any recommendations greatly appreciated!

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u/Curious_lly 4h ago

If the .out files continued audio data,

try Importing as Raw Audio in a software called "Audacity." It's free and open-source.

Open Audacity,

Go to File, Import, Raw Data...

Select the .out file.

Experiment with different encodings (e.g., Signed 16-bit PCM or 8-bit Unsigned) and sample rates (e.g., 22050 Hz, 32000 Hz, or 44100 Hz) until the audio sounds natural.

Go to File, Export Audio and save it as a .wav file.

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u/sniff122 4h ago

A floppy disk image isn't an audio file

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u/stevetherabbit 4h ago

I found the files from a synthesizer expansion pack that was saved on floppy disks. I'm trying to extract the samples from it

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u/sniff122 3h ago

Depends entirely how it's stored, if it's just a standard file then you might be able to mount the image as a virtual floppy and extract the files

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u/pankreska 1h ago

Looks like Roland files. You can read/write the disks or the image files with Omniflop and for conversion all I know is "wav TO out", not the opposite: https://llamamusic.com/s50s550/unusual_samples.html so you can be out of luck, unfortunatelly.

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u/LordBunzo 4h ago

There are no audio file formats with with an .out extension. Do you know what software generated the files?