- Extension
- .snd
- .gsm
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- SGI (Silicon Graphics, Inc.)
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
- Description
- Generic sound format used by a variety of programs; may be a Macintosh sound resource (from Mac OS Classic), an AKAI MPC audio sample, a generic Amiga sound, or other audio file.
- A lossy file format used to compress speech in Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) telecommunications. It is very effective for reducing audio file size. However, encoding and decoding audio signals severally is discouraged as the final product will have a lot of noise. Popular with some voice mail software but it is CPU intensive.
- MIME Type
- audio/basic
- audio/x-gsm
