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AMS File - What is an .ams file and how do I open it?
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What is an AMS file? An AMS file is an Advanced Module System used by Velvet Development Velvet Studio, a music tracker developed for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. It contains a song created in Velvet Studio. AMS files are comprised of audio samples ( .ASE files) and instruments ( .AIS files) used to play those audio samples.
More Information AMS file open in OpenMPT In 1996, developers Patrik Oscarsson and David Broman released the first version of Velvet Studio (previously known as Extreme Tracker). This music tracker allows users to create synthesized music, by keying in notes or importing audio samples and playing them using one or more synthesized instruments. Songs created using Velvet Studio are saved as AMS files. Often, users stored their AMS files in the C:/SOUND/MODULES/AMS directory. While Velvet Studio is now legacy software, users can still open their AMS files in Velvet Studio and some other, current music trackers.
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DeveloperPatrik Oscarsson and David Broman
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.AMS File Extension
3 file types use the .ams file extension.
Velvet Studio Advanced Module System
| Developer | Velvet Development |
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3.2 | 5 Votes |
What is an AMS file?
An AMS file is an Advanced Module System used by Velvet Development Velvet Studio, a music tracker developed for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. It contains a song created in Velvet Studio. AMS files are comprised of audio samples ( .ASE files) and instruments ( .AIS files) used to play those audio samples.
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AMS file open in OpenMPT
In 1996, developers Patrik Oscarsson and David Broman released the first version of Velvet Studio (previously known as Extreme Tracker). This music tracker allows users to create synthesized music, by keying in notes or importing audio samples and playing them using one or more synthesized instruments.
Songs created using Velvet Studio are saved as AMS files. Often, users stored their AMS files in the C:/SOUND/MODULES/AMS directory. While Velvet Studio is now legacy software, users can still open their AMS files in Velvet Studio and some other, current music trackers.
How to open an AMS file
You can open an AMS file with:
How to convert an AMS file
OpenMPT can convert the song an AMS file contains to many other formats, including:
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Velvet Development Velvet Studio
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Vitamin/CAIG ZXTune
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Vitamin/CAIG ZXTune
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Vitamin/CAIG ZXTune
Free
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Vitamin/CAIG ZXTune
Free
Category: Audio Files
Updated: July 1, 2022
Adobe Monitor Setup File
| Developer | Adobe Systems |
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2.6 | 5 Votes |
Stores monitor calibration settings defined in Photoshop's Color Settings preferences; used for modifying the way colors are displayed on different monitors and determines how RGB/CMYK conversions are done.
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Adobe Photoshop 2025
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Category: Settings Files
Updated: December 4, 2018
Extreme Tracker Module
| Developer | Patrik Oscarsson and David Broman |
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2.2 | 6 Votes |
An AMS file may also be a module created by Extreme Tracker, an early version of the Velvet Studio music tracker . It contains a song that a user created in Extreme Tracker. This song consists of notes played using one or more synthesized instruments.
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AMS file open in OpenMPT
In 1994, Patrik Oscarsson and David Broman began work on the music tracker that would become Velvet Studio. In its early iterations, this tracker was called Extreme Tracker.
Just like Velvet Studio, Extreme Tracker saved the songs that users created as AMS files. Because Extreme Tracker and Velvet Studio AMS files are saved in roughly the same file format, many music trackers and players that can open Velvet Studio AMS files can also open Extreme Tracker AMS files.
NOTE: Extreme Tracker was also known as Extreme's Tracker.
How to open an AMS file
You can open an AMS file with OpenMPT (Windows) or Vitamin/CAIG ZXTune (multiplatform).
How to convert an AMS file
Using OpenMPT, you can convert the song an AMS file contains to many other formats, including:
Programs that open AMS files
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OpenMPT
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Vitamin/CAIG ZXTune
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Vitamin/CAIG ZXTune
Free
Linux
Vitamin/CAIG ZXTune
Free
Android
Vitamin/CAIG ZXTune
Free
Category: Audio Files
Updated: October 2, 2023