Extract text from Database diagrams and synth patches (SQS)
To convert SQS Diagrams and patches to another format, you need SQLeo or other Database software.
To convert other file formats to the "Schema Diagram File" file type, you need software like SQLeo or a similar tool.
The .SQS extension covers two distinct but specialized technical workflows: database modeling and music synthesis. The most common variation is a Database Schema Diagram generated by tools like SQLeo Visual Query Builder or SQL Power Architect. These files store the visual layout of database tables, relationships, and queries in an XML structure. The primary limitation here is that while the file contains text data, you cannot view the actual entity-relationship diagram (ERD) without the original software, making it useless for presentations or documentation unless converted. For documentation, the best practice is converting these diagrams to PDF or PNG. For implementation, developers convert the schema definition into executable SQL scripts.
Alternatively, .SQS files are used in audio production as MIDI Patch Banks for Sound Quest MIDI Quest or sequence patterns for the Behringer TD-3 synthesizer. These proprietary binary or formatted text files store instrument settings, knob positions, and musical patterns. They are fundamentally incompatible with standard media players or generic DAWs. To use these sequences in a broader musical context (like Ableton Live or Logic Pro), users typically need to convert the pattern data into standard MIDI (.MID) files or System Exclusive (Sysex) dumps.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SQS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert SQS file to SQM, EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP or SAV, you can use SQLeo or similar software from the "Database Schema & Synth Patches" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to SQS, try SQLeo or another comparable tool in the "Database Schema & Synth Patches" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SQS converter.