SSND Converter

Extract text from Synclavier sound files (SSND)


Drop or upload your .SSND file
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How to extract text from your SSND file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SSND file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert SSND to another file type

To convert SSND sound files to another format, you need Synclavier Go! or other Audio software.

Convert a file to SSND

To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Synthesizer Sound File" file type, you need software like Synclavier Go! or a similar tool.


About SSND files

The .ssnd file format is a proprietary Synclavier Sound File created by Synclavier Digital. It stores audio samples and synthesizer patch data originally designed for the legendary New England Digital Synclavier hardware. Today, it is used by modern software emulations like the Arturia Synclavier V. The .ssnd format is closed and proprietary, which creates significant disadvantages for users. You cannot open it natively in standard web browsers, media players, or mainstream Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) like Ableton Live or Logic Pro. Users are forced to rely on specific, often expensive, synthesizer software to access the audio. To use these sounds in modern production, you must convert the .ssnd file to a standard, uncompressed audio format like WAV or AIF. Because this is a highly specialized format, standard online converters fail to process it. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the audio data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded PCM audio format inside the file, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your SSND file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert SSND file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Synclavier Go! or similar software from the "Synthesizer Audio Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to SSND, try Synclavier Go! or another comparable tool in the "Synthesizer Audio Storage" category.



The SSND Converter Story

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 SSND converter.