Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your UFS file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert UFS to another file type
To convert UFS soundbanks to another format, you need UVI Workstation or other Audio software.
Convert a file to UFS
To convert other file formats to the "Sampler Soundbank" file type, you need software like UVI Workstation or a similar tool.
About UFS files
The .ufs file primarily functions as a UVI virtual instrument soundbank. It is a proprietary data container utilized by composers and producers to package thousands of high-resolution audio samples, synthesizer presets, and scripting logic into one monolithic file. Users typically mount these files using UVI Workstation or UVI Falcon. The massive disadvantage of the .ufs format is its closed, restrictive nature. Files often exceed 50GB and are frequently encrypted to protect the developer's intellectual property. Consequently, the internal WAV or FLAC audio files cannot be natively extracted, dragged into a timeline, or played by standard audio editors like Audacity. Users often need to convert these files to extract raw audio for use in competing samplers like Native Instruments Kontakt, but direct conversion is inherently blocked. This file format is notoriously difficult to open or convert because only the original proprietary engine can properly decrypt, read, and interpret the playback logic. Standard online converters fail entirely because they lack the required decryption keys and structural blueprints. However, just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. If our analysis detects an unencrypted supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible. A secondary, unrelated use for the .ufs extension is the FreeBSD Unix File System file, an open-source disk image format used by the FreeBSD operating system.
Convert.Guru analyzes your UFS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert UFS file to ZFS, ISO, IMG, DMG, VHD, VMDK, VDI, HDD, QCOW, QCOW2, RAW or VBOX, you can use UVI Workstation or similar software from the "Virtual Instrument Soundbank Container" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert VFD, DMG, OVA, IMA, VBOX, ADF, PVS, VHD, OVF, ISO, DSK or IMG files to UFS, try UVI Workstation or another comparable tool in the "Virtual Instrument Soundbank Container" category.
The UFS 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 UFS converter.