.CMF File Description

The Creative Music File (CMF) is a synthesised music file format, similar to MIDI, designed by Creative Labs for use with their Sound Blaster cards. The format actually stores its song data in MIDI format but it differs in that while MIDI instruments are standardised, CMF instruments are stored in the file itself in the same manner as MOD files.

This allows a large range of instruments to be used, and unlike MIDI the song should sound the same regardless of which synthesiser it is played through. While MOD files store their instruments as digital data ("samples"), CMF instruments are stored as a set of register values that can be programmed into the OPL chips that were part of all early Sound Blaster cards (a feature that made them compatible with competing Adlib cards at the time.)

Other Information For .CMF File Extension

• Company:

  Creative Technology Limited.

• File Type:

  Creative Music File Format

• Identifying Characters (Hex):

  43 54 4D 46

• Identifying Characters (ASCII):

  CTMF