AY

File Format
Name	AY
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Audio and Music AY
Extension(s)	.ay

AY is a format for emulated ZX Spectrum / Amstrad CPC / Atari ST / General Instruments AY series sound chip sounds. It consists of blocks of compiled Zilog Z80 microprocessor code along with a header. These are also sometimes referred to as ZXAYEMUL sounds.

Format description

• AY File Format

Sample files

• Archives of music (some are in this format, among others)
• dexvert samples — music/ay

Software

• AY Music File Player for a Real Spectrum
• Vortex project
• zxtune