Ableton Live device preset
File type: Settings, options, themes or skins file
An adv file extension is related to the Ableton Live and used for its effect preset files.
Found 5 different file type records with the same adv filename suffix.
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: January 26, 2017
The adv file extension is associated with the Ableton Live, a music composing and mixing software for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X (macOS) operating systems.
The adv file stores effect preset, which can be applied to music track.
Use Ableton Live to work with *.adv files.
Conversion to other formats is not possible.
Software applications that can open adv files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create adv files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that manage or store settings in adv files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: May 31, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The adv file extension is associated with the Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter a device used for measurements of rapid small scale changes in 3D velocity developed by Nortek.
The adv file contains data captured by ADV device.
Use compatible tools to work with *.adv files.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Programs for viewing adv files:
Microsoft Windows
WinADV
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: September 20, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The adv file extension is associated with the Dune, an adventure and strategic video game for MS-DOS, Amiga and Sega CD.
The adv file stores audio driver that is used to playback audio data in Dune on various sound cards and pc speaker.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving adv files:
Microsoft MS-DOS
File type category:
System file
Date updated: October 2, 2026
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The adv file extension is associated with the Gravis Ultrasound series of sound cards from Advanced Gravis for IBM PC-compatible computers.
An adv file contains a virtual device driver used by Gravis Ultrasound software under the MS-DOS operating system.
Gravis Ultrasound is an obsolete product, so adv files are generally encountered only in old software installations or archived systems.
An adv file is a driver component, not a file intended to be opened directly. The original Gravis Ultrasound software under MS-DOS uses it as part of the sound-card driver software.
To use the file, place it where the corresponding Gravis Ultrasound software expects it and run that software in a compatible MS-DOS environment. Modern applications generally cannot open it as a document.
An adv file cannot be meaningfully converted to a common audio or document format because it contains a virtual device driver, not user data.
If the goal is to preserve the software, keep the file with the rest of its original Gravis Ultrasound driver installation. Replacing or converting it is not a practical way to obtain audio data.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: July 31, 2017
The adv file extension is associated with The Witcher, an action role playing computer game for Microsoft Windows and macOS (OS X) operating systems.
The adv file contains game data.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving adv files:
Microsoft Windows
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