W2A file format description

Many people share .w2a files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .w2a file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .w2a files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.w2a - Yamaha Motif All Format Audio Data

The W2A data files are related to Yamaha Motif. The W2A file is a Yamaha Motif All Format Audio Data. The Yamaha Motif is a series of music workstations, first released by Yamaha Corporation in 2001.

Application:

Yamaha Motif

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Yamaha Motif All Format Audio Data related extensions:

.vid: TrialDirector VideoNote Data
.ttb: Railway Operation Simulator Timetable Data
.od: Mascopt Data
.pjf: Photojunction File
.rb0: Trend Micro AntiVirus Backup Data
.opt: Psion Organiser OPL Source

Naturally, other applications may also use the .w2a file extension. Even harmful programs can create .w2a files. Be especially cautious with .w2a files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .w2a file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.w2a

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .w2a file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

a2a, d2a, s2a, w2w, wa, wa2, wea, wwa, wza

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.wza: Encryption Wizard Archive
.a2a: IBM Voice Type Languages Vocables Data
.s2a: SEAL 2 Application
.w2w: Yamaha Motif Waveform Data
.wa: WavArc Compressed Audio
.wa2: Wonderland Adventures Custom Adventure Data

Operating systems

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Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8/10, Windows 11, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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