{
 "id": "directmusic-style-file-format",
 "name": "DirectMusic Style File Format",
 "category": "audio",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "sty"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/958"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q50308790"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "52494646",
    "notes": "DirectMusic Style File Format"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "DirectMusic Style File Format",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "52494646{4}444d5354"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "priority_over": [
   "fmt/1886"
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "The DirectMusic Style is a file format created by Microsoft. STY files contain melody pattern information. STY files are used by the DirectMusic Segment format and they cannot be played directly.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "DirectMusic",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3495959",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/958",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/958",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q50308790",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50308790",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}