Open XWB files in your browser
The wave banks of Xbox, Xbox 360 and Windows games made with XACT. Open an XWB right here as a folder of its sounds. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your bank opens like a folder of its sounds, named or numbered as the bank keeps them, and the one you pick plays at once, twice through its loop and then a fade.
- Its sounds listed like a folder • Names from the bank
- Pick a sound to play • Its waveform, speeds and tags
- Export • Save a sound as MP3 or WAV
- Save as ZIP or Extract all • Every sound as a WAV
About XWB
XACT, the Cross-platform Audio Creation Tool, was Microsoft's sound tool for the Xbox, the Xbox 360 and Windows, through DirectX and XNA. It builds a game's waves into XWB wave banks, the cues that play them into XSB sound banks, and its mix into an XGS file, and XNA games like Terraria and Stardew Valley keep their music in a Wave Bank.xwb.
An XWB starts with WBND and a table of its waves, each with its rate, channels and loop, in PCM, Microsoft's ADPCM, the Xbox's ADPCM, xWMA or the Xbox 360's XMA. Their names are kept only when the bank was built with them.
Filepeek opens an XWB as a folder of its sounds, named when the bank keeps names and numbered when it doesn't, and the one you pick plays at once with vgmstream, twice through its loop and then a fade. Export saves it as MP3 or WAV, and Save as ZIP or Extract all saves every sound as a WAV. xWMA and XMA don't play.
XACT wave bank
.xwb
Format
- MIME type
- application/octet-stream
- Made by
- Microsoft
Inside the file
- Holds
- Waves, named or numbered
- Codecs
- PCM, ADPCM, xWMA and XMA
- Beside it
- XSB sound banks and XGS settings
- Made by
- XACT, for Xbox and Windows
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens XWB banks in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. On their own, browsers only download them.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open XWB
- Windowsfoobar2000 with vgmstream, free • XACT, from the DirectX SDK
- MacNo app built in opens it • vgmstream-cli, from Homebrew, turns its sounds into WAVs
- iPhone and iPadNo app opens it
- AndroidNo app opens it
Questions
How do I get the music and sounds out of an XWB file?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek an XWB. Its music and sounds are listed like the files in a folder, and Save as ZIP or Extract all saves each one as a WAV.
Can I turn a sound from it into an MP3?
Yes. Pick it, choose Export, then Save as MP3 or WAV, and it's saved as it plays here, loop and fade included.
Can it open Terraria's or Stardew Valley's Wave Bank.xwb?
Yes. Each track in it is listed by its number, plays here and saves as MP3 or WAV.
Why are some sounds missing from the list?
Sounds in xWMA or the Xbox 360's XMA, which Filepeek doesn't play, stay out of the list.
What are the XSB and XGS files beside it?
XACT's sound bank and settings: the cues the game plays and how they mix, with no sound in them. The XWB holds the waves.