Importing RAW audio with unknown parameters

Question

I have a RAW audio file that I need to import into Adobe Audition, (I have also tried Audacity) but I don’t know the correct settings for it. The file was created in early 2000s
I’ve tried several combinations, but the playback sounds incorrect.

🔹 Is there a way to detect the correct format automatically?
🔹 Are there any tools within Adobe Audition that can analyze the file’s structure?

The results i keep getting are static sounding

Any advice on properly importing and restoring this audio would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

~~I have attached a sample of one of the lower files but note the files are originally without extensions~~

The attachment's padelectro (l).raw content type does not match its file extension and has been removed

SteveG_AudioMasters_ · Answer

If there was any way of detecting the format, then Audition would have already done it, I'm afraid... So you are rather stuck with trial and error, and yes it's a bit of a pain that you can't upload a sample. The reason is that Adobe is, quite correctly, trying to eliminate anything that could potentially be malicious. On that basis, I don't think that zip files work either, although it might be worth trying to see if they do.

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