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From: jsivier@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Sound digitizer IFF files
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Date: 24 Nov 89 10:38:30 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!jsivier    Nov 23 12:19:00 1989


  I haven't yet done any programming with IFF sound files but I have done some 
with IFF bit map files.  I don't know of any commercial or PD software which
will read in IFF files and output them as an ascii file.  You could try doing
a hex dump of the IFF file and edit it to strip off the header information
leaving just the BODY segment with the actual sound data.  I don't know if this
is compressed or not though.
  I am currently beginning work on a program that will interface will an
Ensonics Mirage sampler and download samples over MIDI, allow you to edit and
process the samples and then return them to the Mirage for use with synthesizers
Currently the program will download a selected sample, play it on the Amiga,
and save and load the samples to disk.  However the samples are currently being
saved in straight binary files, I haven't yet ventured into dealing with the
IFF sound files, but I will very soon.
  If I get it to load and save IFF sound files in the near future I'll let you
know, because once the file is read it should be easy to write it out in any
desired format.

jon
jsivier@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu