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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Audio Animator/IFF
Message-ID: <37017@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 6 Dec 89 00:04:54 GMT
References: <8204.infoapple.net@pro-generic>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8204.infoapple.net@pro-generic> philip@pro-generic.cts.com (Philip McDunnough) writes:
>The AA from AE will save files in 8 bit Apple IFF format.I gather there must
>be 16 bit and other standards out there.Is there a conversion program
>available?
>
>
>     Philip McDunnough

I'm assuming you mean Audio Animator.

IFF is a standard created by Electronic Arts.  There isn't an "Apple IFF".
What there is is Apple's "Audio IFF" or "Audio Interchange File Format", also
called "AIFF".

AIFF is a very robust file format for sampled sounds.  The format contains
information on how many bits deep each sample is.  If Audio Animator's software
creates 8-bit samples, trying to change them to 16-bit samples isn't going to
change anything.  It will sound the same and just take up more disk space.

AIFF is not an "8-bit" format; it's me 32-bit oriented than anything else, I
would say.  It's the preferred method of audio storage and interchange for
Apple II, IIgs and Macintosh computers.



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