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From: stevep@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Steve Paine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Sound Digitizers
Message-ID: <564@galadriel.bt.co.uk>
Date: 16 Jan 90 13:01:31 GMT
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From article <8261@nigel.udel.EDU>, by C503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Baird McIntosh):
> In article <562@galadriel.bt.co.uk>, steve@galadriel.british-telecom.co.uk
> (Steve Paine) writes:
>>     By the way, you dont know anything about the Sonix sample format do you?
>>I have been trying to get a sample into Sonix for a long time with no success.
> 
> In article <36400034@silver>, colyer@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (James Colyer)
> replies:
>>...IFF samples.   All you need to do is read in the sample, and then save it
>>back via Sonix.  After you save it, reload the new Sonix saved sample and
>>you'll have control over it's envelope and filterings (I think...).
>>
>>  To load up IFF samples just leave your Sonix boot disk in df0: and put
>>the disk with the IFF sample into df1:, and go from there.
> 
> To create samples to be used as 'instruments' in Sonix, you need to first make
> sure you save the samples in IFF format (rather than DUMP or COMPRESSED).  In
> addition, it wouldn't hurt to use your software to make the sample into an
> instrument... I know Perfect Sound and Audio Master II are handy for this.  Now
> when you want to read the sample into Sonix (as James describes above), make
> sure that the file name ends in '.instr' (as in Rad_sample.instr, for example).

I realise that i have to put the .instr extension on the IFF filename and when
it comes to reading the IFF file from Sonix , the file is read in OK. 
The problem comes when trying to play the damn thing. It only plays on the 
top octve of my MIDI (6 1/4 Octave) keyboard and even then the playback rate
is way below what it should be. 
	After looking at the example IFF files on the Sonix Data disk
it looks as though the IFF samples needed by Sonix are 5 octave samples 
and the samples I am saving are only 3 octave samples.
	I'm almost at the point of giving up now, I realise that 
my s/w is not compatable and finding out the info needed to write 
a conversion program is proving too hard. I cant even write to Aegis 
with a technical enquiry as I didnt get a registration card with my
software. (yes i did buy the original!)
	So if theres anyone out there that can find out the exact format of 
Aegis Sonix .instr and .ss files please help me. If i'm succesful in completing
a conversion program i'm sure that there are a lot of people that would 
benefit from it being in the Public Domain.

	Thanks,

	Steve Paine.