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From: jiro@heights.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Mac sound files converted to NeXT
Message-ID: <1990Jan20.183243.3605@heights.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 20 Jan 90 18:32:43 GMT
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies, Workstation Resources, Ithaca, NY
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   After about a whole day of conversions, I've managed to convert
many of the sumex-aim's macintosh sound files over to NeXT's .snd
format. (Many thanks to hoodr@csus.edu for his mac2snd program and
advice).
   I was thinking of posting them to the archives, but since they
take up four megabytes (uncompressed), I thought I'd poll for how
many people wanted them there. I could alternately mail them to
people....
   Unfortunately, some files didn't convert well, others were not
that good. Here is a list of the sound files I have:
    20thCentury.snd       "twentieth century fox opening fanfare"
    Afterburner.snd       "sounds like an afterburner..."
    Berrp.snd             "you guess..."
    BreakingGlass.snd     "The sound of breaking glass"
    Bullwinkle.snd        "snippets of bullwinkle"
    EvilLaugh.snd         "A not so evil laugh"
    Explosion.snd         "boom"
    Hal02,03,04,06,07,09,10,20.snd    "Hal's voice from 2001, various"
    MaxHeadroom.snd       "Max Headroom"
    Monty_StopIt.snd      "monty python"
    Monty_YourNicked.snd   """"
    Reagan.snd            "I won't tell the american people lies...."
    Rooster.snd           My own recording from Sgt. Pepper's club
    Underdog.snd          "Underdog!"

  Since the NeXT uses 16bit and the Mac 8 bit, some of the recordings
sound a bit strange... Like I said, this is not the definitive translation
of the sumex-aim library. So please tell me if and where you would like
them. If Jasmer and Gerrit would also comment.....

   - Jiro Nakamura -
ps. these make GREAT alarm sounds for Cassandra. Especially Hal: "What
do you think you are doing, DAVE?"