Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Sound Formats
Message-ID: <1990Jul20.054756.10803@utstat.uucp>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 90 05:47:56 GMT
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References: <1990Jul18.210231.29673@utstat.uucp> <1990Jul18.230532.5165@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu>
Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto

In article <1990Jul18.230532.5165@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>4. AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) sounds. A much more generic way to
>	store sounds. I have successfully ported many Mac sounds to the GS
>	by saving them as AIFF from SoundEdit.
>
>5. AE's own format, used by the Sonic Blaster software (when's the update?)
>	and I suppose by the Audio Animator software. I'm strongly tempted
>	to upgrade my SB to an AA now that MIDI synth is almost out.
>
Well, reading from the AA manual, I notice that(on p.102) the AIFF format      is described as "this is Apple's standard sound file format". The Audio Animator 
does save sounds in this format. I'll try SoundEdit, but the situation is still 
most confusing. Further, the AA will not recognize standardrd midi files. The   
GS has the capability of being a playback synthesizer. Would be nice to be able  
to use it that way.

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
[my opinions]