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From: hkim@cornea.mitre.org (Howard Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Wanted: SND information!
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Date: 2 Aug 90 19:51:26 GMT
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In article <139@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM> cape@StPaul.NCR.COM (Robert M. Cape) writes:
>- What other formats are used on the Atari ST? 
>- Has anyone written a utility to take a MAC sound file and convert it to .SND?
>  (Setting aside for now the problems of file transfer.)

The SPL sound format for the Atari is another popular way of storing digitized
sound.  It's similar to SND except SND appends a speed byte to play the 
sound at the proper speed.

There is a PD program called Babel that converts Mac, Amiga, and other ST
formats into SND or SPL.

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