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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
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Subject: Re: 3200 Color pics
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Date: 10 Aug 90 02:10:25 GMT
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philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:

>That's really great news. Now could you store the files in some format
>other than tar! It's really a pain extracting them. Is there a tar
>extractor(even the "x" function of tar seems to be giving me problems)
>native to the GS?

1. unless you have to mail them, you don't need to extract the tar files. I
	THOUGHT I made it clear in the README that BinSCII could read past the
	tar formatting and extract directly from the tar file.
2. I believe sombody mentioned they were going to be releasing a port of GNUtar
	in a week or so. I could find quite a few uses for that.

>The other issue is the question of standards. They seem to be multiplying
>in both the graphics and sound areas. Does anyone have a simply conversion
>program to deal with these. For example, SoundSmith does not seem to use
>the Apple sound format, as found in synthLab or even AIFF(which the Audio
>Animator calls Apple's sound format- the AA can store sounds in that format
>and HyperStudio will recognize them, but SoundSmith is off in another
>direction!

Apple has defined TWO sound formats: AIFF (intended for sampled sounds) and
ASIF (intended for DOC instruments). SoundSmith uses ASIF.

SynthLab unfortunately does not even support importing of ASIF instruments --
a large negative from my point of view as I positively _hate_ some of the lame
sounding (and noisy!) instruments that are on the SynthLab beta disk.

>Finally, are there any "less modern" pieces for SoundSmith. While the
>program is very nice, the music is a bit wierd to these old ears!

Wish I could help you there... SoundSmith does not appear to be capable of
supporting sustained waveforms, a real negative when you are trying to write
a soft piece.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu