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From: dclaar@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Doug Claar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Information on snd files wanted
Message-ID: <-286489997@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Aug 90 00:11:40 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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Please forgive me if this is incredibly naive, but this is my first
foray into the macintosh area...

I'd like to know what the format of sound files is for the Mac. 
These files are "snd resource" files, or some such thing. I'd like
to know this in terms appropriate for using these files on machines
other than the Mac. (I know, heresy!)

Background info:
I recently came across a (dare I say it?) IBM PC program (remac) that
will "play" Macintosh sounds, such as Clint Eastwood saying "Go ahead,
Make my day." I'd like to write a similiar program for my workstation,
but need to know the format of the sound file: How many bits/value, 
a formula for mapping the value to frequency, and if any timing information
is in the file. (Based on remac, I'd say that the answer to the last
one is no).

Thanks!

Doug Claar
HP Computer Systems Division
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