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From: stoller@cbmcel.UUCP (Martin S. Stoller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: a new music standard
Message-ID: <183@cbmcel.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 90 10:20:23 GMT
References: <35126@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <558@cbmger.UUCP>
Reply-To: stoller@cbmcel.UUCP (Martin S. Stoller)
Organization: COMMODORE ELECTRONICS LIMITED
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In article <558@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>
>Well, I don't know about the insides of the mod format.
>But I think it would be wise to keep the concept of IFF up.
>If you look into it, you realize that the 8SVX IFF already has
>many of the needed components for this type of data file.
>And for the real score you still can use SMUS.
>Perhaps this could be evolved a bit. 8SVX is until now more a
>single sample than a whole piece of music. So how about defining
>some new chunk types to expand the abilities of 8SVX? This could
>be discussed here in public, and when it is settled it should be
>presented to CATS (probably Carolyn Scheppner) as a proposal to
>include it into the official IFF standard. IFF has been such a
>tremendous benefit for the Amiga world that you should stick to it.
>Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
>Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk

Unfortunatly, SMUS is WAY OUT OF DATE.  ST/NT data files are NOT IFF,
and never will be.  What is really neaded is a new MUSIC FORM, which
takes the good stuff of each idea.  IFF is still the best thing.  I can
load a Pic from my AMI onto my PC, without bothersome conversions, for example.
Also, all good Programs using GFX load and save IFF.  Here a short
declaration of JAZZ, a new IFF, which holds SAMPLES AND SCORE!

=======WARNING; C BELOW!======

FORM HEADER
--CHUNK OWNER {for info, such as AUTHOR, PROGRAMNAME, DATE ....}
--CHUNK MAININFO {how many samples, length of song, time (3/4 etc), ...}
----CHUNK SAMPLE
----CHUNK SAMPLE
.
.
----CHUNK SAMPLE
------CHUNK SAMPLE INFO {length, time, maximum/minimum Octave, etc..}
------CHUNK BODY {crunched!}
----CHUNK SONG
------CHUNK SCORE INFO {length etc...}
------CHUNK BODY {crunched!}

================================

That means, a very simple IFF. I am not a musician, just a programmer.
The above is free of any rights whatsoever...

One can easily have several songs in one IFF, using CATS and such.
(a song anim??? with diffrences calculated to save space... :-)

my .02cents (CND) worth...
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