Amiga-IBM sounds
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Does anyone know if there is a utility program that will allow conversion
of IBM sound files to Amiga IFF files ?
More specifically, I am looking for something that will allow me to convert
my large library of soundblaster sounds and music to Amiga formats and
vice-versa… I guess i'm sorta looking for the Adpro of the sound
market…
Any suggestions ???
Thanks…
Keith
Do you mean digitized sounds from the IBM? If you mean the sounds which
aren't made with the DAC on the SoundBlaster, then those are probably
impossible to convert. Digitized sounds, however, probably can be imported
into most any sound editor as a raw file, then you just chop off any header
bytes from that. The only possible places that could mess up would be if
the files are compressed audio, or if they use a different zero point (in
which case a simple program to add 128 to each byte would fix it).
But no, I'm not aware of anything which converts from Soundblaster to
Amiga IFF.
–>Steve Bennett
Hmmm… Well thanks for the input. I wasn't sure if I could just convert
soundblaster files to an IFF compatible format. Sounds almost like I may
need to purchase an amiga sound digitizer…
If I remember correctly, the only tough part is the quite time specifcation
in the SoundBlaster format. You would have to put the appropriate number
of zero volume level bytes into the IFF file.
Steve,
SoundBlaster files may also have other chunks in them! Even a straight SB
file will have a header, and a ZERO at the end of the sample.
-Troy
Even with the other chunks, a program like Audiomaster will allow someone
to select the sound portion and cut away the rest. Visual and audio
feedback should serve to identify what's real sound and what isn't. The
only problems with this are if the sound data is compressed, or if it's
based on a different range (0 to 256 vs -128 to 127). I've done this with
sounds embedded in applications or scanned from RAM with no trouble.
–>Steve Bennett