philip@pro-generic.cts.com (Philip McDunnough) (12/02/89)
The AA from AE will save files in 8 bit Apple IFF format.I gather there must
be 16 bit and other standards out there.Is there a conversion program
available?
Philip McDunnough
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:.mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (12/06/89)
In article <8204.infoapple.net@pro-generic> philip@pro-generic.cts.com (Philip McDunnough) writes: >The AA from AE will save files in 8 bit Apple IFF format.I gather there must >be 16 bit and other standards out there.Is there a conversion program >available? > > > Philip McDunnough I'm assuming you mean Audio Animator. IFF is a standard created by Electronic Arts. There isn't an "Apple IFF". What there is is Apple's "Audio IFF" or "Audio Interchange File Format", also called "AIFF". AIFF is a very robust file format for sampled sounds. The format contains information on how many bits deep each sample is. If Audio Animator's software creates 8-bit samples, trying to change them to 16-bit samples isn't going to change anything. It will sound the same and just take up more disk space. AIFF is not an "8-bit" format; it's me 32-bit oriented than anything else, I would say. It's the preferred method of audio storage and interchange for Apple II, IIgs and Macintosh computers. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions expressed in this tome Send PERSONAL mail ONLY (please) to: | should not be construed to imply that Amer. Online: Matt DTS | Apple Computer, Inc., or any of its ThisNet: mattd@apple.com | subsidiaries, in whole or in part, ThatNet: (stuff)!ames!apple!mattd | have any opinion on any subject." Other mail by request only, please. | "So there." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------