[comp.sys.apple] AIFF Instruments

tab10771@UXA.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Todd A Biske) (05/09/89)

I own the AE Sonic Blaster and have been fooling around digitizing various
noises.  What I am interested in doing is creating my own instruments form
programs like Instant Music.  The instruments are saved in an AIFF format 
except there seems to be some sort of header before the actual digitized 
sample of the instrument.  If anyone out there has any information as to what
is contained in the header, be it the instrument envelope and other data, 
please mail it to me or post it here.  Any help would be appreciated.  

Todd Biske, UofI

mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (05/10/89)

In article <8905081954.AA13593@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> tab10771@UXA.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Todd A Biske) writes:
>I own the AE Sonic Blaster and have been fooling around digitizing various
>noises.  What I am interested in doing is creating my own instruments form
>programs like Instant Music.  The instruments are saved in an AIFF format 
>except there seems to be some sort of header before the actual digitized 
>sample of the instrument.  If anyone out there has any information as to what
>is contained in the header, be it the instrument envelope and other data, 
>please mail it to me or post it here.  Any help would be appreciated.  
>
>Todd Biske, UofI

The AIFF spec, described in Apple II terms, is a File Type Note released in
March of this year for file type $D8, auxiliary type $0000.  It's available
somewhere here on the net through some format I'm beginning to believe I never
will understand.


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