stefanis@ecst.csuchico.edu (Nick Stefanisko) (05/17/91)
It has be done! Ever since I got my SoundBlaster I've been trying
to convert u-law to 8bit samples. Finnaly some one has figured it out.
at ab20.larc.nasa.gov in /pub there is a program ulaw2iff.tar.Z
written for the Sun SARC, that will convert u-law to Amiga sounds.
Then you can use DP25 to convert the Amiga to PC sound. I'v tested it
and it works. The samples come out at a sample speed of 8129. Kind of
a strange number, but you have to remember that it has been converted
from a really strange format to a strange format to a normal format. So
crazy is expected.
I tried to post a message similar to this one last night, but I think
I sent it to c.b.i.p instead of !!.d, sorry. Please don't flame, I don't
need that kind of preasure, what with finals and all.
/// \.\ Nick Stefanisko (stefanis@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu)
/// .\\\ (stefanis@sunrfe.arc.nasa.gov)
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lair@ellis.uchicago.edu (Scott A. Laird) (05/18/91)
In article <1991May16.200858.16299@ecst.csuchico.edu> stefanis@ecst.csuchico.edu (Nick Stefanisko) writes: >It has be done! Ever since I got my SoundBlaster I've been trying >to convert u-law to 8bit samples. Finnaly some one has figured it out. >at ab20.larc.nasa.gov in /pub there is a program ulaw2iff.tar.Z >written for the Sun SARC, that will convert u-law to Amiga sounds. >Then you can use DP25 to convert the Amiga to PC sound. I'v tested it >and it works. The samples come out at a sample speed of 8129. Kind of >a strange number, but you have to remember that it has been converted >from a really strange format to a strange format to a normal format. So >crazy is expected. > >I tried to post a message similar to this one last night, but I think >I sent it to c.b.i.p instead of !!.d, sorry. Please don't flame, I don't >need that kind of preasure, what with finals and all. > > /// \.\ Nick Stefanisko (stefanis@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu) > /// .\\\ (stefanis@sunrfe.arc.nasa.gov) > /// ..................................................................... > \\\ . /// "Oodal-lada oodal-lada" --Thomas Dolby > \\\ .// > > > If you have Windows, take a look at Soundtool. It can convert (and edit) both Sun and NeXT sound files to at least straight sound data files, and I know there's a utility available to put a Soundblaster header onto the data file. This is still kind of round about, but I think it's a little closer, assuming you have Windows. I don't have a Soundblaster (yet!), so I haven't tried it that way, but you might want to take a look at this. It's available from cica.cica.indiana.edu, somewhere under /pub/pc/win3. Hope this helps. Scott. -- Scott A. Laird | Any semblance of the above to anything is purely lair@midway.uchicago.edu | coincidental, as it was the result of an infinite The University of Chicago | number of monkeys sneaking in to use my computer | for the afternoon.
bill@oracle.SCG.HAC.COM (Bill Neisius) (05/22/91)
In article <1991May17.212832.8978@midway.uchicago.edu> lair@ellis.uchicago.edu (Scott A. Laird) writes: >If you have Windows, take a look at Soundtool. If you don't have Windows, I can offer a Turbo C program that also does the conversion. Bill Neisius bill@solaria.hac.com