[comp.sys.next] NeXT <--> Sparc sound conversion?

deke@ee.rochester.edu (Dikran Kassabian) (05/30/91)

I'm looking for utilities to convert between NeXT snd files and Sparc audio
files.  Are any PD programs available?  I looked on sonata.cc.purdue.edu
but couldn't locate one.

Since the headers and formats seem to be well documented, this shouldn't be
difficult.  I'll write them myself if they don't already exist.

Any pointers or info appreciated.  Please reply directly to me and I'll gladly
summarize if there is sufficient interest.

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    ^Deke Kassabian,   deke@ee.rochester.edu   or   ur-valhalla!deke
 Director, Computing and Networking Group for the School of Engineering
     University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 (+1 716-275-3106)

deke@ee.rochester.edu (Dikran Kassabian) (05/31/91)

In <1991May29.185618.5080@ee.rochester.edu> deke@ee.rochester.edu (I) write:
>
>I'm looking for utilities to convert between NeXT snd files and Sparc audio
>files. 

The following folks pointed out that the file formats are the same (for SunOS
4.1 or later):

  smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith)
  severyn@athena.ecs.csus.edu (Niles Severyn)
  alvin@spica.ucsc.edu (Alvin Jee)
  dml@mozart.esl.com (Denis Lynch)
  alex@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu (Alex Raftis)
  eps@toaster.sfsu.edu (Eric P. Scott)

The following mentioned that utilities like sndconvert and raw2audio 
were useful depending on your source and target formats.

  russ@synapse.ee.ufl.edu (Russell Walters)
  chesnutt@adobe.com (Stan Chesnutt)

Implicit in all replies was the fact that we need to be talking about 8 bit
mulaw in order for the Sparc to be involved.  This had slipped my mind :-/

Thanks all,
^Deke