Subject: [linux-audio-dev] Sample conversion tools
From: rm (async_AT_cc.gatech.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 03 2002 - 11:39:55 EEST
i currently have a simple gtk based app called abrowse for the
conversion of AKAI S1000/3000 sample libraries at
http://abrowse.sourceforge.net/
the current code base is around 3 years old, and i'm embarking on a
bit of re-architecting. interest has been expressed for generalizing
the program to include plugins to handle multiple formats.
my current plan is to support akai S1/3k, giga, and possibly roland
and emu formats. each plugin will support a path like abstraction for
addressing data, output in mono wav (float or integer?) along with
some set of properties in a key/value hash (in xml files perhaps?).
the intent is to get the most useful and important data into a format
which can be easily read and manipulated rather than to exhaustively
map all other sample formats onto some other general machine (ie
not to dictate the playback machine like DLS does).
the open question then is whether these features (vague as they are)
will cover a reasonable set of use cases, and whether there are any
features others might want for specific applications.
thanks,
rob
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Robert Melby
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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