Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Sample conversion tools
From: rm (async_AT_cc.gatech.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 03 2002 - 23:10:15 EEST
On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 07:08:42PM +0200, Frank Neumann wrote:
> Yeah - I noticed there was some sign of life in one of the daily CVS
> updates I did last week :-).
i'm surprised that anyone was watching (or had the patience to watch).
> > 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?).
>
> You might also want to add Kurzweil format to the list. I happen to have
> some sampling CDs from a friend, and I once started investigating a bit
> on the filesystem format. Not much, but a start. You might at least use
> me as a guinea pig there :-).
> Of course, the ultimate goal would be the Linux variant of something
> like Awave (http://www.fmjsoft.com), but I think for a start being able
> to get the wav's out of those CDs is already a good target :-).
that would be nice. i wonder if sampler companies release their disc
formats and file formats--alot of tools have pretty expansive support.
i doubt that so many people could reverse engineer so many formats in
a short time. but maybe? i would be interested in hearing anyone's
stories about how to get file formats and stuff.
rob
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