Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Sample conversion tools
From: Paul Davis (pbd_AT_op.net)
Date: Tue Jun 04 2002 - 04:01:14 EEST
>libsndfile (http://www.zip.com.au/~erikd/libsndfile/) provides an
>excellent simple API for addressing data, and read/write in
>short/int/float/double (virtualised, ie. independant of what's on-disk).
>Although it doesn't give explicit support for file properties it would
>probably be trivial to add (via the existing sf_command() interface; Erik?)
i'm a huge fan of libsndfile (its so much better than the SGI inspired
API that does the same thing). but to be honest, sampler patches
aren't in libsndfile's domain. these patches come with all kinds of
information in addition to the actual audio data, and libsndfile
doesn't offer a coherent way of accessing it. keymapping, layer specs,
filter and FX parameters, etc etc.
in fact, what i really want to encourage anyone interested in this
stuff to do is this:
* look up Chicken Systems "translator" program for windows
* try it out under wine
* try it out under vmware or bochs
* write us (and the author) and tell us if it works
* ask the author to seriously consider a linux version if
it doesn't work under wine.
translator does *so* much stuff, and it seems pointless to redo it
unless strictly necessary. i talked with him a year or two ago, and he
seemed interested in the idea of it running on linux but without the
time, knowledge or energy to make it happen.
--p
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