Re: [LAU] Wav loop points

ah, the "smpl" chunk ... probably that stuff. i've never actually heard of
samplers using this ;) interesting ....

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Paul Davis <paul@email-addr-hiddenwrote:

> The most common formats for "loops defined inside an audio file" have
> historically been non-WAV (or extensions to wav), such as REX, and
> proprietary.
>
> The WAV spec does include the concept of a playlist, consisting of cue
> points and lengths. By themselves, these don't really define "loops" in a
> way that is generally going to be clear to the user.
>
> libsndfile can definitely read these from the file, but i'm not sure what
> an app would do with them. providing a sample with a loop point(s) defined
> would be good.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@email-addr-hiddenwrote:
>
>> *Wrote this some time ago to the list, never got a reply. Now looking
>> through the archives, I don't see this mail at all. I did attach a file, so
>> maybe it was filtered.
>> This is why I am duplicating this.*
>>
>> Hey fellas!
>>
>> I notice that no Linux samplers seem to support wav file loop points.
>> All Windows DAWs that I have used support the format and there are a lot of
>> samples out there with perfect loop points which is very useful.
>> I have no idea whether this is part of the spec or not but these looppoints have been used for more than 15 years, that's for sure, since some
>> of these sample collections have been around during tracking days. I did
>> find something on loops here:
>> http://www.sonicspot.com/guide/wavefiles.html
>> But I think you, devs, know better than me anyway.
>>
>> I think it would be great if LMMS, samplers like Petri-Foo would support
>> this, as this adds a lot of functionality. Many sample collections provide
>> perfect loops and it is tiresome to have to try to remake it by hand
>> each time, while in some software it is simply impossible at all.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> ps: I can provide you with a sample example with loop points
>>
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