Re: file format for sound
Re: file format for sound
- Subject: Re: file format for sound
- From: Admiral Quality <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:58:31 -0400
The .mod file is the classic example of this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOD_(file_format)
These days you might as well just play MP3s.
- AQ
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Brian Willoughby <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Aug 8, 2011, at 13:37, Bob Sabiston wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure I need to go buy a book to learn the answer to this fairly
>> simple question, do I? After slogging through all the crap necessary to get
>> synth sound and mixed channels w/ fx playback and music simultaneously on
>> iOS, I don't really feel like such an absolute beginner. I just am confused
>> as to why my mp3 playback does not work with longer files, and in addition I
>> am wondering whether a 'pure' sound format exists, where you get the samples
>> and their sequencing all bundled up in a file.
>
>
> A 'pure' sound format would only include sound, not sequencing or sample
> information. In other words, a bundle cannot be pure unless all of the data
> is of one type. What you're describing is a hybrid of sound waveforms and
> sequencing, with multiple data types in a single file. There have been such
> file types in the past, but they were usually custom-designed for one
> particular program and then adopted by one or two others.
>
> Brian Willoughby
> Sound Consulting
>
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