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More music in AW // WishlistroluOct 15, 1998, 7:49am
We can play MID files from within AW, but what about support for MOD, XM,
S3M, MTM etc? I have a lot of <100kb MOD files that would be nice in my town. The XM and S3M files I have are way too big, but I suppose that there are small ones out there, too. Rolu scott d. millerOct 16, 1998, 8:55am
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Hey all;
I have been experimenting with some of the myriad of encoding formats in the wav file family. Specifically, I've been looking for a format that: "tastes great", is "less filling", and people have drivers to decode it. So far for music quality wav files, 22k samples/sec, 8 bit, and mono seems like about the minimum quality to use if you want to be able to tell that it is a cymbal the drummer is using to keep time (example). Within those constraints there are many formats, with PCM and the various CODECs creating very close to the same file sizes. There are a few encoding techniques that seem to use a variable sample size or use some other lossy compression technique. Most sound so nasty I cannot figure out what they could have been created for. I should have some time this weekend to call my ISP's tech support to *finally* learn how to FTP up to some of those megabytes of server space I've had included with my account. I hope to set up a little listening station so people can give me their opinion how stuff sounds. Stay tuned... ScottyDM -- Please send all SPAMS, FLAMES, and CONSPIRACY THEORIES to scottydm at cwia.com Send all other IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE to scottydm at codenet.net ___ /////\\ Digitally Enhanced Portrait of: {|-0-0-|} Scott D. Miller, | % | Silicon Mercenary \===/ Freelance Chip Designer always #5 FOO = ~FOO; // the sound of a beating heart |