Short: Play 14bits-samples in protracker etc. Author: kjetilma@ifi.uio.no (Kjetil S Matheussen) Uploader: kjetilma ifi uio no (Kjetil S Matheussen) Type: mus/misc Requires: Nothing. Architecture: m68k-amigaos This all new picture displayer is capable of showing almost any image type in any resolution. Main features include: - Scrolling screens - CLI and WB interface ...... The sample-converter Pro14bit beta. Made by Kjetil S Matheussen 1996. Works on all amigas. As you probably know, the Pro14bit program converts a 16 bit raw sample into two 8 bits raw samples. The point is, when you play this two samples simultaniously in a music-program (such as protracker), you actually hear a 14 bit sample! And yes, it works. No joke. The conversion is probably not done correctly (it's only a beta-version), so you will not get the ultimate sample quality. But anyway, the difference in sound-quality is quite huge (as I see it) when you do this. So it's not a vaste of time. The input format are raw, 16 bit, mono, signed, Intel word-format (XINU)). The output format are normal raw 8 bits samples for the 680x0. Just load them in to your amiga-program, and use it. If you load the samples in to a intel-machine (to screamtracker, for example, which only support 8 bits samples), you probably have to swap the byte order afterwards or something. Please allso note that the result will differ from soundcard to soundcard. (But it works okey on the paula though.) Eksample on how to convert a 16 bit sample (such as .wav): Amisox -t .raw -s -w -x ram:sample.raw Pro14bit ram:sample.raw delete ram:sample.raw (The can be at any format that Amisox supports.) You will now have two files called .raw8 and .raw6. Load them into protracker. Set the volume of .raw8 to 64, and the volume of .raw6 to 01. Play both samples simultaniously at the same channel at the same pitch. And Voila! Allso, try to turn off the .raw6, to hear the difference. If you don't have, or don't want to use Amisox (its quite slow, you know), you can do the conversion like this: "Pro14bit ", where is a .wav-file. This will work fine, but there will be a click-noice at the beginning of the samples. You can just cut them away manually. Tips: If you save .raw 16 bit sample in Fasttracker on the pc, you will have a sample with the right format. CONTACT ME: Kjetil S Matheussen 5423 Sogn Studentby 0858 OSLO NORWAY tlf: +47 22 18 85 61 e-mail: kjetilma@ifi.uio.no http://www.ifi.uio.no/~kjetilma/pro14bit/ File lengths: pro14bitbet - 3690 bytes pro14bitbet.doc - 2272 bytes Pro14bitbet.e - 5038 bytes ---------------------------- 11000 bytes ---------------------------- Pro14bitbet.lha - 3941 bytes. ----------------------------- -end of file-