Re: Digital Audio Revolution IIGS (MP3 how-to for IIGS)

[cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2)]

Thanks for the article on the MP3 file conversions from the PC to the GS. Very
informative.  I'm matching this one with the same step by step info outline on
conversions of any music or sound file over to the GS for OverSampler play from
the Mac using The OuickTime Pro  "Movie Player".  I'll do my best to post it
here in the next day or so.

With respect to MP3, MPEG, Audio CD tracks, MOD, MIDI and so on...they can be
ported with full stereo, SRS, DolbySurround, RSS, Holophonic, Octaphonic,
Transaural and/or Binaural, etc.  In short...any dimensional sound coding,
panning or sound scape shift location within a 360 global audio listening
field.

A couple of examples are available for download and listening from the 
folder noted below.

ftp://tarnover.dyndns.org//cabi/Music.and.Sound/OVERSAMPLER.MUSIC.FILES/

Download and listen to; Bend.4D.SHK and Brain.4D.SHK, both with RSS (Roland
Space
System) processing.

I didn't use your suggestion of sample rate assignments to the files I
converted, but
they sound as clear to me as the original did on the Mac in either 8 or 16 bit.
 I manually assigned what I considered as the correct aux. value for
OverSampler to play the file at by listening to it as the original file with
OverSampler and made a direct file type conversion from the Mac data file: QT
Pro 'Movie Player' .wav file to IIgs ProDOS raw binary file with the correct
play rate assigned to the files aux. value using Seven Hill's 'Disk Access'
NDA.  There are other methods/programs for such if you wanted to work from P8
with the file change and aux. value/play rate also.  Karl Bunker's File-a-Trix
CDA, worked good for me.

If I recall correctly, Scott Gamon (Scott G.) first made such conversions with
a few music/song files he archived and uploaded to the Apple2 ftp site "Ground"
a year or two ago.

Supertimer, rest assured your post and article will promptly be added to the
Music.and.Sound folder of the GS WorldView Nov99 issue.  I'd suspect it will
also
be included in the CSA2 FAQ's also.

I have a question for you to answer please:  Is it possible to convert the MP3
and/or other music, sound, audio files such as; MIDI, MOD, S3M, OctaMed, Audio
CD tracks, etc.
from the PC platform to the GS - as you outlined in your post and article, with
the inclusion of stereo and other special sound scape - dimensional coding, for
listening with OverSampler as such on the GS?

Looking forward to your answer on this, as I've never explored the options of
such with a PC and have only used the Mac.

Cheers,
Tom