Re: Apple II Sound & Music Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

[mjmahon@aol.com (MJMahon)]

On 9 Mar 1997 21:39:10 GMT, edhel@bigfoot.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.) wrote:

> On 9 Mar 1997 02:07:47 GMT, mjmahon@aol.com (MJMahon) wrote:
>
> >The quality is showcased nicely
> >if you have headphones or an external speaker attached to the tinny
> >little Apple speaker.  External amplification is cool, too!
>
> As with most programs, I'd guess you can sector-edit the program, and
> replace 30 C0 with 20 C0 to redirect the sound out the cassette port,
> which acts just like a 1/8" headphone port.

Not so easy...  There are 32 locations to patch, scattered through
Hi-res page 1.  A simple loop won't cut 22KHz oversampling.

> >The Sound Editor is just that, able to load, save, select, cut, paste,
> >change volume, resample (change frequency), compress 2:1 and
> >decompress 2:1 (using ADPCM).
> 
> I see you've made some improvements from the version from Softdisk 149
> :)
> 
> >To summarize,  if you think that all Apples before the GS could only
> >make beeps and snarls, download Sound Editor v2.2 and give it a
> >listen.  I think you'll be amazed.
>
> I'm amazed at the one on Softdisk 149--I can't wait for THIS one!

The actual sound _player_ is the same, but the editor has some
improvements!


-michael

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