Re: . Wav files

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <f1d7b5b3.0312091315.76d16610@posting.google.com>,
dj_lx <dj_lx1@juno.com> wrote:
>Is there a program for the Apple II that can record .WAV files?

Years ago, Nibble published a program that would sample audio on the
cassette-in port (present on the II, II+, and IIe only).  It was just one
bit per sample at however many samples per second it could manage.  As you
could guess, the quality was pretty crappy.

Theoretically, a sound file created in this manner could be converted to a
WAV.  I don't think it would be worth it.  Anything better than that would
require extra hardware to sample the audio...unless you're running on a
IIGS.  A IIGS can capture 8-bit audio at a usable sample rate.  Converting
this to a WAV wouldn't be too difficult, but I don't know if anybody ever
bothered writing software for the IIGS that would read/write WAV files (most
audio software uses one of several "native" formats instead).

(You could save raw sample data in a binary file, copy that to another
machine, and use sox to attach a WAV header.  Since that other machine most
likely has (better) audio-capture hardware, though, you might as well do the
capture on the other machine.)

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