Re: WAV Files to GS

[nathan@mixer.visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <4tgodv$7a2@newslink.runet.edu>,
Dennis McClain-Furmanski <dmcclain@runet.edu> wrote:
>I checked Nathan's very impressive collection of FAQ-like substances and 
>found no reference to this problem. Likewise, none of the software I've 
>tried seems to work.

   Well, about the first time I've seen this asked in the past
year. If someone asks it again in the next 6 months, it'll be frequent
enough to go on some of my web pages. [And if you think there's a lot
of stuff on my pages now, my (in beta) general questions page has
nearly 70 links on it.]

>How to get a *.WAV file into something a GS can work with. Having done that,
>how to convert it back to *.WAV.

   AudioZap 2.0 (shareware, $20) can read WAVs; problem is, it knocks
them down to what the GS can handle: 8-bit mono. So if you played
around with them on the GS, the uploaded quality would be a fair chunk
lower than it was originally. 

   Problem is, with some many GS Fruitcakes out there wanting to call
and/or write him, Ian Schmidt has declined to post his new address or
really participate in c.s.a2. You can email him at
irsman@winternet.com and see if he's interested in taking your money.

   On the unix side, you may want to investigate downloading and
installing 'sox'. It can convert between WAVs, aus, and a bunch more
formats.

Nathan