Re: Apple II cassettes by Brutal Deluxe Software

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Polymorph wrote:
>  To: Toinet
> Toinet wrote:
>
> > On 9 jan, 00:23, "Polymorph" <polymo...@a2central.com.remove-x8e-this>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >   To: Polymorph
> > >
> > > Polymorph wrote:
> > >
> > > > Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> > > > Actually, I don't think you can (I'd love to be proven wrong!). 
> > > > Audacity
> > > > seems to only support 16, 24, and 32 bit waves. In fact, when you open
> > > > an 8 bit wave file it automatically converts it into a 16 bit wave 
> > > > file.
> > >
> > > Guess I should have done a Google before posting. Apparently you can
> > > export 8 bit waves by following this rather convoluted 
> > > procedure:http://n2.nabble.com/Audacity-help-creating-8-bit-WAV-files-td277530.... 
> > >
> > >
> > > Why the audacity developers decided to make this feature so obscure is
> > > beyond me, but at least it is possible.
> > >
> > > Sorry for the misinformation. But it is good news for me too, as I have
> > > been wanting Audacity to be able to do this too.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Mike
> >
> >
> > Got it on the Mac version:
> > - menu File > Export
> > - select "other uncompressed format"
> > - click the "options" button
> > - select WAV / 8-bit unsigned
> > - That's done
> >
> > On the PC version:
> > - Edit > Preferences
> > - Export > WAV, 8-bit unsigned
> > - That's it
> >
> > The PC version is easier to you...
>
>
> Maybe easy, but not very intuitive. The Mac version sounds more 
> intuitive - at least it lists the option within the export dialog. 
> Having to go into application preferences to determine the export format 
> seems a little dumb to me (maybe its just me though  :-)  ).

Different strokes...

GoldWave puts the option in the Save dialog, but since most users will
want to always save in the same format, making it a Preference is quite
reasonable.

Reading the documentation is always good.  ;-)

-michael

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