Re: Interesting discovery ;o))
2001-04-30 by Nadav R
So is the "lost" sample the reason for the clicks I get when playing a recycled loop? it's exported to SF2, Imported to EXS, and when played under the filtered closed, I get lots of clicks and pops. Nadav At 12:37 30/04/01 +0000, you wrote:
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>Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:02:07 -0500 > From: "Rubber Chicken Software Co." <support@...> >Subject: Re: Interesting discovery ;o)) > >At 09:19 PM 4/29/01 +0200, you wrote: > > > >If u do a LOOP with the EXS at the right TEMPO... OK > > >But if after, i want to try the same WAV on the ARRANGE WINDOW it's > not the > > >same.... > > >and u know why..... > > >Because EMAGIC used the AIFF audio system conversion on WAVs...U can lose > > >few "samples"... > > > >Why? Only a buggy program could lose samples between AIFF and RIFF. Is the > >system conversion buggy? > >******** > >Not at all... It's not a Conversion or a lost samples problem. > >It's a simple fact : > >The WAV include ( play) the last sample point ( in a LOOP MODE) and not the > >AIFF, the AIFF don't play the Last Point... > >example : > >If you have Loop who start at sample "0" and END "100" , the WAV play The > >Point "100" and go back from the point 0, the AIFF play till the Point "99" > >and go back from the Top. > >The EXS converts all the samples as AIFF. > >It's the same problem with SF2 format, the last point is not played. > >Is that a result of the the AIFF and RIFF specifications themselves, or a >result of the specifications of the playback softwares? > >So when you refer to "lost samples", you are not referring to samples that >are not transferred, but to loop points that are incorrect? > >Garth Hjelte >Sampler User