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- WM WAVtoDFT
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- WM WAVtoDFT performs lossy data compression on sound files conforming to the
- WAV subset used by all WAVmaker applications {WMWAV}. The compression ratio
- depends on the characteristics of the sound and on the required resolution
- (sound quality). For isolated instrumental notes, you can get good quality
- from DFT files ZIPped (or otherwise archived with standard lossless
- compressors) to less than *** 1/50 *** of the original WAV filesize!
-
- IMPORTANT: WM WAVtoDFT and WM DFTtoWAV {DFTtoWAV} run in real mode and use
- extended memory (XMS) to compress and decompress sound data. You
- must have HIMEM.SYS or equivalent (see your DOS manual) installed
- and a sufficiently large, contiguos block of free XMS memory
- available for the programs to run.
-
- Unfortunately, the algorithm employed is not suitable for the disk-based
- approach used by most other WAVmaker applications. WM WAVtoDFT and WM DFTtoWAV
- are slow enough as they are; if they were to work directly with disk files,
- they would be intolerable. BE PATIENT! Do not worry if they seem to have sent
- the machine to lunch - they haven't, they are just thinking!
-
- Needless to say, larger sample files require more memory. With 3 MB of free
- XMS memory, you should be able to handle 3 seconds' worth of sound data at
- the highest allowed sampling rate (44.1 kHz). Stereo channels are handled
- separately, so that's actually 3 seconds' worth per sound channel. The word
- size employed in the WAV file makes no difference as far as memory
- requirements are concerned, but it is reflected by the size of the compressed
- file.
-
- Usage: WAVtoDFT <source> [<destination>]
-
- If no <destination> is given, the <source> filename is used. The
- default extensions are WAV and DFT, respectively. The default
- directories are WAV\ and DFT\; you can override these choices with
- the /WAV and /DFT options.
-
- Options: /WAV <source directory>
- /DFT <destination directory>
- /r <resolution> (0-65535: smaller for better quality, default is 2)
- /q (quiet mode: no screen output)
-
- The following title:value pairs are written to WAVmaker's public Function key
- file {FnKeys} upon successful termination:
-
- File #1 : <source>
- File #2 : <destination>
- WAV file : <source>
- DFT file : <destination>
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