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- This text file is from my board:
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- If you're new to the audio thing, perhaps I can help you get going in the
- right direction. Basically, you've got two separate things, "soundfiles",
- and music. The soundfiles can be anything from a beep or a buzz sound, to
- thunder & rain, to a car crashing in stereo. They're played with a soundfile
- player, "Sound.lha" being one of the best, but there are a bunch of them.
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- You'll hear the term "IFF" associated with soundfiles, and that's just a
- type of format a soundfile has been saved in. The soundfile players, like
- Sound, play either IFF or non-IFF ("RAW") soundfiles, but if you're going to
- use soundfiles in a program, like DeluxeVideoIII or AmigaVision, they'll most
- likely have to be IFF. To convert a RAW soundfile to IFF, you use a sound
- editor, either commercial or PD. The commercial ones do a few more tricks,
- like saving in stereo, but for just saving a beep sound, a PD editor will
- work fine.
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- Music files fall roughly into two categories, self-playing and MODs. For
- the self-playing, just type in the name or click on the icon to play. The
- MODs need a MOD music player, and you should try out EaglePlayer, DeliTracker
- or PowerPlayer, those seem to be the best around these days. "Best" means
- that they can play the latest formats, an endless source of frustration in
- the MOD world.
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- As far as making your own music, forget all about Sonix, DMCS, and Music
- Studio...they've had their day. DMCS is trying to revive things with DMCS
- II, but it's a lost cause. Stick with one of the "trackers", like Noise-
- Tracker or MED.
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- Well, that should get ya started. Lemme know if ya got any questions.
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