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- dissidents samp.library and support materials May 28, 1990
-
- The material contained in this distribution is copyright 1989, 1990
- dissidents. All items are freely redistributable and may be used in any
- product ( commercial or otherwise ). There are no fees, licenses, or other
- rabid capitalist pranks to deal with. About the only thing you can't do is
- sell the enclosed code, executables, or documentation ( excepting a nominal
- fee for media and mailing charges. )
-
- This distribution includes about 30 files total, covering the IFF SAMP format
- for high quality sampled sound files. Details are found in the enclosed docs,
- but in brief, SAMP offers many advantages compared to the 8SVX format,
- including, resolutions much greater than 8 bits ( 16 bits is typical ), very
- high sample rates, upto 255 distinct sounds per SAMP file ( any size ), the
- ability to store stereo sounds and data for playback mapping, VCA and VCF
- settings, and more. ( Application specific data is also allowed. )
-
- SAMP is the creation of Jeff Glatt and Jim Fiore of dissidents. It is
- intended for use with professional quality music software and hardware. It is
- also suitable for use with data aquisition systems. The samp.library allows
- you to add SAMP support to your programs with a minimum of fuss and bother.
- There are three main examples of use in C: Exam.c, samp_readout.c, and
- samp_writer.c. The code has been tested with both the Manx ( 3.6 ) and
- Lattice ( 5.05 ) compilers. Assembly language examples are also given. In
- order to use these examples ( executables are included ), the enclosed
- libraries must be copied over to LIBS: ( samp.library, requester.library. The
- instype.library must also be copied for the InstrumType example. )
-
- We are interested in pushing the Amiga in the professional audio / music
- market, and would like to hear from folks working on projects in this area.
- If you have any questions or comments about SAMP, don't hesitate to drop us a
- line. We may be reached at:
-
- dissidents
- 730 Dawes Avenue
- Utica, NY 13502
- (315) 797-0343
-
- On BIX, contact jfiore
-
- PS - details about requester.library and our other freebie developer tools
- are available from the Fred Fish collection, via BIX, or directly from us.
-
- Warning: there were a few bugs in an earlier version of this package uploaded
- to BIX. If you have that version or earlier, please discard it in its
- entirety.
-