The “snd Editor” file included with this document contains a snd resource editor for ResEdit. (Actually, it only displays everything within the resource.) As there is no way of displaying the insides of a sound resource with ResEdit, it is obviously a major improvement upon the hex editor. To install it, open up the “snd Editor” file with ResEdit and copy everything in it. Open ResEdit itself and paste the resources in it.
You can’t edit sounds with it (yet), so the editor can mostly be used only to look at previously created sound resources, although you could use it to increase the speed of creating a new one.
When you open up a snd resource with this editor, a window will appear that will have either one or two panes depending upon the sound’s format. If it format one, it will have a top pane that contains a list of any synthesizers or modifiers accessed by the sound. Common ones (note, sampled, waveTable, and MIDI) synthesizers will be shown by their name. Both format one and two sounds also have a lower pane with a list of every command within the sound and their parameters. For some commands, such as noteCmd, the parameters are displayed in special formats. Otherwise, the parameters are simply displayed as decimal numbers.
Most sounds I’ve seen are quite boring, only having a single soundCmd or bufferCmd in them. If you want to see some neat sounds with lots of commands, check out the “unplayable” sound in ResEdit, and “Simple Beep” and “Clink Clank” sounds in the System.
One of the things I plan on adding in the future is the ability to edit these sounds. If you want toi see this, have some more ideas for pickers or editors, bug reports (gasp!), etc., just send me some sort of mail (Email included) telling me what you think about it. Even if you think it's just fine the way it is, or even if you hate it, send me something.
