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AUX: Aural eXchange
This is the first release of the AUX sound sample translator.
AUX translates sound samples between different file formats.
Currently, it translates between "raw" files, Sound Blaster .VOC files,
IRCAM SoundFile files, and SUN Sparcstation .au files.
After compiling, run 'tests'. It should print nothing. This
indicates that the programs mostly work. By reading the tests
you may see how to make a sound sample file which you can play.
'monkey.au' is a short lo-fi monkey screech.
AUX uses file suffices to determine the nature of a sound sample file.
If it finds the suffix in its list, it uses the appropriate read
or write handler to deal with that file. You may override the suffix
by giving a different type via the '-t type' argument. See the manual
page for more information.
I hope to inspire the creation of a common base of sound processing
tools for computer multimedia work, similar to the PBM toolkit for
image manipulation (but consuming less disk space :-).
The files I wrote are Copyright Lance Norskog, and may be used for
any purpose. The U-Law translation code comes from Jef Poskanzer's
SST shar package. SST contains a raft of sound effects programs
for the SPARC .AU format.