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Re: AIFF to Wave file conversion [message #100812 is a reply to message #100797] |
Thu, 30 October 2008 09:28 |
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On 2008-10-29 21:27:44 -0700, "Rod Lincoln" <rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com> said:
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> Can you set Garage band to export wave files in the preferences. (I'm not
> a mac guy so I don't know) I use wavelab to convert from aiff to Wave. Maybe
> there's something else that's free that will do it. Does wavelab have a free
> basic version? , maybe that will do it. (just guessing)
>
> Rod
> "uptown jimmy" <johnson314@bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> Howdy, kids.
>>
>> Got the wifely an iMac, which of course includes Garageband, where I've
> been
>> working up a few drum grooves. I've managed to network the iMac to my Paris
>> PC, and have no problem transferring files back and forth wirelessly.
>>
>> Now I just don't know how to convert AIFF files to Wave files that Paris
>> can recognize. There's folks selling software to do it. Do I need to just
>> buckle down and make the purchase?
>>
>> I prefer to work in Paris, honestly. What am I missing in this effort to
>> transfer files?
As a sidebar - I believe that in the absence of accurate information,
makers of conversion software have made incorrect assumptions about the
PARIS community and by implication the PAF format.
I reckon there's a general assumption that nobody uses PAF any more -
the visible indicator of this assumption is that there are quite a
number of conversion utilities that *read* PAF but a much smaller
number that *write* PAF. Because the work involved to add *write*
functionality seems trivial in comparison to the original task of
including PAF compatibility in the first place, my guess is that the
general assumptions are that PAF is a dead format, the only conceivable
use for PAF compatibility is "retrieving files from old archives", and
that nobody would actually wish to *create* PAFs any more. So my guess
is that *write* functionality wasn't turned on simply because even this
trivial amount of work was thought to be pointless.
I want to address that incorrect assumption head-on. I reckon there's
a comparatively trivial amount of work necessary to make conversion
utilities that *read* PAF *write* PAF as well, so once the forums are
up and running I'm going to be hitting up every maker of conversion
software that I can think of that *reads* PAF format, showing them the
forums and Wiki and blog (giving a more accurate indicator of
existence/size/heft of current community) and say "please turn this
functionality on".
- Kerry
"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon
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Re: AIFF to Wave file conversion [message #100817 is a reply to message #100812] |
Thu, 30 October 2008 16:52 |
Ted Gerber
Messages: 705 Registered: January 2009
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Thanks Kerry-
You (and I) can start with Snapper...
http://www.audioease.com/Pages/Snapper/snapper-download.html
Ted
KerryGalloway <kg@kerrygalloway.com> wrote:
>On 2008-10-29 21:27:44 -0700, "Rod Lincoln" <rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com>
said:
>
>>
>> Can you set Garage band to export wave files in the preferences. (I'm
not
>> a mac guy so I don't know) I use wavelab to convert from aiff to Wave.
Maybe
>> there's something else that's free that will do it. Does wavelab have
a free
>> basic version? , maybe that will do it. (just guessing)
>>
>> Rod
>> "uptown jimmy" <johnson314@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Howdy, kids.
>>>
>>> Got the wifely an iMac, which of course includes Garageband, where I've
>> been
>>> working up a few drum grooves. I've managed to network the iMac to my
Paris
>>> PC, and have no problem transferring files back and forth wirelessly.
>>>
>>> Now I just don't know how to convert AIFF files to Wave files that Paris
>>> can recognize. There's folks selling software to do it. Do I need to
just
>>> buckle down and make the purchase?
>>>
>>> I prefer to work in Paris, honestly. What am I missing in this effort
to
>>> transfer files?
>
>As a sidebar - I believe that in the absence of accurate information,
>makers of conversion software have made incorrect assumptions about the
>PARIS community and by implication the PAF format.
>
>I reckon there's a general assumption that nobody uses PAF any more -
>the visible indicator of this assumption is that there are quite a
>number of conversion utilities that *read* PAF but a much smaller
>number that *write* PAF. Because the work involved to add *write*
>functionality seems trivial in comparison to the original task of
>including PAF compatibility in the first place, my guess is that the
>general assumptions are that PAF is a dead format, the only conceivable
>use for PAF compatibility is "retrieving files from old archives", and
>that nobody would actually wish to *create* PAFs any more. So my guess
>is that *write* functionality wasn't turned on simply because even this
>trivial amount of work was thought to be pointless.
>
>I want to address that incorrect assumption head-on. I reckon there's
>a comparatively trivial amount of work necessary to make conversion
>utilities that *read* PAF *write* PAF as well, so once the forums are
>up and running I'm going to be hitting up every maker of conversion
>software that I can think of that *reads* PAF format, showing them the
>forums and Wiki and blog (giving a more accurate indicator of
>existence/size/heft of current community) and say "please turn this
>functionality on".
>
>- Kerry
>
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