| Windows Audio Primer please [message #105068] |
Thu, 18 March 2010 20:36  |
Ted Gerber
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Registered: January 2009
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Howdy -
Since I've just switched to a new quad core Intel i7 running Mike A's drivers on XP, I'm a bit lost when it comes to basic audio stuff on Windows. For instance, if I want to rip a tune from a CD for reference, so far I can only get it into Windows audio format, which most DAWs won't recognize. On a Mac, any conversion would be done in Peak with the batch processor when needed.
What are the standard windows formats? What do you guys use to get things into Paris and other apps easily? Is it easy to get audio into .wav format? Are most files in .wav format "Broadcast waves"? and therefore needing to be run through Stripwav before being usable in Paris?
Thanks
Ted
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| Re: Windows Audio Primer please [message #105069 is a reply to message #105068] |
Fri, 19 March 2010 10:47  |
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I use MP3 for all compressed audio - can't stand WMA, such a PITA getting "listeners" to do what I want on my OSX Mac. I use WAV for everything else. Many PC apps I've tried seem to write BWF by default, but Reaper can be set to write "PARIS-friendly" (ie non-BWF) WAV by default in preferences.
I use Reaper to do most of my "to PARIS" file prep now, it has a great batch processor so it's quick to translate a whole bunch at once.
Going the other way - getting audio *out* of PARIS - I use AATranslator to export OMFs of full sessions (they come out as WAV). It can now read PAFs and work with them directly on the edit screen, and since we now have the source code for the wrapper that allows that PAF reading, a little bit of coding time will see Reaper writing PAF as well. There are lots of very practical translation options shaping up, going either way.
"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon
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| Re: Windows Audio Primer please [message #105132 is a reply to message #105127] |
Sat, 27 March 2010 10:38 |
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| Ted Gerber wrote on Fri, 26 March 2010 09:58 | Is there a .paf patch I need to DL and add to Reaper program files in order to get the
PARIS functionality? .paf is not an output option in the Reaper batch file converter...
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Hey Ted... the current version of the Xenakios' libsndfile wrapper is available here; download it and drop it in (it goes in a subfolder in the Reaper program folder - can't remember which at the moment, I'm on family vacation right now). It doesn't write PAF yet, it just lets Reaper read it. For the time being you have to output audio from Reaper to PARIS as WAV (it's under Project settings; uncheck "write BWF header" or whatever they call it).
We have the source code, so the "write" part of the functionality will just be a matter of someone taking that ball and running with it. The "read" part took Xenakios a couple of hours, the "write" part's a bit more involved and will probably take between a day and a week's free time. I'd do it myself but I have zero coding skills, but I daresay someone will step up and tackle it before too long.
"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon
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