Hi Folks,

SoundTool version 2.5 is available for anonymous ftp at:
129.69.1.12 /soft/incoming/pc sndtoo25.txt & sndtoo25.zip

I will put a copy on cica when it is up again.

SoundTool 2.5 now has support for:
SOU: raw 8-bit linear sounds
SND: Sounder & SoundTool raw 8-bit linear sounds
SNP: SoundTool packed 8-bit linear sounds
TXT: ANSI Text files, 8-bit range 0...255
NXT: NeXT 8-Bit and 16-bit uLaw sounds
AU:  SUN  8-bit and 16-bit uLaw sounds
IFF: Electronic Arts 8-bit linear samples
VOC: 8-bit linear samples found inside VOC files
WAV: Microsoft Multimedia 8-bit linear sounds

I have tested it under Windows 3.1, it runs with
DSOUND.DLL under 3.0 and 3.1.
Registered users can get drivers for SoundBlaster
and all Multimedia Extension driven devices.

Martin.



Anyone interested in creating their own Sound Effects for Windows 3.1
may want to check out WAVEPOOL. Wavepool is a "C" (AWK) like language
with built-in math and sound-wave functions. WAVEPOOL also comes with
14 sound effects that you can modify yourself!

I've tested the generated WAV files with Windows 3.1 using a Sound
Blaster and they work great.

The WAV files also sound fine using the SPEAKER.DRV driver if you
don't have a Sound Blaster card. Be sure to set the speed correctly
for "PC Speaker Driver" in Set-up. On my 386/33 system system, a speed
of 265 is about perfect. Tweek the speed until CLOCK.WAV ticks 1/sec.

I have uploaded WAVEPOOL.ZIP to snake.mcs.kent.edu:/tmp and
wuarchive.wustl.edu:/MSDOS_UPLOADS. You should be able to FTP it
from these locations.

If you don't have FTP access, you can download WAVEPOOL from Exec-PC,
CompuServe (WINADV or IBMNEW) or from our BBS at 614-888-8056.

The current version of WAVEPOOL runs under DOS and only creates .VOC
files, so you will also need VOC2WAV.EXE to convert from VOC to WAV.

Here is what you need to get from wuarchive.wustl.edu:

    /MSDOS_UPLOADS/wavepool.zip
    /MSDOS_UPLOADS/speak.exe        (if you don't have Sound Blaster)
    /mirrors2/win3/uploads/VOC2WAV.ZIP

BTW: Wavepool programs are small ASCII files that can easily be
sent via e-mail. If you create some nice sound effects, please mail
me a copy :-)

Have fun,

Brian Lockrey
brian@aicorp.uucp