Voice Crystal - Audio Sound Tools
Several browsers have built-in-player or Plug-in support for the AU and
Real Audio sound file format provided on our site, including Netscape for
PC & Mac, however, you will need a program to play or convert our free
Mpeg (.mp2) "Full Version" samples.
Also, for Windows users, you can extract samples digitally from our audio
CD's with the free Digital Domain software.
&
Win95
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Real
Player from Progressive
Networks will allow you to listen to the Real Audio files on this
site. We encode them at 32khz stereo which results in a 20:1 compression
ratio while maintaining a decent playback quality.
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CoolEdit96
from Syntrillium Software is an
exceptional Win3.1 & Win95 tool for all types of audio manipulation and
conversion. It's a full-featured player/editor/converter and will provide
you with tools to loop the samples, as well as saving them into essentially
every format available, including AU and
Mpeg.
When downloading it, be sure to download the "MPEG Filters for use with Cool
Edit:" plug-in filters at the bottom of the Cooledit page.
It can also be setup as a helper app in Netscape so that it will automatically
pop-up and decode our Mpeg samples when you click on them.
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DiDo
(Digital Domain) is a free
CD Audio Grabber Windows program which allows you to directly
copy audio data from CD to a WAV file - includes a synchronisation mechanism
for crystal clear recordings. Easy to use. Source included.
Out of several audio cd extraction tool shareware / freeware programs we've
tested here, this software by Michiel Overtoom (motoom@xs4all.nl) actually
worked! Can be used with IDE CD-ROMs, has useful features and is simple to
use.
Download dido4.zip (size
58k)
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Awave is
an excellent shareware program which allows you to play, edit and convert
audio and wavetable instrument sound files into a wide variety of different
formats.
Windows 95/NT only
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The ADI Mpeg Audio PLAYer (AMAPLAY) is a full featured, high
quality 32 bit Mpeg audio player for use with Windows 95 and
NT. AMAPLAY decodes & plays your Mpeg files instantly, therefore it is
great for auditioning files on the Web or your hard drive, then when you
want to convert the file to Wav or other format, use CoolEdit above. AMAPLAY
will not run under Windows 3.1.
http://www.adi.net/amaplay.html
Macintosh
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MpegAudio
converts MPEG audio files to/from AIFF files, which is a more
common format for audio files on the Mac. It comes in three versions; one
for the PowerMac and one for older Macs with or without fpu. Created by George
Warner and available at his website
http://home.ptd.net/~warnergt.
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mpegaudio1.0ppc
Converts MPEG audio files to/from AIFF files for the PowerPC.
BinHex4.0, StuffIt3.51 formats.
Also available from:
United
Kingdom WWW
http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/mac-umich/sound/soundutil/mpegaudio1.0ppc.sit.hqx
United
Kingdom FTP
ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/mac-umich/sound/soundutil/mpegaudio1.0ppc.sit.hqx
Michigan
WWW
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/sound/soundutil/mpegaudio1.0ppc.sit.hqx
Nexor
http://web.nexor.co.uk/public/mac/archive/cgi-bin/location/sound/soundutil/mpegaudio1.0ppc.sit.hqx$
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mpegaudionofpu1.0a6
Converts MPEG audio files to/from AIFF files; for standard Macs, no fpu
required. BinHex4.0, StuffIt3.50 formats.
Also Available from:
United
Kingdom WWW
http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/mac-umich/sound/soundutil/mpegaudionofpu1.0a6.sit.hqx
United
Kingdom FTP
ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/mac-umich/sound/soundutil/mpegaudionofpu1.0a6.sit.hqx
Michigan
WWW
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/sound/soundutil/mpegaudionofpu1.0a6.sit.hqx
Nexor
http://web.nexor.co.uk/public/mac/archive/cgi-bin/location/sound/soundutil/mpegaudionofpu1.0a6.sit.hqx$
Other Sites for all formats:
http://pubweb.nexor.co.uk/public/mac/archive/data/sound/soundutil/index.htm#Hometopl
http://www.powerweb.de/mpeg/mpega.html
http://www.lama.com/home/softwa.html
http://www.windows95.com/apps/sound.html
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