SND (file)
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A SND file is a digital
sound file format that was created by Apple Inc.. Data stored in such files are commands for the Macintosh Sound Manager including wavetable instruments
and sound samples. Thus it is some kind of improved midi format. As well it can serve as a pure audio file format if only one command and one sound sample is stored in it.
Many other programs use audio files with the ending .snd.
Most likely it can be confused with the au file format
used in operation systems from sun
which sometimes also uses the extension .snd. Both data types differ in its header bytes. Sun uses the first four bytes of the file containing the magic number 0x2e736e64, while apple uses the first two bytes as a 16-bit integer contain the number 1 or 2.
The manufacturer of electronic music instruments AKAI
had an audio file format with the extension .snd. The first byte contains the number 1 and the second the number 4.
Digital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
sound file format that was created by Apple Inc.. Data stored in such files are commands for the Macintosh Sound Manager including wavetable instruments
Wavetable synthesis
Wavetable synthesis is used in certain digital music synthesizers to implement a restricted form of real-time additive synthesis. The technique was first developed by Wolfgang Palm of PPG in the late 1970s and published in 1979, and has since been used as the primary synthesis method in...
and sound samples. Thus it is some kind of improved midi format. As well it can serve as a pure audio file format if only one command and one sound sample is stored in it.
Many other programs use audio files with the ending .snd.
Most likely it can be confused with the au file format
Au file format
The Au file format is a simple audio file format introduced by Sun Microsystems. The format was common on NeXT systems and on early Web pages. Originally it was headerless, being simply 8-bit µ-law-encoded data at an 8000 Hz sample rate. Hardware from other vendors often used sample rates as...
used in operation systems from sun
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
which sometimes also uses the extension .snd. Both data types differ in its header bytes. Sun uses the first four bytes of the file containing the magic number 0x2e736e64, while apple uses the first two bytes as a 16-bit integer contain the number 1 or 2.
The manufacturer of electronic music instruments AKAI
Akai
Akai is a consumer electronics brand, founded by Saburo Akai as , a Japanese manufacturer in 1929. It is now headquartered in Singapore as a subsidiary of Grande Holdings, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate, which also owns the formerly Japanese brands Nakamichi and Sansui. The Akai brand is now used...
had an audio file format with the extension .snd. The first byte contains the number 1 and the second the number 4.
External links
- Documentation on developer.apple.com
- List of commands on developer.apple.com