Re: .aiff wrapping?

Quoting James Harkins <jamshark70-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Is your recording format int16 or floating point?
>

It's floating point.  That's what's hard-coded into Server-record.

> If floating point, then the signal in the file isn't
> really clipped.
>

So, if it's floating point it will wrap instead of clip?  That doesn't make
sense.  Integers wrap, not floats.

What's strange is Audacity both displays and plays the aiff properly, i.e.
clipped.  Why doesn't Quicktime?

> hjh
>
> --- Lance Putnam <ljputnam-YszBOzCFqnGCCSEA9G1mgw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > For some reason, Quicktime (the player in 'Finder')
> > seems to have a problem
> > playing back .aiff files made in SC3.  I'm using the
> > record button on the
> > server window to record a clipped sinewave.
> >
> > (
> > SynthDef("help-SinOsc",{ arg out=0;
> >     Out.ar(out,
> >              SinOsc.ar(200, 0, 1.2)
> >     )
> > }).play;
> > )
> >
> > The waveform wraps instead of properly clipping as
> > shown in Sound Studio.  I
> > attached a picture of the waveform.  I would guess
> > that Quicktime is robust
> > enough to handle any .aiff sound format, so I'm
> > thinking this is SC3's problem.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lance
> >
> >
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Media Arts and Technology / UCSB
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