Re: [sc-users] [ot] new 24-bit wav file format

[Erik de Castro Lopo <sc-erikd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bhob Rainey wrote:

>  >> Is SuperCollider's parser affected by this in any way, for example
>  >> loading these type of files into teh buffers ??
> 
>  > SuperCollider uses libsndfile and libsndfile works correctly.
> 
> yes and no.  after speaking with marantz for the 100th time, i have 
> learned that the cause of the additional noise in the file is due to 
> the fact that 'the last 12 bits are backwards'.

That is a malformed file.

Erik
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