--- You wrote: UNIX question then a Csound question, but I am interested in furthering the discussion about handling floating point wave files. --- end of quote --- why use WAV files on UNIX at all?   Received: from stork.maths.bath.ac.uk by omphalos.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa18824; 4 Oct 98 23:30 BST Received: from mercury.bath.ac.uk by stork.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa04872; 4 Oct 98 23:30 BST Received: (qmail 15218 invoked from network); 4 Oct 1998 22:30:24 -0000 Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk (HELO exeter.ac.uk) (144.173.6.14) by mercury.bath.ac.uk with SMTP; 4 Oct 1998 22:30:24 -0000 Received: from noether [144.173.8.10] by hermes via SMTP (XAA25996); Sun, 4 Oct 1998 23:25:05 +0100 (BST) Received: from exeter.ac.uk by maths.ex.ac.uk; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 23:24:53 +0100 Received: from titan.mad.servicom.es [194.106.0.133] by hermes via ESMTP (XAA15417); Sun, 4 Oct 1998 23:24:53 +0100 (BST) Received: from [194.149.195.229] by titan.mad.servicom.es (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO203-101c) ID# 158-43936U25000L25000S0) with ESMTP id AAC9659; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:24:51 +0200 X-Sender: x001vj00@pop.tfn.servicom.es Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3613EF51.4B9B5A63@intercom.es> References: <361348AA.AD2FE4AE@netvision.net.il> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Josep M Comajuncosas From: Javier Ruiz Subject: JL Cooper FM3 for MIDI control of Csound instruments Cc: csound@maths.ex.ac.uk Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:24:51 +0200 Sender: owner-csound-outgoing@maths.ex.ac.uk Precedence: bulk >Btw, does anyone in the list use any MIDI controller box for realtime >MIDI control of Csound instruments? If any, which are the most suitable >for this purpose? I=B4d like something full of knobs and sliders >assignable to any midi ctr.... Hola Josep, lately I have been using a FM3, a 200$ small box with 16 sliders, that transmit volume messages. It is from JL Cooper. However the sliders are very short. Maybe the Peavey 1600 is a better option, but of course much more expensive. P.S. Josep, puedes encontrar el FM3 en Ventamatic por unas 30.000 ptas. Javier Ruiz Tenerife-Spain   Received: from stork.maths.bath.ac.uk by omphalos.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa19024; 5 Oct 98 0:47 BST Received: from pat.bath.ac.uk by stork.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa13000; 5 Oct 98 0:47 BST Received: (qmail 11187 invoked from network); 4 Oct 1998 23:47:01 -0000 Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk (HELO exeter.ac.uk) (144.173.6.14) by pat.bath.ac.uk with SMTP; 4 Oct 1998 23:47:01 -0000 Received: from noether [144.173.8.10] by hermes via SMTP (AAA12433); Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:41:56 +0100 (BST) Received: from exeter.ac.uk by maths.ex.ac.uk; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:41:44 +0100 Received: from jaguars-int.cableinet.net [193.38.113.9] by hermes via SMTP (AAA17238); Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:41:43 +0100 (BST) Received: (qmail 27330 invoked from network); 4 Oct 1998 23:40:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cableinet.co.uk) (194.117.146.131) by jaguars with SMTP; 4 Oct 1998 23:40:07 -0000 Message-ID: <361804D8.E0B2FD8A@cableinet.co.uk> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:29:28 +0100 From: Richard Dobson Organization: Composers Desktop project X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: csound@maths.ex.ac.uk Subject: Re: Handling floating point wave files... References: <13393083@donner.Dartmouth.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-csound-outgoing@maths.ex.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Probably no reason at all, other than for portability between machines. On non-Intel unix systems, aiff would probably be a better bet, as no byte-swapping is needed. They may be more likely to parse and play it correctly, too! Until Microsoft defined Type-3, all floating-point formats have been more-or-less unofficial, with therefore little scope for portability. It will of course be a while before ~any~ machines can play them directly. Richard Dobson Matt J. Ingalls wrote: > > --- You wrote: > UNIX question then a Csound > question, but I am interested in furthering > the discussion about handling floating point > wave files. > --- end of quote --- > why use WAV files on UNIX at all?