Cool Edit can read .au files, though I did find a bug in the first
version of Cool Edit Pro in reading .au files which contained random
data in the nominally empty parts of the header. The problem with
reading them as raw PCM is that .au format samples are big-endian
(whereas Intel data a la WAV is little-endian). Cool Edit does provide a
byteswap function, which is well worth trying to see if that sorts out
the problem. However, unless there really is something odd about the
files, Cool Edit ~should~ be able to read them anyway.

Richard Dobson 

Paul Barrett wrote:
> 
> I have some sound files in .au format (NeXT/Sun format) that I would like to
> convert to .wav or .aiff format.  Cool Edit claims it can read them, but
> when I interpret them as Intel PCM, all I get is noise.
> I know the original files are fine ( I can play them in media player. )
> 
> can anyone help?
> 
> thanks
> 
> Paul

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