There are softwares like AwaveStudio that do nothing else but format conversion between different sampler formats that can handle the loop points as well.
> I have been working with hardware samplers since the 80ies and used > (mainly) softwares like SoundForge or Wavelab for looping. > There was no extra file. All hardware samplers could read the loops. Once a > file was looped with one sampler it would be looped with the next one. > Same thing with modern software Samplers like Kontakt. > I can use a sample that I looped in Wavelab and load it into SoundForge and > it > recognizes the loops. > (There are options for multiple loops, though that might not work with some > samplers.) > > It can't be such a secret since over 30 years that all manufacturers > (software > or hardware) know about it but noone else. > I have been looking around but couldn't find any information where the > loops are stored in the file but they definitely are. > > Ingo > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pd-list [mailto:pd-list-boun...@lists.iem.at] On Behalf Of Roman > > Haefeli > > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 8:48 AM > > To: pd-list@lists.iem.at > > Subject: Re: [PD] Sample loop - start and end point (WAV files) > > > > On Tue, 2020-02-11 at 21:22 -0800, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote: > > > Well, I was really really hoping to see information here on how to > > > get loop points from these files ;) > > > > I looked around for specifications of the .wav-format and I wasn't > > able to find one that looks canonical. The ones I found didn't mention > > any loop start- and endpoints. I wonder whether there is a convention > > about how to encode this into some sort of metadata stored with file. > > Some description of the format describe the ability to store anything > > as metdata. Personally, I never dealt with such files (at least not > > knowingly). Maybe a good start would be to provide such a file, so > > that people can a have a look at it. It might be not that difficult to > > retrieve such data with something like mrpeach's [binfile], once you know > how it is stored. > > > > > > Roman _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list