Re: Legacy Sound Files
On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:55 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: I'm no longer in touch with my OS 8 setup and have discovered that nothing in my current work environment will open any of my old sound files (Get Info: Kind: Sound File). I'm hoping that someone here can suggest a way to update these nuggets (mostly sound effects from Kaboom) for use in OSX. Thanks in advance, Dale Will they open in a Classic OS 9 environment running under OS X? Just a thought ... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Legacy Sound Files
On Oct 28, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:55 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: I'm no longer in touch with my OS 8 setup and have discovered that nothing in my current work environment will open any of my old sound files (Get Info: Kind: Sound File). I'm hoping that someone here can suggest a way to update these nuggets (mostly sound effects from Kaboom) for use in OSX. Thanks in advance, Dale Will they open in a Classic OS 9 environment running under OS X? Just a thought ... I don't have Classic installed anymore. Would prefer an OSX app to do the converting. I thought I had a solution with SoundExtractor as suggested on an Apple discussion list but it requires Classic. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Legacy Sound Files
On 29/10/2009, at 12:55 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: I'm no longer in touch with my OS 8 setup and have discovered that nothing in my current work environment will open any of my old sound files (Get Info: Kind: Sound File). I'm hoping that someone here can suggest a way to update these nuggets (mostly sound effects from Kaboom) for use in OSX. Thanks in advance, Dale G'day Dale You could try SoundConverter http://www.dekorte.com/software/osx/SoundConverter/ and convert them to AIFF. Save them in the Root level/System/Library/Sounds folder, and pick a new sound for your Alert sound in system preferences, or a mail alert sound in mail preferences. Regards Santa --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Legacy Sound Files
Hi Dale, what works in OSX is Bias Peak. you can use the 30dd trial. Open the old .snd with Peak4 or later and convert to MP3 or Aiff ... whatever. Works just fine Rgds geoff b On Oct 28, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Brian Christmas wrote: On 29/10/2009, at 12:55 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: I'm no longer in touch with my OS 8 setup and have discovered that nothing in my current work environment will open any of my old sound files (Get Info: Kind: Sound File). I'm hoping that someone here can suggest a way to update these nuggets (mostly sound effects from Kaboom) for use in OSX. Thanks in advance, Dale G'day Dale You could try SoundConverter http://www.dekorte.com/software/osx/SoundConverter/ and convert them to AIFF. Save them in the Root level/System/Library/Sounds folder, and pick a new sound for your Alert sound in system preferences, or a mail alert sound in mail preferences. Regards Santa --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Legacy Sound Files
Thanks Geoff! I'll take a look. Best wishes, Dale On Oct 28, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Geoff Black wrote: Hi Dale, what works in OSX is Bias Peak. you can use the 30dd trial. Open the old .snd with Peak4 or later and convert to MP3 or Aiff ... whatever. Works just fine Rgds geoff b On Oct 28, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Brian Christmas wrote: On 29/10/2009, at 12:55 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: I'm no longer in touch with my OS 8 setup and have discovered that nothing in my current work environment will open any of my old sound files (Get Info: Kind: Sound File). I'm hoping that someone here can suggest a way to update these nuggets (mostly sound effects from Kaboom) for use in OSX. Thanks in advance, Dale G'day Dale You could try SoundConverter http://www.dekorte.com/software/osx/SoundConverter/ and convert them to AIFF. Save them in the Root level/System/Library/Sounds folder, and pick a new sound for your Alert sound in system preferences, or a mail alert sound in mail preferences. Regards Santa --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
