(un-)signing and 8bit stretching

Saga Musix · February 12, 2007, 19:24:20

Hi, some new suggestions:
-There should be a button in the sample window to sign and unsign the waveform. This is not only a compatiblity matter but also a very cool effect

-The time stretching doesn't work with 8 bit samples.

Implemented in OpenMPT 1.17.02.53

Saga Musix · May 08, 2007, 12:37:26

Maybe in .47?

LPChip · May 08, 2007, 14:12:44

It doesn't work like that.

One of the programmers first have to accept your proposal, by setting the (S=A) or decline it by setting (S=D)

Once it is accepted, it will be available in a future build, but even then it could be .50 before it gets in, depending on the priority.

Saga Musix · May 08, 2007, 17:00:06

All I wanted to say that noone replied yet

Sam_Zen · May 08, 2007, 23:24:11

I didn't reply, because I don't think it has any priority. And I can think of hundreds of other cool things to add to the sample tag.

If you want to choose between signed and unsigned, you can already do so I guess, by changing the extension of the file to a non-valid one like 'vaw' and import it anyway (open *.*). Then you get a window with a choice for signed or unsigned.

Saga Musix · May 09, 2007, 13:20:09

that's not right. this dialog only appears when there is no WAV header, and i don't really want to cut a few bytes when i want to (un)sign a sample, nor do i want to run Impulse Tracker

Sam_Zen · May 09, 2007, 23:29:08

Quotethis dialog only appears when there is no WAV header

Yep, sorry. It was a theoretical assumption, and I already wondered about that.

Saga Musix · October 13, 2008, 23:12:21

Unsigning/Signing is working

now we need a toolbar button for that...

Harbinger · October 18, 2008, 01:07:51

Quote from: "Jojo"Unsigning/Signing is working now we need a toolbar button for that...

What does Signing do exactly? Where and when is it used?

Sam_Zen · October 18, 2008, 02:03:31

I think basically it's about : where do you put, or has been put, the zero value of the waveform :
Symmetric with pos. and neg. values, or non-symmetric with just pos. values from zero.

Saga Musix · October 18, 2008, 10:29:40

Sam_Zen's description is right i believe, but it can be explained with a picture easily.

It's basically the conversion from intel to motorola format.

Harbinger · October 18, 2008, 15:10:59

So it's a change in data format, not in sound? When would i need to use it?

älskling · October 18, 2008, 15:20:25

Quote from: "Jojo"It's basically the conversion from intel to motorola format.

Are you sure you're not confusing signed/unsigned with big/little endians? (I'm not sure, that's why I'm asking)

Quote from: "Harbinger"So it's a change in data format, not in sound? When would i need to use it?

If you convert to the wrong format, it distorts the sound quite heavily. Apparantly this is a desired effect by some ;-) I guess it can also be useful in the rare case when a sample has been saved "the wrong way", to make it go back to "the right way".