'[#[Description] Unlike other chiptune '[[Atari ST (console)] formats, the SNDH file format contains not only the song data but also its 68000 assembly replay routine, and a header with additional data. For many years it has been the standard on the scene. Because of the file system limitations, Atari ST files have a 3-letters extension (.snd), while modern computers can use the unambiguous .sndh extension. Here is the '[l[http://sndh.atari.org/about.php[history] of the format. '[#[Relevance to botb] .snd/.sndh files can be submitted to the '[icon[formats/aym] '[[aym (format)] competitions. '[#[Software] Because of the nature of the format, trackers can only load their own sndh's. You cannot open with maxYMiser a .snd file saved by MusicMon or converted from another tracker, and vice-versa. So before you start trying to load a .snd to a tracker, make sure it was made by that same tracker. Otherwise the ST will probably crash. Trackers come with example songs, use those to discover. '[t[b1]Trackers'[/t] - '[[maxYMiser] (Atari ST/Falcon) - '[[MusicMon] (Atari ST) - '[[Ttrak] (Atari ST) '[t[b1]Players'[/t] - '[l[http://bulba.untergrund.net/emulator_e.htm[AY_emul] (Linux/Windows) - '[l[http://bulba.untergrund.net/ayplayer_e.htm[MicroST] (Linux/Windows) - '[l[http://creamhq.de/jam.php[Just Another Musicplayer] (Atari ST/Windows) '[t[b1]Converter'[/t] - '[l[http://sndh.atari.org/tools.php[SNDHconv] (Atari ST/TT/Falcon) converts from several ST YM2149 trackers to SNDH standard. '[#[Technical information] Technical information is available from '[l[http://sndh.atari.org/fileformat.php[sndh.atari.org]. '[#[Other uses of same extension] The .sndh extension is unambiguous, but its 3-letters variant .snd has many other uses, mostly related to sound: - Amiga IFF/8SVX Sound - Sun/NeXT/Tandy/Apple - AKAI MPC-series sample - Macintosh Resource Fork sound - Unix audio file As well as some unrelated uses: - Heroes of Might & Magic 3 archive - Sega FILM/CPK file format '[#[See also] '[[AY YM (soundchip)] '[[Atari ST (console)] '[[aym (format)] '[[.ym (file)] '[l[http://sndh.atari.org/download.php[SNDH archive] (nearly 5k tunes from games, demos...)
