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- Description
- Relevance to botb
- Software
- Technical information
- Other uses of same extension
- See also
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
history of the format.
Relevance to botb
.snd/.sndh files can be submitted to the
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.
Trackers
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maxYMiser (Atari ST/Falcon)
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MusicMon (Atari ST)
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Ttrak (Atari ST)
Players
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AY_emul (Linux/Windows)
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MicroST (Linux/Windows)
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Just Another Musicplayer (Atari ST/Windows)
Converter
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SNDHconv (Atari ST/TT/Falcon) converts from several ST YM2149 trackers to SNDH standard.
Technical information
Technical information is available from
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)
SNDH archive (nearly 5k tunes from games, demos...)
