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1. Description
2. Relevance to botb
3. Software
4. Technical information
5. Other uses of same extension
6. See also

Description

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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

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.snd/.sndh files can be submitted to the aym (format) competitions.

Software

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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
- maxYMiser (Atari ST/Falcon)
- MusicMon (Atari ST)
- Ttrak (Atari ST)

Players
- AY_emul

(Linux/Windows)
- MicroST

(Linux/Windows)
- Just Another Musicplayer

(Atari ST/Windows)

Converter
- SNDHconv

(Atari ST/TT/Falcon) converts from several ST YM2149 trackers to SNDH standard.

Technical information

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Technical information is available from sndh.atari.org

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Other uses of same extension

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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

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AY YM (soundchip)
Atari ST (console)
aym (format)
.ym (file)
SNDH archive

(nearly 5k tunes from games, demos...)