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From: mperdue@l4software.com (Mario Perdue)
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.programming.sound
Subject: Re: What's the answer for sound loops?
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 20:14:41 GMT
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On 11 Dec 1997 06:07:23 GMT, "Kevin Davis" <KMFSV@aol.com> wrote:

>I've seen a lot of messages about this but haven't seen an answer yet.  How
>do you get sound effects (VAB files) to loop?  I've tried converting *.wav
>and *.aif files using aiff2vag with the -L option.  I figure then I should
>play the sould using SsUtKeyOn and it should loop until I use SsUtKeyOff. 
>What's the missing step?  I've tried both wav and aiff files and my file
>isn't too big.
>
Kevin,

That process should work. The key is to ensure that the AIFF or WAV
that wil be converted to a VAG has a number of samples divisible by
28, for proper playback. Then the sound should continue to loop until
keyed off.

Mario