Here's how to use CoolEdit 2000 to work on MTU 24-bit SFs

[clawson]

Open CoolEdit 2000.

Use "Open File" command.

Choose your 24-bit SF.

Specify "32-bit (float)" in the resolution window.

Specify "Data formatted as "32-bit IEEE Float (0.24)" and "Offset input data by 0" in the Raw Data window. (This window should pop up by itself.) Make sure that the "Create .DAT header file on save" is NOT checked!

Voilà! You now have your 24-bit SF open in CoolEdit 2000 and can now use Syntrillium's lovely algorithms to manipulate your MTU files! (Just remember NOT to allow CoolEdit or any other program to modify the headers or you won't be able to use the files in Microeditor any longer.)

This procedure may work for other versions of Syntrillium software, too, but I have not tested it.

Keep in mind that MTU 24-bit SFs are industry-standard IEEE 32-bit floating-point files and can be opened in *many* other types of software as long as the file format is specified. I heartily recommend experimentation. Let us all know what you discover.

Chas.

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Charles Lawson
Senior Recording/Production Engineer
WETA Radio & Television.