Exporting WAV Files with looping

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Exporting WAV Files with looping

Hi

I have a collection of sound effects that I've prepared in Logic. I've been exporting them to WAV files for use by another application. I do this with File->Export->Region as Audio File. This is all good.

The prolem I have is that I'd like some of them to loop. So I've been using a PC and Sound Forge to add the WAV sustain information to the WAV file. I'd really like to keep my workflow on the Mac and in Logic.

So, my question: is there a Mac app that can add the WAV sustain or can Logic export it? (I've tried Sound Studio and Audacity already with no success).

cheers
peter

Posted on Nov 8, 2005 3:19 AM

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Answer 1

zibba Author

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Nov 15, 2005 7:17 PM in response to zibba

Please can someone help? This is for a video game project and my deadline is looming...

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zibba Author

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Nov 15, 2005 7:17 PM in response to zibba

Please can someone help? This is for a video game project and my deadline is looming...

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Justin C

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Nov 15, 2005 8:15 PM in response to zibba

Can't you write loop points from the sample editor? This is integratd into Logic. Edit->Write Loop to audio file.

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Nov 16, 2005 1:56 AM in response to zibba

Even though Logic has a 'write loop to file' function, I often find that the loop info either doesn't stick, or is invisible to other apps.
Loops added in DSPQuattro seem to always work, and probably with Peak too (I don't have Peak so I can't check.)

But you can get SoundHack for free and that will also write readable loop points to files.

No Logic user should be without it.
It does so many useful things you can't usually do in DAW apps like Logic.

Get it here:
http://www.soundhack.com/freeware.php

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Nov 16, 2005 11:23 AM in response to David Eager

I'm pretty sure Audacity (open source, on sourceforge, multiplatform) also does loop editing; it's on the verge of releasing a new version.

Release candidate up at:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/files/audacity-macosx-1.3.0rc1.dmg

for anyone who feels like giving it a browse (I'm a Peak user, myself) - its aim is to be a pretty good audio editor, and they could probably use the feedback.

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Nov 16, 2005 11:26 AM in response to Gregory Block

...and having just taken my own medicine, have found that it's dynamically linked, and dependent on the existence of /usr/local/lib/libexpat.0.dylib.

In other words, it won't run unless you do some compiling. Perhaps waiting until official release instead of an RC isn't such a bad idea. 🙂

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Nov 16, 2005 11:32 AM in response to Gregory Block

... and having gone back to the audacity dev forums to report on this, find that the distro-builder has already noticed this, and will shortly be updating it.

Wait a day or so and check back - it may be just the tool you're looking for, by the looks of it.

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zibba Author

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Nov 22, 2005 1:22 AM in response to Gregory Block

Thanks for the help. I had some success with the Sample Editor saving out the loop points to an AIF file, didn't seem to work for WAV. Then using SoundHack to convert the AIF to WAV. Not seen SoundHack before, so thanks for putting my on to that, very useful. I've tried Audacity again on both Mac and Windows but can't find the loop point editor. May be when version 1.3 is out proper it will work.

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