dissidents samp.library and support materials      May 28, 1990

The material contained in this distribution is copyright 1989, 1990
dissidents. All items are freely redistributable and may be used in any
product ( commercial or otherwise ). There are no fees, licenses, or other
rabid capitalist pranks to deal with. About the only thing you can't do is
sell the enclosed code, executables, or documentation ( excepting a nominal
fee for media and mailing charges. )

This distribution includes about 30 files total, covering the IFF SAMP format
for high quality sampled sound files. Details are found in the enclosed docs,
but in brief, SAMP offers many advantages compared to the 8SVX format,
including, resolutions much greater than 8 bits ( 16 bits is typical ), very
high sample rates, upto 255 distinct sounds per SAMP file ( any size ), the
ability to store stereo sounds and data for playback mapping, VCA and VCF
settings, and more. ( Application specific data is also allowed. )

SAMP is the creation of Jeff Glatt and Jim Fiore of dissidents. It is
intended for use with professional quality music software and hardware. It is
also suitable for use with data aquisition systems. The samp.library allows
you to add SAMP support to your programs with a minimum of fuss and bother.
There are three main examples of use in C: Exam.c, samp_readout.c, and
samp_writer.c. The code has been tested with both the Manx ( 3.6 ) and
Lattice ( 5.05 ) compilers. Assembly language examples are also given. In
order to use these examples ( executables are included ), the enclosed
libraries must be copied over to LIBS: ( samp.library, requester.library. The
instype.library must also be copied for the InstrumType example. ) 

We are interested in pushing the Amiga in the professional audio / music
market, and would like to hear from folks working on projects in this area.
If you have any questions or comments about SAMP, don't hesitate to drop us a
line. We may be reached at:

dissidents
730 Dawes Avenue
Utica, NY 13502
(315) 797-0343

On BIX, contact jfiore

PS - details about requester.library and our other freebie developer tools
are available from the Fred Fish collection, via BIX, or directly from us.

Warning: there were a few bugs in an earlier version of this package uploaded
to BIX. If you have that version or earlier, please discard it in its
entirety.