Peak supports 8-bit AIFF. I've edited cell phone ringtones in Peak
that were 8-bit mono. I just opened Peak 6 and confirmed that 8-bit is
still an option.
On Jul 23, 2009, at 8:41 PM, KA4HJH wrote:
> >Does anyone know of a similar Mac OS program like this one:
> >
> ><http://www.sonicspot.com/wave256/wave256.html>http://www.sonicspot.com/wave256/wave256.html
> >
> >It seems the "big" programs like Logic & PEAK want to use 16-bit
> samples
> >only, and really can't deal with 256 byte, 8-bit stuff.
> >
> >Paul S.
>
> Try this freeware:
>
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
>
> I just tried it out and it does indeed support 8bit AIFF. You have to
> Export, OK through the tagging window, select "Other uncompressed
> files",
> then hit the Options button, select more stuff... (a bit tedious).
> If you
> have each sample in a separate track you can "Export Multiple" and
> only do
> the dance once.
>
> Note that any app that uses the libsndfile library should also work
> but I
> can't think of any other free editors at the moment.
>
> --
>
> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
> "The Mac Doctor"
>
>