Hello Charles.

09 Mar 03 09:38, you wrote to me:

 CA> --8<--cut

 CA>>> Risky to vouch for software when you haven't seen the
 CA>>> source code. It is conceivable that some WAV editors might
 CA>>> attempt to tweak the saved file for their own purposes
 CA>>> when reloading it? I can only say the 'nature' of WAV file
 CA>>> editing is to work with raw binary coded data and should
 CA>>> not alter the code when it is loaded and re-saved back to
 CA>>> the drive.

 RT>> Now that is pretty much what I think, the wav format is
 RT>> around and should be easily implemented from standard
 RT>> libraries, but one never knows if someone has decided to
 RT>> "tweak" the format. :-((

 CA> I never enjoy putting more man-hours into research than I
 CA> expect to recover when using the software but ...

 CA> It would be reasonable to try loading and resaving with a new
 CA> name using at least three WAV file editors taking care to use
 CA> the same 8/16bit, mhz, mono/stereo, and signed/unsigned format
 CA> of the original. The file sizes matching would be one
 CA> indication, a binary file-compare utility would be even better.

Just might try that one day when I have the time and inclination. :-)

 CA> Either way it would answer the question but no guarantee we
 CA> would like the answers.

Never are any guarantee's, but it would be nice if someone had the answer 
already. :-)

Russell

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