READ ME - SOUND OVER v1.00

What is "Sound Over"?

Well, it's a drag-and-drop application that takes almost any file and
converts the data fork into a Mac Sound resource ('snd ' type #2). I wrote
this in order to convert my sound files from my Apple IIgs over to the Mac
(over 40 megabytes of files). I was unable to find -ANY- other program to
do this, other than Sound Mover, which has no batch ability, and doesn't
really understand Apple IIgs sounds.

The file is converted "in place", and is very fast. The orignal file is
OVERWRITTEN, so back it up.

Cool things:

(a) will strip ".snd" or " snd" from the end of the filename. "Amen.SND"
    becomes "Amen"
(b) understands the unoffical binary sound file type/auxtype format for
    the rate (if the file is binary, the auxtype is the playback rate
    times 51.04something).
(c) understands the Sound Shop format (some of my sounds were in this).
(d) understands Mac->Apple->Mac run-around (where the resource goes into
    the data fork) and extracts the sound from this. Very nice feature!
(e) very small program - less than 32k on disk, runs in 256k of memory.
(f) it should work just fine if the file is on almost any drive - I
    haven't tried it on a file on a IBM or ProDOS disk or over a network,
    but there is no reason why it shouldn't work.
(g) no specific Mac needed - it runs on both the IIsi and the SE I have
    access to.
(h) no money required - this is just a "neat program" that I thought others
    would like to have.

Bugs:

1:The File Dropper shell does not pass the files in a directory; so if you
  drag a disk or a directory folder, it will only get the first file in
  that directory or disk. This is bug in the FD shell, not in SO.
2:There is almost no error checking. There -could- be problems if the file
  to be dropped is already open somewhere else, or if the disk is full.
3:Apple IIgs sound resource files are not converted - I don't have a GS
  any more, and never had them in this form anyways (send me mail if you
  would like this in here).
4:Sound files compressed using ACE are not converted correctly - you get
  mush. I never used ACE (slow and killed the quality), so there.
5:It ALWAYS replaces the passed file, unless you cancel (you have to be
  VERY fast).
6:The name is strange and the icon is weird, but it works for me.


Credits:

Written by Todd "Bearich" Wilson for in-house use at Omnitech Electronics,
Inc.
File Dropper Shell 1.1§2 by Troy Anderson.

 Todd Wilson
 c/o
 Omnitech Electronics, Inc.
 5090 Trabue Road Columbus, Ohio   43228