Hey guys,

As promised, I have been looking into editing SND files for the X1. Here's the latest ...

There's good news and bad news. The good news is that the SND file content is made up mostly, of PCM wave data (for those who are familiar with the terminology, this will make sense, for those who are not, I would be more than happy to explain in detail via email). Which means that for the most part, it is editable, with some hacking and re-coding (done by yours truley).

That bieng said, I have been successful at extraploating SND files into standard WAVE files. So for those of you who are interested, yes, I have all the X1 samples in WAV format. Of course, this would mean that you could only edit and import back into the X1 as MSP format.

Which brings me to the next of point, the bad news. Because I have no source to go by in determining the rest of the SND file contents, I would have NO WAY of bieng able to import a WAVE back into a SND file, with its loop points, key signature, etc .... So to sum it up, unless you give me a sample with the exact same loop point, size, and key signature as an existing sample on-board the X1 Oriental SNDs, you will not have correct sounding samples bieng played from the X1.

So for now, all I can do for you all is give you the X1 samples in raw WAV format. I *might* be able to do some minor editing and change of the on-board samples, but that is about it.

Maybe down the line, as I work more and more with this f....ed up file type, I can start understanding it some more. And maybe even more down the line, I would be able to write some software (Windows Based) that would allow you to make some SND file changes. But as of today, at least I can do a little bit for some of you!

Hope it helps !!!

-Aboud