I have a number of sounds (mostly short sound clips from assorted sources as well as ones I recorded myself) from the System 7 days. Most of these are in the SND format that I think was the Mac's default format. They worked as system sounds and double-clicking them would auto-play the sound. Some even have .snd as an extension even though System 7 didn't use extensions like Mac OS X, but I think those were downloaded files from various sources.
Anyway, nothing I have on Mac OS X seems to open or play these sounds. So, I use a System 7 machine (or emulator) to convert the sounds from .snd to .aiff which will play on a modern Mac.
What I am mainly looking for is a suggestion for a format to store the sounds in. Is AIFF is good choice or should I be using something else? I plan to keep the original source sound file so I'll have them available for older Macs if need be, but am looking for suggestions for maximum compatibility with current and future (as best as can be guessed) systems.
Thanks!
Anyway, nothing I have on Mac OS X seems to open or play these sounds. So, I use a System 7 machine (or emulator) to convert the sounds from .snd to .aiff which will play on a modern Mac.
What I am mainly looking for is a suggestion for a format to store the sounds in. Is AIFF is good choice or should I be using something else? I plan to keep the original source sound file so I'll have them available for older Macs if need be, but am looking for suggestions for maximum compatibility with current and future (as best as can be guessed) systems.
Thanks!