#Soundhack convolution how to#

You can also open applications as audio, but this is a bit weird on the mac. Then, go to the File menu and вЂњExport AsвЂќ that file type. Make sure that the format you want (Aiff, WAV, etc) is selected. When you think youвЂ™re done, first go to Preferences and then go to the File Format tab. You can then modify the file with Audacity, using the Effects or whatever. I usually go with the default values, but you can try playing around with that.

A dialog will pop up asking what header you want. To open a data file with Audacity, under the Project menu, select вЂњImport Raw Data.вЂќ Pick the file you want to open. At the bottom, make sure to set the Format to вЂњAudio IFFвЂќ and the Encoding to вЂњ16 bit linear.вЂќ IвЂ™ve found that Sound Hack does not save reliably into other formats. Add a вЂњ.aiffвЂќ (without the quotes) to the end of the file name, no matter what you decide to name it. Once youвЂ™ve found a good one, go to the File menu and select вЂњSave a Copy.вЂќ That will open a new dialog. The go to the Hack menu and select вЂњHeader Change.вЂќ You can try a few different headers and listen to them until you pick one that you like. With Sound Hack, under the File menu, select вЂњOpen AnyвЂќ and pick a file. A data file is a file used by an application, for example a text file created by Word or Open Office or an image file or anything you might find in your Documents folder. Opening data files with either Sound Hack or Audacity is easy. For mac users, I suggest running 1.2.6 instead of the beta version. One is Sound Hack, which is free, but mac-only and the other is Audacity, which is also free and cross-platform. There are two different programs IвЂ™ve used for databending.

#Soundhack convolution how to#

This post will focus on how to open non-audio files as if they were audio. Or processing an audio file with an image program and then returning it to itвЂ™s audio format. For example, playing an image file as a sound. (If you want to know how to do it with images, check out Hello CatfoodвЂ™s posts.) Databending means taking one kind of data and using it as another kind of data.

I got email asking me how to do data bending for audio.