Subject: Re: OSRL Presents: A World Exclusive - SCAMP has arrived
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In article <19991129181931.27002.00002444@ng-ch1.aol.com>, 
cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2) wrote:

> 11/29/99
> 
> OSRL Presents: A World Exclusive - SCAMP has arrived
> 
> SCAMP and the SCAMP file conversion process are Copyright  © 1999 
> by Charles T. Turley.
> 
> 
> After my past roasting years ago over the IIgs NoiseTracker VAMPS, 
> NTV and MegaMOD releases I made, 

Get ready for more roasting...

> I wouldn't normally post this and pat myself on the back with the 
> announcement at the same time. But, considering what I've been able 
> to do,

Which isn't the least bit remarkable, BTW

> I think I'm well justified in doing so now. Please read on and I'll 
> tell you why.

I have nothing better to do at the moment so might as well...

> After weeks and weeks with what little spare time I had available to 
> use, doing lots of trial and error research working from my home, in 
> a room full of Apple IIgs and Mac computers, which I call my 
> OmniSound Research Lab or OSRL for short, 

Which the rest of us call Dr. Tom's Crack Lab, or DTCL for short...

> with stereo sound file efforts, I've been able to develop a unique 
> method of presenting a "Stereo Computer Audio Multiple Platform" 
> file, which I've named "SCAMP.

Opening an MP3 file in Movie Player and exporting it as a downsampled 
WAV file is not exactly "unique"...

1. open MP3 file
2. choose File > Export
3. choose Sound to Wave
4. click Options
5. select 11.025 KHz, 8-bit stereo
6. click OK
7. click Save

> I've obtained a process on the Macintosh with the conversion of mp3 
> stereo music, sound and/or song files, using a newly developed method

Newly developed? Apps to convert sound file formats have been around 
forever... 

> of making multiple platform stereo music and sound presentation in a 
> specific audio wave file, that can be played on both the Apple IIgs 
> and the Macintosh without the need of any changes to the actual file.

Umm, WAV files have been around at least as long as Windows...

> It's sound quality is just as clean and clear as (if not somewhat 
> clearer than) an mp3.

Maybe if you have excessive wax buildup and typically listen to your 
MP3s through an AM radio with a 1-inch speaker...

> It's size is smaller than an mp3. 

Well duh, that's because you deleted 7/8 of the sound data when 
downsampling...

> And, it was derived and converted from an mp3. 

We've established that

> I've made two SCAMP example files available for public review, 
> listening and comments, along with both of the actual mp3 (MPEG layer 
> III coded) files, that I made the SCAMP file conversions from for you 
> to compare them - within the following URL's folder.

The MP3 files were encoded at an unnecessarily high (192Kbps) bitrate 
and the WAV files sound like a cheap AM radio...

> The files with a suffix of (.mp3) are the actual mp3 (MPEG layer III) 
> files that I converted to SCAMP files.

You mean WAV files

> I'm sure you'll agree that they are just as good in their stereo 
> soundscape, audio clarity and quality as the original mp3 files are 
> (if not slightly better sounding).

Really, are you deaf?

> You can download the SCAMP (.wav) files as raw binary files, to play 
> on the Apple IIgs and/or the Apple Macintosh and decide for yourself. 
> If you have the proper MacOS, browser, plugin and player application 
> you can play the two world exclusive SCAMP example (.wav) files - 
> from your web browser online, as well as the mp3 files also.

World exclusive? Only in that you're probably the only idiot who has 
*bothered* to pirate two tracks from the South Park soundtrack and 
downsample them so badly...

> These two converted SCAMP sound, music and song files

Sound, music, AND song?  what a deal!!

> are released as freeware

Comedy Central might have a complaint about that...

> and are restricted for non-commercial use, personal listening, 
> personal and/or non-commercial distribution only. If you want to 
> include the SCAMP files in any commercial publication, CD or 
> distribute them by any commercial method - contact me by email for 
> consent.

Or just pirate the tracks yourself... downsampling to transistor-radio 
quality is, of course, optional...

I would have commented more on the last half of your post but I've 
already wasted too much time on what amounts to a ~180-line 
announcement from you stating that you discovered the Export option in 
Movie Player and have made available via FTP two copyrighted songs in 
both near-CD-quality format and crappy 11KHz format.