analoq wrote a new blog post: Sampler 1 month, 3 weeks ago
When I developed my MIDI sequencer I leveraged the default General MIDI synth in order to keep things simple. Later I began integrating AudioUnits but stopped short and remembered my goals: To make my own music software, i.e. not rely on 3rd party software where possible. The synths I’d developed don’t cover all the sounds [...]
So I’d like to import Apple Loops in a future project. One problem: the format specification is undocumented. It has been reverse engineered before but I haven’t come across anyone’s findings so I figured I’d give it a shot myself…
AIFF Primer
Apple Loops are AIFF sound files with additional data chunks for transients, categorisation, etc. ”Chunks” [...]