Atari SoundHeader

File Format
Name	Atari SoundHeader
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Audio and Music Atari SoundHeader
Extension(s)	.sndh

Description

The SNDH / Atari SoundHeader format was created by BDC of the Atari ST demo group Aura in an attempt to standardise chip music formats and playback for the Atari ST. A .sndh file consists of the original song, a replayer for that format and a header containing a unified calling interface and metadata about the music.

Information

• SNDH file structure, Revision 2.00
• SNDH file structure, Revision 2.10

Note that SNDH files are often compressed with Pack-Ice.

Software

Conversion

• SNDHconv (Xlr8, Sid Sound Designer, Music Mon, Triplex and Trisound to SNDH - ZIP file, Atari ST/TT/Falcon)
• Quartet-2-SNDH (Quartet to SNDH - ZIP file, Atari ST/TT/Falcon)

Editing

• SNDH-Editor (ZIP file, Atari ST/TT/Falcon)

Playback

• AmiNetRadio (Amiga MorphOS)
• Audio Overload (cross-platform)
• DeliPlayer (Windows)
• GemPLAY (Atari ST/TT/Falcon)
• Jam (Atari ST/TT/Falcon & Windows)
• KrapSNDH (ZIP file, Atari ST/TT/Falcon)
• MicroST (Windows)
• SC68 (UNIX / Windows)
• sc68mui (Amiga MorphOS)
• SC68 Player (iPhone / iPod Touch)
• SND Player (Atari ST/TT/Falcon)
• STj (Atari ST/TT/Falcon)
• STsndplay (UNIX)
• XSC (Mac OS X)

Links

• Atari ST YM2149 Archive