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 Jochen Knaus, aka 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)

Sample files

• Atari ST YM2149 Archive
• https://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/SNDH/
• https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/music/sndh/