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<h2>StudioSound text EDL fileformat</h2>
The <b>StudioSound</b> text EDL fileformat was designed to allow other applications to easily generate EDLs for loading into <b>StudioSound</b>.
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The format of a text EDL file is:<br><br>
<b>EDL1</b><br>
<i>&lt;projectduration, seconds&gt;</i><br>
<i>&lt;frequency, 8000 - 48000 Hz&gt;</i><br>
<i>&lt;number of tracks&gt;</i><br>
then follows a number of special fields for the project, terminated by an empty line<br>
<i>[&lt;special fields&gt;]</i><br>
and then for each track:<br>
<i>&lt;number of segments, max 8160&gt;</i><br>
<i>&lt;pan position, -255 to 255&gt;</i><br>
<i>&lt;volume, -90 to 20 dB&gt;</i><br>
then follows a number of special fields for the track, terminated by an empty line<br>
<i>[&lt;special fields&gt;]</i><br>
and then for each segment on the track<br>
<i>&lt;filename of samplefile&gt;</i><br>
<i>&lt;startposition in file, seconds&gt;,&gt;endposition in file, seconds&gt;</i><br>
<i>&lt;startposition on track, seconds&gt;,&lt;endposition on track, seconds&gt;</i><br>
<i>&lt;volume, -90 to 20 dB&gt;</i><br>
follows by a number of special fields for the segment, terminated by an empty line<br>
<i>[&lt;special fields&gt;]</i><br><br>
Finally, an arbitrary number of special fields follow:<br>
<i>[&lt;extra fields&gt;]</i><br>
The special fields are optional - StudioSound may choose to ignore them. Fields start with a string informing StudioSound of the type of the field, then follows any number of lines of data. The field is terminated by the same string. Currently StudioSound ignores all special fields.<br>
Comments can be included as special fields, see the example below.<br>
Lines can be no longer than 200 chars and must be terminated by a linefeed.<br>
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Example:

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EDL1
45.80 seconds
44100 Hz
4 tracks

2 segments on first track
0 stereo position
-3 dB

&lt;StudioSound$Dir&gt;.^.Samples.HiTom
0,0.5
0,0.5
-6 dB

&lt;StudioSound$Dir&gt;.^.Samples.HiTom
0,0.5
1,2
-6 dB
comment
this segment will be played at half speed
comment

0 segments on second track
-255
0 dB

0 segments on third track
255
0 dB

0 segments on fourth track
0
-12 dB
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