Mac,
You jogged my memory from wayyyyyyyyyyyy back.

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/Audio/interlv/Freeware.htm
And you can do a whole folder of songs and it fixed everything.

THE HANDY DANDY ANALOGX INTERLEAVE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

File interleaving does the exact opposite of a what a disk defragmentor does
(which puts files in sequential order)... So why on Earth would you want to in
essence 'fragment' a harddrive? Simple, when dealing with digital audio, it
needs to read a little chunk at a time from each file, so in this special case
(ie; multi-track digital audio), harddrive's fragmentation (the good kind) can
actually increase performance! And with that in mind, introducing AnalogX
Interleave!

AnalogX Interleave is a great utility for anyone who does hardcore multitrack
audio... It allows you to take files which you may have backed up or defragged
at some point, and basically 're-frag', or interleave them back into their
optimal state! It allows you to select any number of files, and interleave them
in one large chunk - you can even vary the interleave factor for each file
independently. Adding files couldn't be simpler, just select the files you want
to interleave (in the proper order, from the Windows explorer), and drag them
onto the Interleave dialog, doublecheck to make sure they are set up properly,
select the destination directory (must be different from the source), hit the
Interleave button, and away you go!

You really only have two options, one is to vary the size of the header of the
file, and the other is to vary the size of the contents.... Most file types (or
programs) write out files in nearly the same fashion every time; so if you're
using a Paris .PAF file, the header will always be 2048 bytes in size. WAV
files are a little bit trickier, but for the most part they almost always are
44 bytes; for any other formats, you'll need to contact the manufacturer of the
program you're using, and find out how they store it (don't contact me, I don't
know). Next, is the content size - this is just basically how many bytes are
being used by the sample; so if you're using a 16bit file, chances are that the
content size is 2 bytes; if it's a 24 or 32 bit file, chances are the content
size is 4 bytes. Once again, this varies from format to format, so check with
your manufacturer to find out how they do it. Here's a couple of the more
common sets:

File Type Desc Header Size Content Size
Paris .PAF 16bit audio 2048 2
Paris .PAF 24bit audio 2048 4
Wave .WAV 8bit audio 44 1
Wave .WAV 16bit audio 44 2
Wave .WAV 24bit audio 44 4
Wave .WAV 32bit audio 44 4

I would like to thank Brian Tankersley for motivating me to finally write this
super useful utility, a must for just about anyone doing digital audio or video.

Last edited by silvertones; 09/10/09 06:17 AM.
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