Create file on windows, can Mac replay it?

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Papafoxx
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Create file on windows, can Mac replay it?

Post by Papafoxx » Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:25 pm

I want to create files with my Windows computer but will have people who want to hear the file on a Mac. Will this work or do I have to somehow create the file on a Mac in order to replay on a Mac?
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Re: Create file on windows, can Mac replay it?

Post by steve » Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:28 pm

If you export the project as a 16 bit WAV file (the default audio export format), that will play on Windows, Mac, Linux or just about anything else.
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Re: Create file on windows, can Mac replay it?

Post by kozikowski » Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:39 pm

MP3s will do that, too, but you are warned against trying to do production or create new product in MP3. MP3 creates sound damage each time you make a new one. So they're only for listening. Koz
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