in a 16 bit wave file the samples are a signed 2-byte integer, in an 8-bit wave file they're an UNSIGNED 1-byte integer! Why? I have no idea!
cursed file format!

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in a 16 bit wave file the samples are a signed 2-byte integer, in an 8-bit wave file they're an UNSIGNED 1-byte integer! Why? I have no idea!
cursed file format!