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Sounds in the original Quake are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaural mono] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV WAV files] with a sample rate of 11kHz and a bitrate of 8. This is usually referred to as “11k 8bit mono.”
 
Sounds in the original Quake are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaural mono] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV WAV files] with a sample rate of 11kHz and a bitrate of 8. This is usually referred to as “11k 8bit mono.”
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For looping sounds the Quake engine requires a cue point at the end of the WAV file, for example with [https://loopauditioneer.sourceforge.io/ LoopAuditioner].

Revision as of 11:07, 10 October 2021

Sound File Formats

Sounds in the original Quake are mono WAV files with a sample rate of 11kHz and a bitrate of 8. This is usually referred to as “11k 8bit mono.”

For looping sounds the Quake engine requires a cue point at the end of the WAV file, for example with LoopAuditioner.