COVOX SOUND FILE CONVERSION UTILITY
                                     APRIL, 1992

             Converting Between Sound Formats

             CONVERT is a utility that will convert pre-recorded 8 bit
             PCM sound files into ADPCM compressed form.  ADPCM stands
             for Adaptive Differential Pulse Coded Modulation.  It can
             also convert ADPCM compressed files into 8 bit PCM.  For
             example, you can convert 8 bit PCM files into 3 bit silence
             encoded ADPCM, then back into 8 bit PCM.  Once a compressed
             file is in an 8 bit format, then the sound can be played
             back with minimum CPU overhead since no decompression is
             required during playback.

             Be aware that when you convert compressed files into 8 bit
             PCM, you will not necessarily get 8 bit quality.  This is
             because during compression (which is a highly non-linear
             mathematical procedure), much of the original signal is
             missing.  When you compress, you wind up throwing away
             information that cannot be recovered.

             The available options can be listed by typing CONVERT /? at
             the DOS prompt.