diff --git a/SoundBrotching/c-tools/Makefile b/SoundBrotching/c-tools/Makefile
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+++ b/SoundBrotching/c-tools/Makefile
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+#
+#     tth@konrad:~/Devel/Fortraneries/SoundBrotching/c-tools$
+#
+
+COPT = -Wall -Wextra -g -DDEBUG_LEVEL=1
+
+all:	text2wav wav2text text2ao
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------
+#
+#	C tools
+#
+CLIBS = -lsndfile support.o
+
+support.o:	support.c Makefile support.h
+	gcc $(COPT) -c $<
+
+text2wav:	text2wav.c Makefile support.h support.o
+	gcc $(COPT) $< $(CLIBS) -o $@
+
+wav2text:	wav2text.c Makefile support.h support.o
+	gcc $(COPT) $< $(CLIBS) -o $@
+
+text2ao:	text2ao.c Makefile support.h support.o
+	gcc $(COPT) $< $(CLIBS) -lao -o $@
+
+# ------ eomf --------
diff --git a/SoundBrotching/c-tools/support.c b/SoundBrotching/c-tools/support.c
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+++ b/SoundBrotching/c-tools/support.c
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+/*
+ *	C SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
+ */
+
+#include  <stdio.h>
+#include  <stdlib.h>
+
+#include   <sndfile.h>
+
+#include  "support.h"
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------- */
+int display_sf_info(SF_INFO *psf, char *text)
+{
+
+fprintf(stderr, "    +-- sf info [%s]    %p\n", text, psf);
+
+fprintf(stderr, "    |   samplerate          %d\n", psf->samplerate);
+fprintf(stderr, "    |   channels            %d\n", psf->channels);
+fprintf(stderr, "    |   frames              %ld\n", psf->frames);
+fprintf(stderr, "    |   format              0x%x\n", psf->format);
+
+return 0;
+}
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+void print_version(char *msg)
+{
+fprintf(stderr, "=== %s compiled %s, %s\n",	\
+			msg, __DATE__, __TIME__);
+}
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/SoundBrotching/c-tools/text2wav.c b/SoundBrotching/c-tools/text2wav.c
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+++ b/SoundBrotching/c-tools/text2wav.c
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+/*
+ *	TEXT TO WAV
+ */
+
+#include  <stdio.h>
+#include  <stdlib.h>
+#include  <string.h>
+
+#include   <sndfile.h>
+
+#include  "support.h"
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+#define     SMPL_COUNT	8192
+
+/*
+ *		WARNING !
+ *	this function can read only 16bits stereo input
+ */
+int convert_text_to_wav(FILE *input, char *outfname, int format)
+{
+SNDFILE			* sndf;
+SF_INFO			sfinfo;
+short			*buffer;
+int			left, right;
+int			nb_lus, idx;
+
+#if DEBUG_LEVEL
+fprintf(stderr, ">>> %s ( '%s' )\n", __func__, outfname);
+#endif
+
+if (format) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "in %s, format must be 0, was %d\n",
+				__func__,		format);
+	exit(1);
+	}
+
+/*
+ * allocate memory for input garbage
+ */
+if (NULL==(buffer=malloc(SMPL_COUNT * sizeof(short) * 2))) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: MEMORY FULL\n", __func__);
+	abort();
+	}
+
+memset(&sfinfo, 0, sizeof(sfinfo));		/* be clean */
+sfinfo.samplerate    = 44100;
+sfinfo.channels      = 2;
+sfinfo.format        = SF_FORMAT_WAV | SF_FORMAT_PCM_16;
+
+if ( ! (sndf=sf_open(outfname, SFM_WRITE, &sfinfo)) ) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "write to %s : err %s\n",
+				outfname, sf_strerror (NULL));
+	return -2;
+	}
+
+/*
+ *  and now, ladies an gentelman, entering the big loop
+ */
+nb_lus = idx = 0;
+memset(buffer, 0, SMPL_COUNT * sizeof(short) * 2);
+
+while (2==fscanf(input, "%d %d", &left, &right)) {
+	buffer[idx++] = left;
+	buffer[idx++] = right;
+
+	if (idx >= SMPL_COUNT) {
+		/* flush buffer to file */
+		sf_write_short(sndf, buffer, idx);
+		idx = 0;
+		memset(buffer, 0, SMPL_COUNT * sizeof(short) * 2);
+		}
+
+	nb_lus += 1;
+	}
+
+sf_write_short(sndf, buffer, idx);
+sf_close(sndf);
+
+fprintf(stderr, "%s: %d buffers written\n", __func__, nb_lus);
+
+return 0;
+}
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------- */
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+int			foo;
+
+print_version(argv[0]);
+
+if (2 != argc) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "fubarized\n");
+	exit(1);
+	}
+
+foo = convert_text_to_wav(stdin, argv[1], 0);
+fprintf(stderr, "got a %d from text->wav converter\n", foo);
+
+return 0;
+}
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/SoundBrotching/c-tools/wav2text.c b/SoundBrotching/c-tools/wav2text.c
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/SoundBrotching/c-tools/wav2text.c
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+/*
+ *	WAV TO TEXT
+ */
+
+#include  <stdio.h>
+#include  <stdlib.h>
+#include  <string.h>
+
+#include  <sndfile.h>
+
+#include  "support.h"
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/*
+ *	at this time, 'format' must be 0
+ */
+int convert_wav_to_text(char *infname, int format)
+{
+SNDFILE			* sndf;
+SF_INFO			sfinfo;
+int			foo, lu;
+short			* samples;
+
+#if DEBUG_LEVEL
+fprintf(stderr, ">>> %s ( '%s' )\n", __func__, infname);
+#endif
+
+if (format) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "in %s, format must be 0 and was %d\n",
+				__func__,		format);
+	exit(1);
+	}
+
+memset(&sfinfo, 0, sizeof(sfinfo));		/* be clean */
+
+sndf = sf_open(infname, SFM_READ, &sfinfo);
+if (sndf==NULL)
+	{
+	/*catch the snfile errmsg here XXX */
+	fprintf(stderr, "error sf_opening %s\n", infname);
+	exit(1);
+	}
+
+foo = display_sf_info(&sfinfo, infname);
+if (foo) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: corrupted sf_info ?\n", __func__);
+	abort();
+	}
+if (2 != sfinfo.channels) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "/!\\  %s is not a stereo file, exiting...\n",
+				infname);
+	return -2;
+	}
+
+/* get memory for bufferins read from sound file */
+if ( NULL == (samples = malloc(BUFFER_SIZE*sizeof(short))) )
+	{
+	perror("\n no memory in converter");
+	abort();
+	}
+
+while ( (lu=sf_read_short(sndf, samples, BUFFER_SIZE)) > 0 )
+	{
+	// fprintf(stderr, "   LU  = %5u\n", lu);
+
+	for (foo=0; foo<lu; foo+=2) {
+		printf("%d %d\n", samples[foo], samples[foo+1]);
+		}
+	}
+/*
+ *	job done, some cleanup
+ */
+free(samples);
+sf_close(sndf);
+
+return 0;
+}
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------- */
+void usage(void)
+{
+printf("usage:\n\twav2txt 1337.wav\n");
+exit(0);
+}
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------- */
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+int			foo;
+int			format = 0;
+print_version(argv[0]);
+
+if (2 != argc)		usage();
+
+foo = convert_wav_to_text(argv[1], format);
+fprintf(stderr, "got a %d from wav->text converter\n", foo);
+
+return 0;
+}
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------- */