Sonarc

File Format
Name	Sonarc
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Audio and Music Sonarc
Extension(s)	.wv, .vc, .snc
Released	≤1993

Sonarc is a lossless audio codec, and associated software. It was developed by an organization named "Speech Compression", and Richard P. Sprague.

There are three file formats associated with it:

• .WV: A WAV file that uses Sonarc compression.
• .VC: A format used when Sonarc compresses VOC format.
• .SNC: A format used when Sonarc compresses raw PCM data.

Identification

WV is a kind of WAV file. ASCII "fmt " usually appears at offset 12, and if so, bytes (hex) 21 00 at offset 20 distinguish WV from other kinds of WAV.

VC files start with ASCII "Sonarc-squeezed VOC", then byte 0x1a.

SNC files apparently start with ASCII "Sonarc-squeezed PCM file.", then byte 0x1a.

Software

(for DOS)

• Sonarc v2.1a
• Sonarc v2.1i

Sample files

WV:

• dexvert samples — audio/sonarc
• [1] → *.WV

VC:

• [2] → *.VC

SNC:

• [3] → *.SNC

Links

• Homepage?
• Really Rare Wares page (archived)