seewave (version 2.1.0)

sox: Calls SoX

Description

This function calls SoX, the Swiss Army knife of sound processing programs.

Usage

sox(command, exename = NULL, path2exe = NULL)

Arguments

command

the SoX command to invoke.

exename

a character string specifying the name of the SoX binary file. If NULL, the default name "sox" will be used for Linux OS and "sox.exe" for Windows OS.

path2exe

a character string giving the path to the SoX binary file. If NULL, the default path "c:\sox-14-4-0\" will be used for Windows OS.

Details

See the documentation of SoX for proper use.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoX

Examples

# NOT RUN {
## Generate a simple sound file at 440 Hz
s <- synth(cf=440, f= 8000, d=1, output="Wave")
savewav(s, file="mysound.wav")
## Plays the file
sox("mysound.wav", exe="play")
## Slows down  the  audio  tempo  (but  not  its  pitch)
sox("mysound.wav myslowsound.wav tempo 0.5")
## Cuts the file
sox("myslowsound.wav myslowcuttedsound.wav trim 0.25 0.75")
## Deletes example files
file.remove("mysound.wav", "myslowsound.wav", "myslowcuttedsound.wav")
# }