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SoX(1)							   SoX(1)


NAME
       sox - Sound eXchange : universal sound sample translator

SYNOPSIS
       sox infile outfile
       sox infile outfile [ effect [ effect options ... ] ]
       sox infile -e effect [ effect options ... ]
       sox [ general options  ] [ format options  ] infile [ for-
       mat options  ] outfile [ effect [ effect options ... ] ]

       General options: [ -e ] [ -h ] [ -p ] [ -v volume ] [ -V ]

       Format	options:   [   -t  filetype  ]	[  -r  rate  ]	[
       -s/-u/-U/-A/-a/-i/-g ] [ -b/-w/-l/-f/-d/-D ] [ -c channels
       ] [ -x ]

       Effects:
	    avg [ -l | -r ]
	    band [ -n ] center [ width ]
	    bandpass frequency bandwidth
	    bandreject frequency bandwidth
	    check
	    chorus  gain-in  gain  out	delay  decay  speed depth
		 -s | -t [ delay decay speed depth -s | -t ]
	    compand attack1,decay1[,attack2,decay2...]
		    in-dB1,out-dB1[,in-dB2,out-dB2...]
		    [gain] [initial-volume]
	    copy
	    cut
	    deemph
	    echo gain-in gain-out delay decay [ delay decay  ...]
	    echos gain-in gain-out delay decay [ delay decay ...]
	    filter [ low ]-[ high ] [ window-len [ beta ]]
	    flanger gain-in gain-out delay decay speed -s | -t
	    highp center
	    highpass frequency
	    lowp center
	    lowpass frequency
	    map
	    mask
	    pan direction
	    phaser gain-in gain-out delay decay speed -s | -t
	    pick
	    pitch shift [ width interpole fade ]
	    polyphase [ -w < nut / ham > ]
		      [	 -width <  long	 / short  / # > ]
		      [ -cutoff #  ]
	    rate
	    resample
	    reverb gain-out reverb-time delay [ delay ... ]
	    reverse
	    speed factor
	    split
	    stat [ debug | -v ]



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	    stretch [ factor [ window fade shift fading ]
	    swap [ 1 2 3 4 ]
	    vibro speed [ depth ]
	    vol gain [ type ]

DESCRIPTION
       SoX is a command line program that can convert most  popu-
       lar  audio files to most other popular audio file formats.
       It can optionally apply a sound effect to the file  during
       this translation.

       There  are  two	types of audio files formats that SoX can
       work with.  The first are  self-describing  file	 formats.
       These  contain a header that completely describe the char-
       acteristics of the audio data that follows.

       The second type are headerless data, or	sometimes  called
       raw  data.   A user must pass enough information to SoX on
       the command line so that it knows what  type  of	 data  it
       contains.

       Audio  data can usually be totally described by four char-
       acteristics:

       rate	 The sample rate is in samples per  second.   For
		 example, CD sample rates are at 44100.

       data type What format the data is stored in.  Most popular
		 are 8-bit or 16-bit words.

       data format
		 What encoding the data type uses.  Examples  are
		 u-law, ADPCM, or signed linear data.

       channels	 How  many  channels  are  contained in the audio
		 data.	Mono and Stereo are the two most  common.

       Please  refer  to  the  soxexam(1)  manual page for a long
       description with examples on how to use sox  with  various
       types of file formats.

OPTIONS
       The option syntax is a little grotty, but in essence:

	    sox file.au file.voc

       translates  a  sound  file  in SUN Sparc .AU format into a
       SoundBlaster .VOC file, while

	    sox -v 0.5 file.au -r 12000 file.voc rate

       does the same  format  translation  but	also  lowers  the
       amplitude  by  1/2 and changes the sampling rate from 8000
       hertz to 12000 hertz via the rate sound effect loop.



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       Format options:

       Format options effect the audio samples that they  immedi-
       ately  percede.	 If they are placed before the input file
       name then they effect the input data.  If they are  placed
       before the output file name then they will effect the out-
       put data.  By taking advantage of this, you can override a
       input  file's  currupted	 header or produce an output file
       that is totally different style then the input file.

       -t filetype
		 gives the type of the sound sample file.

       -r rate	 Give sample rate in Hertz of file.  To cause the
		 output file to have a different sample rate than
		 the input file, include  this	option	with  the
		 appropriate  rate  value  along  with the output
		 options.  If the input	 and  output  files  have
		 different rates then a sample rate change effect
		 must be ran.  If a sample rate	 changing  effect
		 is not specified then a default one will be used
		 with its default parameters.

       -s/-u/-U/-A/-a/-i/-g
		 The sample data format	 is  signed  linear  (2's
		 complement),  unsigned	 linear, U-law (logarith-
		 mic), A-law (logarithmic), ADPCM, IMA_ADPCM,  or
		 GSM.	U-law and A-law are the U.S. and interna-
		 tional standards for logarithmic telephone sound
		 compression.  ADPCM is form of sound compression
		 that has a good compromise  between  good  sound
		 quality   and	 fast	encoding/decoding   time.
		 IMA_ADPCM is also a form of  adpcm  compression,
		 slightly  simpler  and	 slightly  lower fidelity
		 than Microsoft's flavor of ADPCM.  IMA_ADPCM  is
		 also  called  DVI_ADPCM.  GSM is a standard used
		 for  telephone	 sound	compression  in	 European
		 countries  and its gaining popularity because of
		 its quality.

       -b/-w/-l/-f/-d/-D
		 The sample data type is in bytes, 16-bit  words,
		 32-bit	 longwords,  32-bit floats, 64-bit double
		 floats, or 80-bit IEEE floats.	 Floats and  dou-
		 ble floats are in native machine format.

       -x	 The  sample  data is in XINU format; that is, it
		 comes from a  machine	with  the  opposite  word
		 order	than  yours and must be swapped according
		 to the word-size given above.	Only  16-bit  and
		 32-bit	 integer  data	may be swapped.	 Machine-
		 format	 floating-point	 data  is  not	portable.
		 IEEE floats are a fixed, portable format.




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       -c channels
		 The  number  of sound channels in the data file.
		 This may be 1, 2, or 4;  for  mono,  stereo,  or
		 quad  sound  data.   To cause the output file to
		 have a different number  of  channels	than  the
		 input	file, include this option with the appro-
		 raite value with the output  file  options.   If
		 the  input and output file have a different num-
		 ber of channels then  the  avg	 effect	 must  be
		 used.	If the avg effect is not specified on the
		 command line it will  be  invoked  with  default
		 parameters.

       General options:

       -e	 When  used  after  the	 input	file  (so that it
		 applies to the output file)  it  allows  you  to
		 avoid	giving	an  output  filename and will not
		 produce an output file.  It will apply any spec-
		 ified effects to the input file.  This is mainly
		 useful with the stat effect but can be used with
		 others.

       -h	 Print version number and usage information.

       -p	 Run  in  preview  mode	 and run fast.	This will
		 somewhat speed up sox when the output format has
		 a  different  number of channels and a different
		 rate than the input file.  The	 order	that  the
		 effects  are run in will be arranged for maximum
		 speed and not quality.

       -v volume Change amplitude (floating point); less than 1.0
		 decreases, greater than 1.0 increases.	 Note: we
		 perceive volume logarithmically,  not	linearly.
		 Note: see the stat effect.

       -V	 Print	a description of processing phases.  Use-
		 ful for figuring out exactly how sox is mangling
		 your sound samples.

FILE TYPES
       SoX  uses  the file extension of the input and output file
       to determine what type of file format to use.  This can be
       overriden  by  specifying  the  "-t" option on the command
       line.

       The input and output files may be read  from  standard  in
       and out.	 This is done by specifing '-' as the filename.

       File  formats  which  have  headers  are	 checked, if that
       header doesn't seem  right,  the	 program  exits	 with  an
       appropriate message.




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       The following file formats are supported:


       .8svx	 Amiga	8SVX  musical instrument description for-
		 mat.

       .aiff	 AIFF files  used  on  Apple  IIc/IIgs	and  SGI.
		 Note:	the  AIFF  format  supports only one SSND
		 chunk.	  It  does  not	 support  multiple  sound
		 chunks,  or the 8SVX musical instrument descrip-
		 tion format.  AIFF files are multimedia archives
		 and  and  can	have  multiple	audio and picture
		 chunks.  You may need	a  separate  archiver  to
		 work with them.

       .au	 SUN Microsystems AU files.  There are apparently
		 many types of .au files; DEC  has  invented  its
		 own  with  a  different  magic	 number	 and word
		 order.	 The .au handler can read these files but
		 will  not write them.	Some .au files have valid
		 AU headers and some  do  not.	 The  latter  are
		 probably  original  SUN  u-law	 8000 hz samples.
		 These can be dealt with  using	 the  .ul  format
		 (see below).

       .avr	 Audio Visual Research
		 The  AVR  format is produced by a number of com-
		 mercial packages on the Mac.

       .cdr	 CD-R
		 CD-R files are used in mastering  music  Compact
		 Disks.	 The file format is, as you might expect,
		 raw stereo raw unsigned samples at 44khz.   But,
		 there's some blocking/padding oddity in the for-
		 mat, so it needs its own handler.

       .cvs	 Continuously Variable Slope Delta modulation
		 Used to compress speech audio	for  applications
		 such as voice mail.

       .dat	 Text Data files
		 These	files contain a textual representation of
		 the sample data.   There  is  one  line  at  the
		 beginning that contains the sample rate.  Subse-
		 quent lines contain two numeric data items:  the
		 time  since  the beginning of the sample and the
		 sample value.	Values are normalized so that the
		 maximum  and  minimum	are 1.00 and -1.00.  This
		 file format can be used to create data files for
		 external programs such as FFT analyzers or graph
		 routines.  SoX can also convert a file	 in  this
		 format	 back into one of the other file formats.

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		 A standard for compressing speech which is  used
		 in  the Global Standard for Mobil telecommunica-
		 tions (GSM).  Its good for its purpose,  shrink-
		 ing  audio data size, but it will introduce lots
		 of noise when a given sound  sample  is  encoded
		 and decoded multiple times.  This format is used
		 by some voice mail applications.  It  is  rather
		 CPU  intensive.   GSM	in  sox	 is  optional and
		 requires access to an external GSM library.   To
		 see  if  there is support for gsm run sox -h and
		 look for it under the	list  of  supported  file
		 formats.

       .hcom	 Macintosh  HCOM  files.   These are (apparently)
		 Mac FSSD files with some variant of Huffman com-
		 pression.   The Macintosh has wacky file formats
		 and this format handler apparently doesn't  han-
		 dle all the ones it should.  Mac users will need
		 your usual arsenal of file  converters	 to  deal
		 with an HCOM file under Unix or DOS.

       .maud	 An Amiga format
		 An IFF-conform sound file type, registered by MS
		 MacroSystem Computer GmbH, published along  with
		 the  "Toccata"	 sound-card on the Amiga.  Allows
		 8bit linear, 16bit linear, A-Law, u-law in  mono
		 and stereo.

       ossdsp	 OSS /dev/dsp device driver
		 This is a pseudo-file type and can be optionally
		 compiled into Sox.  Run sox -h	 to  see  if  you
		 have  support	for  this  file	 type.	When this
		 driver is used it allows you to open up the  OSS
		 /dev/dsp  file	 and configure it to use the same
		 data type as passed in to  Sox.   It  works  for
		 both  playing and recording sound samples.  When
		 playing sound files it attempts to  set  up  the
		 OSS  driver  to use the same format as the input
		 file.	It is suggested to  always  override  the
		 output values to use the highest quality samples
		 your sound card can handle.  Example: -t  ossdsp
		 -w -s /dev/dsp

       .sf	 IRCAM Sound Files.
		 SoundFiles  are  used by academic music software
		 such as the  CSound  package,	and  the  MixView
		 sound sample editor.

       .smp	 Turtle Beach SampleVision files.
		 SMP  files  are  for use with the PC-DOS package
		 SampleVision by  Turtle  Beach	 Softworks.  This
		 package  is  for  communication  to several MIDI
		 samplers. All sample rates are supported by  the
		 package,  although  not all are supported by the



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		 samplers themselves. Currently loop  points  are
		 ignored.

       sunau	 Sun /dev/audio device driver
		 This is a pseudo-file type and can be optionally
		 compiled into Sox.  Run sox -h	 to  see  if  you
		 have  support	for  this  file	 type.	When this
		 driver is used it allows you to open  up  a  Sun
		 /dev/audio file and configure it to use the same
		 data type as passed in to  Sox.   It  works  for
		 both  playing and recording sound samples.  When
		 playing sound files it attempts to  set  up  the
		 audio driver to use the same format as the input
		 file.	It is suggested to  always  override  the
		 output values to use the highest quality samples
		 your hardware can handle.  Example: -t sunau  -w
		 -s /dev/audio or -t sunau -U -c 1 /dev/audio for
		 older sun equipment.

       .txw	 Yamaha TX-16W sampler.
		 A file format from a  Yamaha  sampling	 keyboard
		 which	wrote  IBM-PC format 3.5" floppies.  Han-
		 dles reading of files which do not have the sam-
		 ple  rate  field  set	to one of the expected by
		 looking at some other bytes in	 the  attack/loop
		 length	 fields,  and  defaulting to 33kHz if the
		 sample rate is still unknown.

       .vms	 More info to come.
		 Used to compress speech audio	for  applications
		 such as voice mail.

       .voc	 Sound Blaster VOC files.
		 VOC  files  are  multi-part  and contain silence
		 parts, looping, and different sample  rates  for
		 different  chunks.   On input, the silence parts
		 are filled out, loops are rejected,  and  sample
		 data	with  a	 new  sample  rate  is	rejected.
		 Silence with a different sample rate  is  gener-
		 ated  appropriately.	On output, silence is not
		 detected, nor are impossible sample rates.

       .wav	 Microsoft .WAV RIFF files.
		 These appear to be very similar  to  IFF  files,
		 but  not  the	same.	They are the native sound
		 file format of Windows.  (Obviously, Windows was
		 of  such  incredible  importance to the computer
		 industry that it just had to have its own  sound
		 file format.)	Normally .wav files have all for-
		 matting information in their headers, and so  do
		 not  need  any	 format	 options specified for an
		 input file. If any are, they will  override  the
		 file  header,	and  you  will	be warned to this
		 effect.  You had better know what you are doing!



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		 Output	 format	 options will cause a format con-
		 version, and the  .wav	 will  written	appropri-
		 ately.	  Sox currently can read PCM, ULAW, ALAW,
		 MS ADPCM, and IMA (or DVI) ADPCM.  It can  write
		 all of these formats including (NEW!)	the ADPCM
		 encoding.

       .wve	 Psion 8-bit alaw
		 These are 8-bit a-law 8khz sound files	 used  on
		 the Psion palmtop portable computer.

       .raw	 Raw files (no header).
		 The  sample  rate,  size  (byte, word, etc), and
		 encoding (signed, unsigned, etc.)  of the sample
		 file  must  be	 given.	  The  number of channels
		 defaults to 1.

       .ub, .sb, .uw, .sw, .ul, .sl
		 These are several  suffices  which  serve  as	a
		 shorthand  for	 raw  files with a given size and
		 encoding.  Thus, ub, sb, uw, sw, ul and sl  cor-
		 respond   to  "unsigned  byte",  "signed  byte",
		 "unsigned word", "signed word",  "ulaw"  (byte),
		 and  "signed long".  The sample rate defaults to
		 8000 hz if not explicitly set, and the number of
		 channels  (as	always) defaults to 1.	There are
		 lots of Sparc samples floating around	in  u-law
		 format with no header and fixed at a sample rate
		 of 8000 hz.  (Certain sound management	 software
		 cheerfully  ignores  the  headers.)   Similarly,
		 most Mac sound files are in unsigned byte format
		 with a sample rate of 11025 or 22050 hz.

       .auto	 This  is  a  ``meta-type'': specifying this type
		 for an input file triggers some code that  tries
		 to  guess  the	 real  type  by looking for magic
		 words in the  header.	 If  the  type	can't  be
		 guessed,  the	program	 exits with an error mes-
		 sage.	The input must be a  plain  file,  not	a
		 pipe.	This type can't be used for output files.

EFFECTS
       Only one effect from the palette may be applied to a sound
       sample.	 To do multiple effects you'll need to run sox in
       a pipeline.

       avg [ -l | -r ]
		 Reduce the number of channels by  averaging  the
		 samples,  or  duplicate channels to increase the
		 number of channels.  This  effect  is	automati-
		 cally	used  when  the	 number of input channels
		 differ from the number of output channels.  When
		 reducing  the	number of channels it is possible
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		 -l  and  -r  options  to select only the left or
		 right channel for the output instead of  averag-
		 ing the two channels.

       band [ -n ] center [ width ]
		 Apply	 a   band-pass	 filter.   The	frequency
		 response drops logarithmically around the center
		 frequency.   The  width  gives	 the slope of the
		 drop.	The frequencies at  center  +  width  and
		 center	 -  width  will be half of their original
		 amplitudes.  Band defaults to a mode oriented to
		 pitched signals, i.e. voice, singing, or instru-
		 mental music.	The -n (for  noise)  option  uses
		 the   alternate  mode	for  un-pitched	 signals.
		 Warning: -n introduces	 a  power-gain	of  about
		 11dB  in  the	filter, so beware of output clip-
		 ping.	Band introduces noise in the shape of the
		 filter, i.e. peaking at the center frequency and
		 settling around it.  See filter for  a	 bandpass
		 effect with steeper shoulders.

       bandpass frequency bandwidth
		 Butterworth  bandpass filter. Description coming
		 soon!

       bandreject frequency bandwidth
		 Butterworth bandreject filter.	 Description com-
		 ing soon!

       chorus gain-in gain-out delay decay speed depth

	      -s | -t [ delay decay speed depth -s | -t ... ]
		 Add  a chorus to a sound sample.  Each quadtuple
		 delay/decay/speed/depth gives the delay in  mil-
		 liseconds  and	 the  decay (relative to gain-in)
		 with a modulation speed in  Hz	 using	depth  in
		 milliseconds.	The modulation is either sinodial
		 (-s) or triangular (-t).  Gain-out is the volume
		 of the output.

       compand attack1,decay1[,attack2,decay2...]

	       in-dB1,out-dB1[,in-dB2,out-dB2...]

	       [gain] [initial-volume]
		 Compand  (compress  or expand) the dynamic range
		 of a sample.  The attack and decay time  specify
		 the  integration  time	 over  which the absolute
		 value of  the	input  signal  is  integrated  to
		 determine  its volume.	 Where more than one pair
		 of attack/decay parameters are	 specified,  each
		 channel  is treated separately and the number of
		 pairs must agree with the number of input  chan-
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		 on the compander's transfer  function	specified
		 in  dB	 relative  to the maximum possible signal
		 amplitude.   The  input  values  must	be  in	a
		 strictly increasing order but the transfer func-
		 tion does not have to be  monotonically  rising.
		 The  special  value -inf may be used to indicate
		 that the input volume should be associated  out-
		 put  volume.	The  points -inf,-inf and 0,0 are
		 assumed; the latter may be overridden,	 but  the
		 former	 may not.  The third (optional) parameter
		 is a postprocessing gain in dB which is  applied
		 after	the  compression  has  taken  place;  the
		 fourth (optional) parameter is an initial volume
		 to  be	 assumed for each channel when the effect
		 starts.  This permits the user to supply a nomi-
		 nal  level  initially,	 so  that, for example, a
		 very large gain is not applied to initial signal
		 levels before the companding action has begun to
		 operate: it is quite probable that  in	 such  an
		 event,	 the  output  would  be	 severely clipped
		 while	the  compander	gain   properly	  adjusts
		 itself.

       copy	 Copy the input file to the output file.  This is
		 the default effect if both files have	the  same
		 sampling rate.

       cut loopnumber
		 Extract loop #N from a sample.

       deemph	 Apply	a  treble  attenuation shelving filter to
		 samples  in  audio  cd	 format.   The	frequency
		 response  of pre-emphasized recordings is recti-
		 fied.	The filtering is defined in the	 standard
		 document ISO 908.

       echo gain-in gain-out delay decay [ delay decay ... ]
		 Add echoing to a sound sample.	 Each delay/decay
		 part gives the delay  in  milliseconds	 and  the
		 decay (relative to gain-in) of that echo.  Gain-
		 out is the volume of the output.

       echos gain-in gain-out delay decay [ delay decay ... ]
		 Add a sequence of echos to a sound sample.  Each
		 delay/decay part gives the delay in milliseconds
		 and the decay	(relative  to  gain-in)	 of  that
		 echo.	Gain-out is the volume of the output.

       filter [ low ]-[ high ] [ window-len [ beta ] ]
		 Apply	a  Sinc-windowed  lowpass,  highpass,  or
		 bandpass filter of given window  length  to  the
		 signal.   low	refers	to  the	 frequency of the
		 lower 6dB corner of the filter.  high refers  to
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		 filter.

		 A lowpass filter  is  obtained	 by  leaving  low
		 unspecified,	or   0.	  A  highpass  filter  is
		 obtained by leaving high unspecified, or  0,  or
		 greater  than or equal to the Nyquist frequency.

		 The window-len, if unspecified, defaults to 128.
		 Longer	 windows  give	a sharper cutoff, smaller
		 windows a more gradual cutoff.

		 The beta, if unspecified, defaults to 16.   This
		 selects  a Kaiser window.  You can select a Nut-
		 tall window by specifying anything <= 2.0  here.
		 For  more  discussion	of  beta,  look under the
		 resample effect.


       flanger gain-in gain-out delay decay speed -s | -t
		 Add a flanger to a sound  sample.   Each  triple
		 delay/decay/speed  gives  the delay in millisec-
		 onds and the decay (relative to gain-in) with	a
		 modulation  speed  in	Hz.   The  modulation  is
		 either sinodial (-s) or triangular (-t).   Gain-
		 out is the volume of the output.

       highp center
		 Apply	 a   high-pass	 filter.   The	frequency
		 response drops logarithmically with center  fre-
		 quency	 in the middle of the drop.  The slope of
		 the filter is quite gentle.  See  filter  for	a
		 highpass effect with sharper cutoff.

       highpass frequency
		 Butterworth  highpass	filter.	 Description com-
		 ming soon!

       lowp center
		 Apply a low-pass filter.  The frequency response
		 drops	logarithmically	 with center frequency in
		 the middle of the drop.  The slope of the filter
		 is  quite  gentle.   See  filter  for	a lowpass
		 effect with sharper cutoff.

       lowpass frequency
		 Butterworth lowpass filter.  Description  coming
		 soon!

       map	 Display a list of loops in a sample, and miscel-
		 laneous loop info.

       mask	 Add "masking  noise"  to  signal.   This  effect
		 deliberately  adds  white  noise  to  a sound in
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		 the  process  of  playing a sound digitally.  It
		 tends to mask buzzing voices, for  example.   It
		 adds  1/2  bit of noise to the sound file at the
		 output bit depth.

       pan direction
		 Pan the sound of an audio file from one  channel
		 to another.  This is done by changing the volume
		 of the input channels so that it fade's  out  on
		 one  channel  and  fades-in  on another.  If the
		 number of input channels is different	then  the
		 number of output channels then this effect tries
		 to intellegently handle this.	For instance,  if
		 the input contains 1 channel and the output con-
		 tains 2 channels, then it will create the  miss-
		 ing  channel  itself.	 The direction is a value
		 from -1.0 to 1.0.  -1.0 represents far left  and
		 1.0  represents  far  right.  Numbers in between
		 will start the pan effect without totally muting
		 the opposite channel.

       phaser gain-in gain-out delay decay speed -s | -t
		 Add  a	 phaser	 to  a sound sample.  Each triple
		 delay/decay/speed gives the delay  in	millisec-
		 onds  and the decay (relative to gain-in) with a
		 modulation  speed  in	Hz.   The  modulation  is
		 either	 sinodial  (-s)	 or triangular (-t).  The
		 decay should be less than 0.5 to avoid feedback.
		 Gain-out is the volume of the output.

       pick	 Select	 the  left  or	right channel of a stereo
		 sample, or one of four	 channels  in  a  quadro-
		 phonic sample.

       pitch shift [ width interpole fade ]
		 Change	 the  pitch of file without affecting its
		 duration by cross-fading shifted samples.  shift
		 is given in cents. Use a positive value to shift
		 to treble, negative  value  to	 shift	to  bass.
		 Default  shift	 is 0.	width of window is in ms.
		 Default width is 20ms. Try 30ms to lower  pitch,
		 and  10ms to raise pitch.  interpole option, can
		 be "cubic" or "linear". Default is "cubic".  The
		 fade  option,	can be "cos", "hamming", "linear"
		 or "trapezoid".  Default is "cos".

       polyphase [ -w < nut / ham > ]

		 [  -width <  long  / short  / # > ]

		 [ -cutoff #  ]
		 Translate input sampling rate to output sampling
		 rate  via  polyphase  interpolation, a DSP algo-
		 rithm.	 This method is slow  and  uses	 lots  of



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		 RAM, but gives much better results than rate.
		 -w  <	nut / ham > : select either a Nuttal (~90
		 dB stopband) or Hamming (~43 dB  stopband)  win-
		 dow.  Default is nut.
		 -width	 long / short / # : specify the (approxi-
		 mate) width of the filter.  long  is  1024  sam-
		 ples;	short  is 128 samples.	Alternatively, an
		 exact number can be used.  Default is long.  The
		 short	option is not recommended, as it produces
		 poor quality results.
		 -cutoff # : specify the filter cutoff	frequency
		 in  terms  of	fraction of bandwidth.	If upsam-
		 pling, then this is the fraction of the original
		 signal that should go through.	 If downsampling,
		 this is the fraction of the  signal  left  after
		 downsampling.	 Default  is 0.95.  Remember that
		 this is a float.


       rate	 Translate input sampling rate to output sampling
		 rate  via linear interpolation to the Least Com-
		 mon Multiple of the two sampling rates.  This is
		 the default effect if the two files have differ-
		 ent sampling rates and the preview  options  was
		 specified.  This is fast but noisy: the spectrum
		 of the original sound will  be	 shifted  upwards
		 and  duplicated faintly when up-translating by a
		 multiple.   Lerp-ing  is  acceptable  for  cheap
		 8-bit	sound  hardware, but for CD-quality sound
		 you  should  instead  use  either  resample   or
		 polyphase.   If you are wondering which of SoX's
		 rate changing effects to use, you will	 want  to
		 read  a  detailed  analysis  of  all  of them at
		 http://eakaw2.et.tu-dresden.de/~wilde/resam-
		 ple/resample.html [Nov,1999: These tests need to
		 be updated for sox-12.17, which has bugfixes  to
		 the resample and polyphase code.]

       resample [ -qs | -q | -ql ] [ rolloff [ beta ] ]
		 Translate input sampling rate to output sampling
		 rate  via  simulated  analog  filtration.   This
		 method	 is slower than rate, but gives much bet-
		 ter results.

		 The -qs, -q, or -ql  options  specify	increased
		 accuracy  at  the cost of lower execution speed.
		 By default, linear interpolation is used, with a
		 window width about 45 samples at the lower rate.
		 This gives an accuracy of  about  16  bits,  but
		 insufficient stopband rejection in the case that
		 you want to have rolloff greater than about 0.80
		 of  the  Nyquist frequency.  The -q* options use
		 quadratic interpolation of filter  coefficients,
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		 Following  is a table of the reasonable defaults
		 which are built-in to sox:
		    Option  Window rolloff beta interpolation
		    ------  ------ ------- ---- -------------
		    (none)    45    0.80    16	   linear
		      -qs     45    0.80    16	  quadratic
		      -q      75    0.875   16	  quadratic
		      -ql    149    0.94    16	  quadratic
		    ------  ------ ------- ---- -------------
		 -qs, -q, or -ql use window lengths of 45, 75, or
		 149  samples, respectively, at the lower sample-
		 rate of the two files.	 This means progressively
		 sharper  stop-band  rejection, at proportionally
		 slower execution times.

		 rolloff refers to the cut-off frequency  of  the
		 low  pass  filter  and	 is given in terms of the
		 Nyquist frequency for	the  lower  sample  rate.
		 rolloff therefore should be something between 0.
		 and 1., in practice 0.8-0.95.	The defaults  are
		 indicated above.

		 The beta parameter determines the type of filter
		 window used.  Any value greater than 2.0 is  the
		 beta for a Kaiser window.  Beta <= 2.0 selects a
		 Nuttall window.  If unspecified, the default  is
		 a Kaiser window with beta 16.

		 In the case of Kaiser window (beta > 2.0), lower
		 betas produce a somewhat faster transition  from
		 passband  to stopband, at the cost of noticeable
		 artifacts.  A beta of 16 is  the  default,  beta
		 less  than 10 is not recommended.  If you want a
		 sharper cutoff, don't	use  low  beta's,  use	a
		 longer	 sample	 window.   A  Nuttall  window  is
		 selected by specifying any 'beta' <= 2, and  the
		 Nuttall  window has somewhat steeper cutoff than
		 the default Kaiser window.   You  will	 probably
		 not  need  to	use  the  beta	parameter at all,
		 unless you are just curious about comparing  the
		 effects of Nuttall vs. Kaiser windows.

		 This is the default effect if the two files have
		 different sampling  rates.   Default  parameters
		 are, as indicated above, Kaiser window of length
		 45, rolloff 0.80, beta 16, linear interpolation.

		 NOTE:	-qs  is	 only  slightly	 slower, but more
		 accurate for 16-bit or higher precision.

		 NOTE: In many cases of up-sampling, no	 interpo-
		 lation	 is  needed, as exact filter coefficients
		 can be computed in a reasonable amount of space.
		 To be precise, this is done when



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			    input_rate < output_rate
				       &&
		   output_rate/gcd(input_rate,output_rate) <= 511

       reverb gain-out delay [ delay ... ]
		 Add reverberation to a sound sample.  Each delay
		 is  given  in	milliseconds  and its feedback is
		 depending on the  reverb-time	in  milliseconds.
		 Each  delay  should  be  in the range of half to
		 quarter of reverb-time to get a realistic rever-
		 beration.  Gain-out is the volume of the output.

       reverse	 Reverse the sound sample  completely.	 Included
		 for finding Satanic subliminals.

       speed factor
		 Speed	up  or down the sound, as a magnetic tape
		 with a speed control.	It affects both pitch and
		 time.	A  factor  of 1.0 means no change, and is
		 the  default.	 2.0  doubles  speed,  thus  time
		 length	 is cut by a half and pitch is one octave
		 higher.  0.5 halves speed thus time length  dou-
		 bles and pitch is one octave lower.

       split	 Turn a mono sample into a stereo sample by copy-
		 ing the input channel	to  the	 left  and  right
		 channels.

       stat [ debug | -v ]
		 Do  a	statistical  check on the input file, and
		 print results on the standard error file.   stat
		 may  copy  the file untouched from input to out-
		 put, if you select an output file.  The  "Volume
		 Adjustment:"  field  in the statistics gives you
		 the argument to the -v number	which  will  make
		 the sample as loud as possible without clipping.
		 There is an  optional	parameter  -v  that  will
		 print out the "Volume Adjustment:" field's value
		 and return.  This could be of use in scripts  to
		 auto  convert	the  volume.  There is an also an
		 optional parameter debug  that	 will  place  sox
		 into  debug mode and print out a hex dump of the
		 sound file from the internal buffer that  is  in
		 32-bit	 signed PCM data.  This is mainly only of
		 use in tracking down endian problems that  creep
		 in to sox on cross-platform versions.

       stretch factor [window fade shift fading]
		 Time  stretch	file  by  a  given factor. Change
		 duration without affecting the pitch.	factor of
		 stretching:  >1.0  lengthen,  <1.0 shorten dura-
		 tion.	window size is in ms.  Default	is  20ms.
		 The  fade option, can be "lin".  shift ratio, in
		 [0.0 1.0]. Default depends  on	 stretch  factor.



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		 1.0  to  shorten,  0.8	 to lengthen.  The fading
		 ratio, in [0.0 0.5].  The  amount  of	a  fade's
		 default depends on factor and shift.

       swap [ 1 2 3 4 ]
		 Swap  channels in multi-channel sound files.  In
		 files with more than 2 channels you may  specify
		 the order that the channels should be rearranged
		 in.

       vibro speed  [ depth ]
		 Add the world-famous  Fender  Vibro-Champ  sound
		 effect to a sound sample by using a sine wave as
		 the volume knob.  Speed gives the Hertz value of
		 the  wave.   This must be under 30.  Depth gives
		 the amount the volume is cut into  by	the  sine
		 wave,	ranging 0.0 to 1.0 and defaulting to 0.5.

       vol gain	 [ type ]
		 The vol effect is much	 like  the  command  line
		 option	 -v.   It allows you to adjust the volume
		 of an input file and allows you to  specify  the
		 adjustment  in	 relation to amplitude, power, or
		 dB.  When type is amplitude then a linear change
		 of the amplitude is performed based on the gain.
		 Therefore, a value of 1.0 will keep  the  volume
		 the  same, 0.0 to < 1.0 will cause the volume to
		 decrease and values of > 1.0 will cause the vol-
		 ume  to increase.  Beware of clipping audio data
		 when the gain is greater then 1.0.   A	 negative
		 value	performs  the  same adjustment while also
		 changing the phase.
		 When type is power then  a  value  of	1.0  also
		 means no change in volume.
		 When  type  is	 dB the amplitude is change loga-
		 rithmically.  0.0 is constant while  +6  doubles
		 the amplitude.

       Sox  enforces certain effects.  If the two files have dif-
       ferent sampling rates, the requested effect must be one of
       copy,  or rate, If the two files have different numbers of
       channels, the avg effect must be requested.

BUGS
       The syntax is horrific.	Thats the breaks when  trying  to
       handle all things from the command line.

       Please  report  any  bugs  found in this version of sox to
       Chris Bagwell (cbagwell@sprynet.com)

FILES
SEE ALSO
       play(1), rec(1), soxexam(1)




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NOTICES
       The version of Sox that accompanies this	 manual	 page  is
       support	by  Chris Bagwell (cbagwell@sprynet.com).  Please
       refer any questions regarding it to this address.  You may
       obtain	the   latest   version	 at   the  the	web  site
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