[NTLUG:Discuss] converting audio files via CLI tools

[Steve Baker]

The 'man' page for audacity says:

     "Audacity is an interactive, graphical editor,  not  a 
batch-processing
       tool.   There  are no options that make it easy to perform an
operation
       on a set of files.  If you need to batch-process  audio  or  do 
simple
       edits from the command line, use sox."

So how about 'sox'?  It can certainly read MP3 and write WAV - and it
has a reasonable set of effects you can apply.  Sox is installed as a
standard tool on most Linux distro's...so you may not have to download
anything.

  -- Steve


Richard wrote:
>  On 10/1/2010 9:39 AM, allen meyers wrote:
>> I use the switch sound file converter for audacity. Do not know if
>> its what you are looking for
>
> I can't seem to find a Command Line Interface version of "Switch
> Sound..."  Also, I can only find a Mac and Windows version.  As for
> Audacity, from what I find it is only a GUI.  I don't need to hear or
> play the audio file, I just need to process it and pass it on.
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
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