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SNDFILE-GENERATE-CHIRP

NAME

sndfile-generate-chirp − generate a sound file containing a chirp

SYNOPSIS

sndfile-generate-chirp [options] <sample rate> <length in seconds> <sound file>

DESCRIPTION

sndfile-generate-chirp generates a sound file containing a sine wave that sweeps from a low starting frequency to a higher ending frequency (ie a chirp). The file is written using libsndfile (http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/).

The parameters allows the start and end sine wave frequencies to be set as well as specifying the shape of the sweep (ie linear, quadratic or logarithmic). Run "sndfile−generate-chirp −−help" for more information.

The format of the output file is determined by the filename extension of the output file.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd AT mega-nerd DOT com>.

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