SNDFILE-GENERATE-CHIRP(1)

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.meganerd.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@meganerd.com>.
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