Easiest thing is to check out their documentation:
http://sox.sourceforge.net/Docs/Documentation
You can ignore all the installation stuff since you'd probably just do
it through macports. That said, it's all parameters you type on a
command line. Sox adds three new commands - sox, play rec. Play and Rec
are just aliases to Sox with parameters to set it to play or record so
you really could do everything with just sox. So, for example, if I want
to play two files one after another I would type
sox filename.mp3 filename2.mp3 -d
which is the same as
play filename.mp3 filename2.mp3
or to play everything in a folder
play "mystuff/*.mp3"
It's not interactive, it's all parameters. So to play the first 10
seconds of a track you would do
play filename.mp3 trim 0 0:10
To concatenate two audio files
sox file1.mp3 file2.mp3 outputfile.mp3
To play them at the same time
play -m file1.mp3 file2.mp3
To play a file faster
play file1.mp3 speed 1.25
and on and on with infinite combinations.
CB
On 8/24/12 11:05 AM, Paul Erkens wrote:
Hi CB,
Wow this sounds very cool. how can one manipulate audio from the command line?
Can you play audio, set markers interactively, nodge markers, cut copy and
paste, mix tracks etc? The idea is interesting. How is this done? If you want
to perform whatever function on a file, like mp3ing, normalizing, or applying
whatever preset effect, that is rather straight forward as far as I understand,
because all graphical tools are a shell around that type of core activity. But
can you also delete a bit of audio from a file, if you don't know the start and
end times yet, i.e. it being interactive?
Paul.
On Aug 24, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote:
You should be able to do that in Garage Band. If you're good with the Terminal
you can try installing the MacPorts version of the Sox package which lets you
do all kinds of audio manipulation from the command line.
CB
On 8/23/12 7:35 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote:
I mean take two mp3 files that are voice only and join the two together so you
have one big file.
Is that a little clearer?
On Aug 23, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
Hi,
merge mp3 files? you mean for example, taking a vocal recording of say an
interview, and merging it with a music track?
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Aug 23, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Stacey Robinson <stacey...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Can someone recommend some free software for the mac that will allow me to merge
mp3 files.
I need something that's really simple.
Thanks,
Stacey and Chesley
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