[Robert Heller]

At 03 Nov 2006 15:29:40 -0600 wrote:



Greetings,

I'm in the hunt for Linux-based command line tools that might conspire
to automate this process.


concatenate a string of WAV files

cat a.wav b.wav ab.wav

maximize volume
automagically split the big honkin file where the level falls
below a given dB level for, oh 3-5 seconds

I guess I'm sort of looking for the audio equivalent of imagemagick (a
package of nifty command line image manipulation tools).


I believe lame can do some of this. And create a .mp3 file as final
output. Also see sox -- the man page looks like an audio equivelant to
imagemagick's man page.


In my application, the source files are 15min WAV's from a digital
recorder, and they're typically of live performances. The focus here
is on turnaround time and ease -- basically turning around live
recordings made of shows for consumption by the band members
themselves. If there are one or two too many tracks/wav files cut,
that's okay.

If command line tools don't exist, is there anything GUI or not in the
Linux world that'll do this? Free of course is preferable. :-)

TIA for any insight or advice.

Best Regards,

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