SoX is a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS X, etc.) command line utility that can convert various formats of computer audio files in to other formats. It can also apply various effects to these sound files, and, as an added bonus, SoX can play and record audio files on most platforms.
The current release handles the following audio file formats:- Raw files in various binary formats
- Raw textual data
- Amiga 8svx files
- Apple/SGI AIFF files
- SUN .au files
- AVR files
- CDDA (Compact Disc Digital Audio format)
- CVS and VMS files (continuous variable slope)
- GSM files
- HTK files
- LPC-10 files
- Macintosh HCOM files
- Amiga MAUD files
- AMR-WB & AMR-NB (with optional libamrwb & libamrnb libraries)
- MP3 (with optional libmad and libmp3lame libraries)
- MP4, AAC, AC3, WAVPACK, AMR-NB files (with optional ffmpeg library)
- AVI, WMV, Ogg Theora, MPEG video files (with optional ffmpeg library)
- Ogg Vorbis files (with optional Ogg Vorbis libraries)
- FLAC files (with optional libFLAC)
- IRCAM SoundFile files
- NIST SPHERE files
- Turtle beach SampleVision files
- Sounder & Soundtool (DOS) files
- Yamaha TX-16W sampler files
- SoundBlaster .VOC files
- Dialogic/OKI ADPCM files (.VOX)
- Microsoft .WAV files
- WavPack files (with optional libwavpack library)
- Psion (palmtop) A-law WVE files and Record voice notes
- Maxis XA Audio files
- Pseudo formats that allow direct playing/recording from most audio devices
- The "null" pseudo-file that reads and writes from/to nowhere
The audio effects/tools included are as follows:
- Production effects
- Tone/filter effects
- Volume/level effects
- Editing effects
- Mixing effects
- Pitch/tempo effects
- Mastering effects
- Specialised filters/mixers
- Analysis `effects'
- Miscellaneous effects