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SampleWriter [Help Patch]

Outputs samples to a file

SampleWriter options

-name: Optional user-defined name for the transform
-channels: number of audio channels; Type: Integer; Default: 1
-format: Output sample format, one of s8, u8, s16, u16, s32, u32, float, double, ulaw8, ulaw16; Type: String; Default: "s16"

channels: number of audio channels; Type: Integer; Default: 1
format: Output sample format, one of s8, u8, s16, u16, s32, u32, float, double, ulaw8, ulaw16; Type: String; Default: "s16"

SampleWriter supports the following audio file formats:

.wav - Microsoft WAV file

.aif,.aiff - AIFF Format

.dat - Text format, 1 channel, textual floating-point numbers

.sf - IRCAM Sound files

.au - Sun/Java audio files

.raw - Raw audio files

SampleWriter supports the following data formats, which can be explicitly set using the -format option:

s88 bit, signed

u88 bit, unsigned

s1616 bit, signed

u1616 bit, unsigned

s3232 bit, signed

u3232 bit, unsigned

floatsingle-precision floating-point

doubledouble-precision floating point

ulaw88 bit, mu-law encoded

ulaw1616 bit, mu-law encoded

Note that not all data formats are supported by each file format (e.g., ".dat" only supports double and ".au" supports only ulaw formats).