sox
CLISwiss Army knife of audio manipulation.
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Installation
Homebrew
brew install soxapt
sudo apt install soxLinks
License
GPL-2.0AI Agent Notes
Convert, trim, mix, and apply effects to audio files
When to use
Audio format conversion, trimming silence, normalizing volume
Examples
sox input.wav output.mp3sox input.wav output.wav trim 0 30 # first 30 secondssox input.wav output.wav norm # normalize volume
Proven Recipes
Convert audio format🟢 94% success
sox input.wav output.mp3⚠ Common failures (1)
- sox FAIL formats: no handler for file extension 'mp3' → Install sox with mp3 support: brew install sox
Trim audio to first 30 seconds🟢 98% success
sox input.wav output.wav trim 0 30Normalize volume🟢 97% success
sox --norm input.wav output.wav