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SoX

SoX - Sound eXchange is a cross platform command line tool for converting and editing audio files.

Installation in Termux

pkg install sox

Configuration

To enable recording from the microphone add following line in $PREFIX/etc/pulse/default.pa

load-module module-sles-source

Usage

Conversion

sox input.wav output.mp3

Playback

play audio.wav

Recording

rec audio.wav trim 0 00:10

More examples

Normalize an audio file (adjust volume to the maximum peak level, without clipping):

sox --norm input_audiofile output_audiofile

Alternative:

sox input_audiofile output_audiofile norm

The standard bitrate for conversion to mp3 is 64 kbit per channel.

SoX tricks