SNDFILE-GENERATE-CHIRP(1)

✨ sndfile-generate-chirp ✨

okay bestie, so this is a General Commands Manual page for sndfile-generate-chirp — section 1, the classic command-line era 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

sndfile-generate-chirp — generate a sound file containing a chirp 🐦✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

sndfile-generate-chirp [options] <sample rate> <length in seconds>
<sound file>

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, sndfile-generate-chirp generates a sound file that has a sine wave in it, and that sine wave sweeps from a low starting frequency up to a higher ending frequency. that's the chirp, bestie, that's the whole vibe 🐣➡️🚀

the file gets written using libsndfile (http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/). no cap, that's the library doing the heavy lifting.

the parameters let you set the start and end sine wave frequencies, and also let you specify the shape of the sweep — ie linear, quadratic or logarithmic 📈🌈

run "sndfile-generate-chirp --help" for more information. fr fr, go do it, the help text is right there.

the format of the output file is determined by the filename extension of the output file. like, that's literally the whole format-picking system. iconic behaviour honestly 👑

heads up: the extension on your output filename is what decides the file format, so don't be random with it 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com> 💖

and that's a wrap, bestie 🫶 this little gem is from December 14, 2009, and it lives in the General Commands Manual as SNDFILE-GENERATE-CHIRP(1). go make some chirps, you got this 💜✨