Re: [SoX-users] recording audio on a mac

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ok, ran -V10 as suggested. here is output fyi.

thanks,
dan

<output>
daniel-paluskas-macbook-pro:OneMinutePerDay danielpaluska$ sox -d -V10
foo.wav
sox: SoX v14.3.0
time:  Jun 20 2009 19:13:43
uname: Darwin daniel-paluskas-macbook-pro.local 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version
9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
gcc:   4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5488)
arch:  1248 48 44 L
sox DBUG coreaudio: audio device did not accept 48000 sample rate. Use 44100
instead.

Input File     : 'default' (coreaudio)
Channels       : 2
Sample Rate    : 44100
Precision      : 16-bit
Sample Encoding: 16-bit Signed Integer PCM
Endian Type    : little
Reverse Nibbles: no
Reverse Bits   : no

sox DBUG wav: Writing Wave file: Microsoft PCM format, 2 channels, 44100
samp/sec
sox DBUG wav:         176400 byte/sec, 4 block align, 16 bits/samp

Output File    : 'foo.wav'
Channels       : 2
Sample Rate    : 44100
Precision      : 16-bit
Sample Encoding: 16-bit Signed Integer PCM
Endian Type    : little
Reverse Nibbles: no
Reverse Bits   : no
Comment        : 'Processed by SoX'

sox INFO sox: effects chain: input      44100Hz 2 channels 16 bits (multi)
sox INFO sox: effects chain: output     44100Hz 2 channels 16 bits (multi)
In:0.00% 00:00:00.00 [00:00:00.00] Out:0     [      |      ]
Clip:0
Done.
sox DBUG wav: Finished writing Wave file, 0 data bytes 0 samples
</output>
<output>
daniel-paluskas-macbook-pro:OneMinutePerDay danielpaluska$ sox -d -V10
foo.aiff
sox: SoX v14.3.0
time:  Jun 20 2009 19:13:43
uname: Darwin daniel-paluskas-macbook-pro.local 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version
9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
gcc:   4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5488)
arch:  1248 48 44 L
sox DBUG coreaudio: audio device did not accept 48000 sample rate. Use 44100
instead.

Input File     : 'default' (coreaudio)
Channels       : 2
Sample Rate    : 44100
Precision      : 16-bit
Sample Encoding: 16-bit Signed Integer PCM
Endian Type    : little
Reverse Nibbles: no
Reverse Bits   : no

sox DBUG aiff: converted 44100 to 100 16 37777777654 104 0 0 0 0 0 0

Output File    : 'foo.aiff'
Channels       : 2
Sample Rate    : 44100
Precision      : 16-bit
Sample Encoding: 16-bit Signed Integer PCM
Endian Type    : big
Reverse Nibbles: no
Reverse Bits   : no
Comment        : 'Processed by SoX'

sox INFO sox: effects chain: input      44100Hz 2 channels 16 bits (multi)
sox INFO sox: effects chain: output     44100Hz 2 channels 16 bits (multi)
In:0.00% 00:00:00.00 [00:00:00.00] Out:0     [      |      ]
Clip:0
Done.
sox DBUG aiff: converted 44100 to 100 16 37777777654 104 0 0 0 0 0 0

</output>

Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:06:39 -0500
> From: Chris Bagwell <ch...@cn...>
> Subject: Re: [SoX-users] using sox to record on a mac? / timelapse
>        audio
> To: sox...@li...
> Message-ID:
>        <AAN...@ma...>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I do not think recording works on OSX... The hardware I developed
> software on did not have a working recording device and I just took a
> guess at how to do it.
>
> Hopefully a programmer with access will eventually step in.  For one
> thing, we are not setting audio properties for correct channel #'s or
> sample rate.
>
> This may be confusing things... Maybe you'll get lucky if you first
> run another recording application using correct sample size, rate, and
> channels and the audio device may default to re-using those settings
> when you run SoX.
>
> Also, running "rec -V10 test.wav" may enable some debug messages that
> are useful to isolating the problem.
>
> AUDIODEV is currently not supported on OSX.  That could also be part
> of the problem if you have multiple recording devices.
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:55 AM, bet hec han gey ouw ant toc
> <six...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > working on a script to record short snippets of audio every once in a
> while
> > and then combine.
> > can't seem to get the recording working on the mac. maybe i have to
> > correctly point it to the right audio source. i see something about
> setting
> > AUDIODEV in the man pages but not sure how to get to this on a mac. any
> > tips?
> >
> > <code>
> > while [ 1 ]
> > do
> > let "counter=counter+1"
> > echo $counter
> > sox -d -c 2 snip${counter:1}.wav trim 0 5
> > sleep 10
> > done
> > </code>
> > <output>
> > 10001
> >
> > Input File???? : 'default' (coreaudio)
> > Channels?????? : 2
> > Sample Rate??? : 44100
> > Precision????? : 16-bit
> > Sample Encoding: 16-bit Signed Integer PCM
> >
> > In:0.00% 00:00:00.00 [00:00:00.00] Out:0???? [????? |????? ]
> > Clip:0
> > Done.
> > 10002
> >
> > ...
> >
> > </output>
> >
> > and all the wav files are empty.
> >
> > related: a previous timelapse audio script for processing already
> recorded
> > files is here:
> >
> http://plainfront.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/experiments-with-timelapse-and-audio/
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> > dan
> >
> >
> >
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> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:07:22 -0500
> From: Chris Bagwell <ch...@cn...>
> Subject: Re: [SoX-users] using sox to record on a mac? / timelapse
>        audio
> To: sox...@li...
> Message-ID:
>        <AAN...@ma...>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I do not think recording works on OSX... The hardware I developed
> software on did not have a working recording device and I just took a
> guess at how to do it.
>
> Hopefully a programmer with access will eventually step in.  For one
> thing, we are not setting audio properties for correct channel #'s or
> sample rate.
>
> This may be confusing things... Maybe you'll get lucky if you first
> run another recording application using correct sample size, rate, and
> channels and the audio device may default to re-using those settings
> when you run SoX.
>
> Also, running "rec -V10 test.wav" may enable some debug messages that
> are useful to isolating the problem.
>
> AUDIODEV is currently not supported on OSX.  That could also be part
> of the problem if you have multiple recording devices.
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:55 AM, bet hec han gey ouw ant toc
> <six...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > working on a script to record short snippets of audio every once in a
> while
> > and then combine.
> > can't seem to get the recording working on the mac. maybe i have to
> > correctly point it to the right audio source. i see something about
> setting
> > AUDIODEV in the man pages but not sure how to get to this on a mac. any
> > tips?
> >
> > <code>
> > while [ 1 ]
> > do
> > let "counter=counter+1"
> > echo $counter
> > sox -d -c 2 snip${counter:1}.wav trim 0 5
> > sleep 10
> > done
> > </code>
> > <output>
> > 10001
> >
> > Input File???? : 'default' (coreaudio)
> > Channels?????? : 2
> > Sample Rate??? : 44100
> > Precision????? : 16-bit
> > Sample Encoding: 16-bit Signed Integer PCM
> >
> > In:0.00% 00:00:00.00 [00:00:00.00] Out:0???? [????? |????? ]
> > Clip:0
> > Done.
> > 10002
> >
> > ...
> >
> > </output>
> >
> > and all the wav files are empty.
> >
> > related: a previous timelapse audio script for processing already
> recorded
> > files is here:
> >
> http://plainfront.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/experiments-with-timelapse-and-audio/
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> > dan
> >
> >
> >
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