Re: [SoX-users] endlessly repeating self-built waveform ?

[Doug L. <dg...@dl...>]

On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 07:36:31PM -0800, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> Hello,
> suppose I've build a sound file (for simplicity, a .wav one) which contains just one period of a periodic function.
> And the shape of that function is according to my needs, i.e. it's not a shape readily available from 'sox'.
> Is there a way to endlessly repeat (infinite loop) playing of that single period without gaps ? As if 'sox' is that special periodic function signal generator.

I think the `repeat' option is what you want, though whether it's
gapless for real-time use may depend on your hardware, and it's not
infinite:

play file.wav repeat 99999

may be gapless on fast hardware, but

sox file.wav loop999.wav repeat 999

should be gapless in its creation of loop999.wav.

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