soundinfo

Short:        Print info about 8SVX samples
Author:       wnoeker@t-online.de (Wilhelm Noeker)
Uploader:     wnoeker t-online de (Wilhelm Noeker)
Type:         mus/misc
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

Soundinfo reads IFF 8SVX samples and gives a brief one-line description of
length, sampling rate, running time and channel and compression status.
Can also examine the amplitude distribution and create a GnuPlot datafile
of it.

Examples of what it does (think of the following as a CLI session):

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0.Work:snd/song> spat soundinfo #?    ; list a directory full of samples
  mono 8SVX, 0:33 at 11025 Hz, size  372858 (C0): Jeopardy.iff
  mono 8SVX, 0:46 at 14074 Hz, size  647820 (C0): Blossom.iff
  mono 8SVX, 2:13 at 14700 Hz, size 1955296 (C0): Lorena.iff
  mono 8SVX, 0:39 at 22448 Hz, size  879544 (C0): Promises.iff
stereo 8SVX, 0:00 at 15480 Hz, size   13522 (C1): WhosBad.iff
  mono 8SVX, 2:33 at 14700 Hz, size 2249296 (C0): ThroughWLove.iff
not an IFF file ( 3452 bytes): histogram.plt

0.Work:snd/song> soundinfo -p blossom.iff    ; examine one sample closely
  mono 8SVX, 0:46 at 14074 Hz, size  647820 (C0): blossom.iff
read 647820 bytes = 100 %
volume ±  8:  179291 samples
volume ± 16:  129271 samples
volume ± 24:  100558 samples
volume ± 32:   75148 samples
volume ± 40:   54150 samples
volume ± 48:   37855 samples
volume ± 56:   26424 samples
volume ± 64:   17693 samples
volume ± 72:   11808 samples
volume ± 80:    6783 samples
volume ± 88:    4054 samples
volume ± 96:    2329 samples
volume ±104:    1284 samples
volume ±112:     658 samples
volume ±120:     289 samples
volume ±128:     225 samples
plotfile created: histogram.plt
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