1SNDFILE-GENERATE-CHIRP(1) General Commands Manual SNDFILE-GENERATE-CHIRP(1)
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6 sndfile-generate-chirp - generate a sound file containing a chirp
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9 sndfile-generate-chirp [options] <sample rate> <length in seconds>
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14 sndfile-generate-chirp generates a sound file containing a sine wave
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24 The format of the output file is determined by the filename extension
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29 This manual page was written by Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-
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35 December 14, 2009 SNDFILE-GENERATE-CHIRP(1)