What it is
SoX (Sound eXchange) is a command-line tool for audio. It converts between audio formats, changes sample rates, trims, joins and normalizes files, and applies effects such as fades, reverb and noise reduction. It also includes play and rec for playing and recording from the terminal. Arch’s package is built from sox_ng, a maintained continuation of the original SoX.
sox input.wav output.flac rate 44100
Why it’s here
- Audio in scripts. Batch-convert or trim recordings without opening an editor.
- Quick record and play.
rec memo.wavrecords from your microphone.
On CoreDesktop
CoreDesktop installs SoX from pacman. Run sox, play or rec in a terminal. update keeps it current with the rest of the pacman packages.