How to decrease sample bit size from 32-bit to 16-bit with S

..and I mean multiple samples at the same time. It takes too much time to convert samples one by one. I use Linux and need to convert my samples to work with mpc-500. Anyone got solution?

I found this guide from here:

9. Changing the Sampling Size of a Sound File

If we increase the sampling size , we will get better quality. Sample Size for audio is most often expressed as 8 bits or 16 bits. 8bit audio is more often used for voice recording.

* -b Sample data size in bytes
* -w Sample data size in words
* -l Sample data size in long words
* -d Sample data size in double long words

The following example will convert 8-bit audio file to 16-bit audio file.

$ sox -b input.wav -w output.wav

Howdy
Can't you use a wildcard to select your files?

You could move all the files you want to convert to one directory.

cd into that directory.

Then run:


That SHOULD create a number of files named outputXX.wav where XX is an incrementing number.

I could be totally wrong, I haven't used sox in a while.

- you know is the manual and might shed some more light on the situation.

EDIT: a little further investigation leads me to believe you might need to do this in a shell script. this is probably a pretty easy script to write and a good excuse to learn if you have never done it.

metsaehinen wrote:.I use Linux and need to convert my samples to work with mpc-500. Anyone got solution?

this is p!ss easy with linux

metsaehinen wrote:I found this guide from here:

9. Changing the Sampling Size of a Sound File

If we increase the sampling size , we will get better quality. Sample Size for audio is most often expressed as 8 bits or 16 bits. 8bit audio is more often used for voice recording.

* -b Sample data size in bytes
* -w Sample data size in words
* -l Sample data size in long words
* -d Sample data size in double long words

The following example will convert 8-bit audio file to 16-bit audio file.

$ sox -b input.wav -w output.wav

you've just answered your own question, can't you figure it out?!

sox -l input.wav -w output.wav

He's trying to convert a bunch of files not just one.

Can't you figure it out?!

;]

ah yeah, ok


Edit: added quotes to handle filenames with spaces in

NICE!

that'll do it for all wav files in the current directory, putting the converted files in a new sub-directory called 'fixed'

if you need it for an entire directory hierarchy, and you want to modify the original files (not create new ones) then ...



Edit: added quotes to handle filenames with spaces in
Edit: the $tmpfile needs to have a .wav extension or sox doesn't know what format it is

I didn't actually test that, so I recommend trying it in a new directory containing some test files you don't mind losing in case I made a mistake or two

I Made conversion with Foobar2000 + wine. Couldn't get SoX to work.

Great! Foobar is awesome...glad to know it runs in wine.