MATLAB Function Reference |
Read Microsoft WAVE (.wav
) sound file
Graphical Interface
As an alternative to auread
, use the Import Wizard. To activate the Import Wizard, select Import Data from the File menu.
Syntax
y = wavread('filename') [y,Fs,bits] = wavread('filename') [...] = wavread('filename',N) [...] = wavread('filename',[N1 N2]) [...] = wavread('filename','size')
Description
wavread
supports multichannel data, with up to 32 bits per sample, and supports reading 24- and 32-bit .wav
files.
y = wavread('filename')
loads a WAVE file specified by the string filename
, returning the sampled data in y
. The .wav
extension is appended if no extension is given. Amplitude values are in the range [-1,+1]
.
[y,Fs,bits] = wavread('filename')
returns the sample rate (Fs
) in Hertz and the number of bits per sample (bits
) used to encode the data in the file.
[...] = wavread('filename',N)
returns only the first N
samples from each channel in the file.
[...] = wavread('filename',[N1 N2])
returns only samples N1
through N2
from each channel in the file.
siz = wavread('filename','size')
returns the size of the audio data contained in the file in place of the actual audio data, returning the vector siz = [samples channels]
.
See Also
wavplay | wavrecord |
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