Re: Question about syntax for --sox−pipe with output to file

[Pierow <pierow@thepyro.com>]

Thank you Eric.  I appreciate the follow-up.

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 5:38 AM, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:
>
> See the short SYNOPSIS at the top of the manpage,
> many people probably skip over it :)
>
>> Is there a way to tell direct this output to a file instead of playing
>> to system audio?
>
> Same as play, almost:
>
> sox "|sox -n -p synth .276 sine 1200 gain -1" \
>         "|sox -n -p synth .276 sine 900 gain -1" \
>         "|sox -n -p synth .380 sine 1200 gain -1" \
>         output.wav
>
> Basically, "play $INPUTS" is the same as "sox $INPUTS -t $FORMAT"
>
> So if you use alsa, the following should behave just like play
> did for you:
>
> sox "|sox -n -p synth .276 sine 1200 gain -1" \
>         "|sox -n -p synth .276 sine 900 gain -1" \
>         "|sox -n -p synth .380 sine 1200 gain -1" \
>         -t alsa

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