wavread

Purpose

Load Microsoft Windows 3.1 .WAV format sound files.

Synopsis

y = wavread('wavefile')
[y,Fs] = wavread('wavefile')
[y,Fs,format] = wavread('wavefile')

Description

y = wavread('wavefile') loads the .WAV file wavefile, returning the sampled data in y. If wavefile does not include a file extension, the function assumes .WAV.

[y,Fs] = wavread('wavefile') returns the sample rate Fs.

[y,Fs,format] = wavread('wavefile') returns the six-element vector format, where

  • format(1) is the data format. This is always the string 'PCM'.
  • format(2) is the number of channels.
  • format(3) is the sample rate (Fs).
  • format(4) is the average bytes per second (sampled).
  • format(5) is the block alignment of the data.
  • format(6) is the number of bits per sample.
    This function currently supports only 8-bit, single channel data.

    See Also

    wavwrite
    

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