From 7d2fef206433f7563a93e376a4a115e0d60eea33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Lostanlen Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 16:36:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] write README --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0f07d2c..cad3cbf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,14 @@ # longwind Make an audio file (really) long-winded + +``` +Daily repetitions are an illusion anyway. +— Tristan Bath, Shilla Strelka +``` + +This Python script concatenates audio files in a directory. It depends on sox while circumventing one of its shortcomings: the number of arguments in a command such as `sox input output.wav` is limited to 100. Against this problem, longwind assembles audio files in small batches (default size = 50) recursively until all batches are recombined onto the same file. + +Longwind has been used by composer Florian Hecker to produce `Syn As Tex [AC]`, a monumental computer music piece (51 hours). Listen at: https://etat.xyz/release/SynAsTexAC + + +Program made by Vincent Lostanlen, CNRS, in 2021. MIT License. \ No newline at end of file