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Description:
SOund eXchange: universal sound sample translator

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 14.4.2@0 | Tracked Since: Oct 15, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: audio converter cli multimedia processing

Install: brew install sox

About:
SoX (Sound eXchange) is a command-line utility that converts, processes, and synthesizes audio data across various formats. It serves as a versatile toolkit for audio manipulation, offering features like effects processing, format conversion, and signal analysis. Its primary value is providing a unified interface for complex audio tasks without requiring a graphical user interface.

Key Features:

Converts between dozens of audio file formats (WAV, MP3, FLAC, OGG, etc.)
Applies real-time audio effects (reverb, pitch shift, equalization, noise reduction)
Analyzes audio signals with spectrograms and statistical reporting
Scriptable command-line interface ideal for batch processing

Use Cases:

Batch converting large libraries of music files to a specific format
Cleaning up audio recordings by removing noise or normalizing volume
Generating test tones or synthesizing audio for development purposes

Alternatives:

ffmpeg – FFmpeg is a broader multimedia framework that handles video and complex audio codecs, while SoX is focused specifically on audio manipulation and synthesis.
lame – Lame is specialized specifically for MP3 encoding/decoding, whereas SoX supports a wider variety of formats and effects.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 15, 2025 5:03pm		6	VERSION_BUMP	e830219c
Sep 11, 2025 12:20am		6	VERSION_BUMP	d81dc099