wavread

(/tools/hpmatlab/toolbox/matlab/sounds/wavread.m)

Function Synopsis

[y,Fs,Format]=wavread(wavefile)

Help text

WAVREAD  Load Microsoft Windows 3.1 .WAV format sound files.
   [y]=WAVREAD(wavefile) loads a .WAV format file specified by "wavefile", 
       returning the sampled data in variable "y". The .WAV extension 
       in the filename is optional.

   [y,Fs]=WAVREAD(wavefile) loads a .WAV format file specified by  
       "wavefile", returning the sampled data in variable "y" and the 
       sample rate in variable "Fs".
   
   [y,Fs,Format]=WAVREAD(wavefile) loads a .WAV format file specified by 
       "wavefile",returning the sampled data in variable "y", the sample 
       rate in variable "Fs", and the .WAV file format information in 
       variable "Format". The format information is returned as a 6 element
       vector with the following order:

               Format(1)       Data format (always PCM) 
               Format(2)       Number of channels
               Format(3)       Sample Rate (Fs)
               Format(4)       Average bytes per second (sampled)
               Format(5)       Block alignment of data
               Format(6)       Bits per sample

   Note: WAVREAD currently supports only 8-bit single channel data.

   See also WAVWRITE.

Cross-Reference Information

end            /tools/hpmatlab/toolbox/matlab/lang/end.m
error          /tools/hpmatlab/toolbox/matlab/lang/error.m
for            /tools/hpmatlab/toolbox/matlab/lang/for.m
if             /tools/hpmatlab/toolbox/matlab/lang/if.m
input          /tools/hpmatlab/toolbox/matlab/lang/input.m
nargin         /tools/hpmatlab/toolbox/matlab/elmat/nargin.m
which          /tools/hpmatlab/toolbox/matlab/general/which.m