xoundfile

A Python library for loading sound files with soundfile, xarray and optionally dask support.

Example

Lazy data array. Use compute() to load it or perform an operation on it:

import xoundfile as xf
arr = xf.open(filename)
arr + 1.

Using Dask:

arr = xf.open(filename, chunks=(None, 2))
(arr + 1.).arr.compute()

Or if you have multiple files that you'd like to merge into a single array:

open = lambda filename: xf.open(filename, chunks(None, None))
arr = xr.concat((map(open, files)), dim="files")
arr.mean()

Note indexing and chunking is currently far from optimal.