audioread

Read an audio file.

Syntax

• y = audioread(filename)
• [y, fs] = audioread(filename)
• [y, fs] = audioread(filename, range)
• [y, fs] = audioread(filename, type)
• [y, fs] = audioread(filename, range, type)

Input argument

• filename - a string: an existing filename.
• range - a vector: [start end].
• type - a string: 'double' or 'native'.

Output argument

• y - a matrix: audio data.
• fs - an integer value: sampling rate.

Description

audioread reads an audio file.

Supported format: 'wav', 'ogg', 'flac', 'mp3', 'caf', 'au', 'aiff'. See audiosupportedformats function to have all supported formats.

If type is 'native' then audio data depends on the file format (single, double, integers).

Example

wav_audio = [modulepath('audio'), '/examples/haha.wav'];
[y, fs] = audioread(wav_audio);
playObj = audioplayer(y, fs);
playblocking(playObj)
delete(playObj)
clear playObj

See also

playblocking, audioplayer, audiosupportedformats, audiowrite.

History

Author

Allan CORNET