---
name: "wdq2wav"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wdq2wav"
version: "1.0.0-1.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wdq2wav"
---

# wdq2wav(1)

convert a WinDAQ file channel to a wav file

## NAME

wdq2wav - convert a WinDAQ file channel to a wav file

## SYNOPSIS

**wdq2wav \[OPTIONS\] windaq-file channel-number wav-file**

## DESCRIPTION

**wdq2wav** extracts a channel from a WinDAQ file and produces a .wav file.

If the command line parameters of the windaq-file, channel-number,  and wav-file are not given, then the program will prompt the user to enter those values when the program is run.

## OPTIONS

- **-p**

  Play channel through audio system

- **-m**

  Do not demean. (Don't subtract the mean of the samples from each sample.)

- **-z**

  Scale the .wav file output  **\*without\*** preservation of the zero value

- **-v**

  Verbose mode

- **-q**

  Quiet mode

- **-h**

  Show summary of options.

- **-r**

  Show version of program.

## AUTHOR

wdq2wav and this manual page were written by Kevin M. Rosenberg  \<kevin@rosenberg.net\>.