---
name: "xwave"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xwave"
version: "0.6+2-10"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xwave"
---

# xwave(1)

edits audio files in X Window System

## NAME

xwave - edits audio files in X Window System

## SYNOPSIS

**xwave** \[ **-h** \| **-?** \| **-help** \] \[ **-device  device** \] \[ **-wdir** *working-directory* \] \[ **-maxmem** *mem-in-bytes* \] *audio-file*\
  ...

## DESCRIPTION

**XWave** can edit, modify, and apply effects to sound files.

It supports RIFF (also known as WAV), AIFC, AU and RAW audio formats with different compression schemes (PCM, ALAW, ULAW and ADPCM).

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  **-?** **-help** Prints a short help.

- **-device** *device*

  Use the specified  *device* for playing and recording. Defaults to /dev/dsp

- **-wdir** *working-directory*

  The directory where files will be loaded and saved by default.

- **-maxmem** *mem-in-bytes*

  Use at most  *mem-in-bytes* bytes of memory per file loaded. If a file exceeds *mem-in-bytes* bytes, it will be played and edited on disk.

## RESOURCES

- **XWave\*wdir**

  The working directory.

- **XWave\*tdir**

  The temporary directory where files which cannot fit in physical memory are edited. This is overridden by the environment variables *TMP* and *TMPDIR.*

- **XWave\*device**

  The device used for playing and recording.

- **XWave\*maxmem**

  Maximum memory in bytes to be allocated in RAM. Any edited file exceeding this size will be edited on disk.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **TMP**

  If this variable exists and points to a writable directory, this directory will be used as temporary directory.

- **TMPDIR**

  Same as  *TMP.*

## NOTES

**Xwave** will try to find the temporary directory by searching successively:

the environment variable *TMP,*

the environment variable *TMPDIR,*

the X resource *XWave\*tdir,*

or the hard-coded /tmp directory.

## AUTHOR

This man page has been written for Debian by Philippe Troin \<phil@fifi.org\>.