soxr package
- ResampleStream
- resample()

Python-SoXR#

High quality, one-dimensional sample-rate conversion library for Python.

Homepage: dofuuz/python-soxr
Documentation: https://python-soxr.readthedocs.io
PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/soxr/

Keywords: Resampler, Audio resampling, Samplerate conversion, DSP(Digital Signal Processing)

Python-SoXR is a Python wrapper of libsoxr.

Installation#

pip install soxr

If installation fails, upgrade pip with python -m pip install --upgrade pip and try again.

in Conda environment#

conda install -c conda-forge soxr-python

Note: Conda packge name is soxr-python, not python-soxr.

Basic usage#

import soxr

y = soxr.resample(
    x,          # input array – mono(1D) or multi-channel(2D of [frame, channel])
    48000,      # input samplerate
    16000       # target samplerate
)

If input is not numpy.ndarray, it will be converted to numpy.ndarray(dtype='float32').
dtype should be one of float32, float64, int16, int32.

Output is numpy.ndarray with same dimension and data type of input.

Streaming usage#

Use ResampleStream for real-time processing or very long signal.

import soxr

rs = soxr.ResampleStream(
    44100,              # input samplerate
    16000,              # target samplerate
    1,                  # channel(s)
    dtype='float32'     # data type (default = 'float32')
)

eof = False
while not eof:
    # Get chunk
    ...

    y_chunk = rs.resample_chunk(
        x,              # input aray – mono(1D) or multi-channel(2D of [frame, channel])
        last=eof        # Set True at end of input
    )

Output frame count may not be consistent. This is normal operation.
(ex. [0, 0, 0, 186, 186, 166, 186, 186, 168, …])

📝 More code examples

Benchmark#

Sweep, impulse, speed compairsion with other resamplers for Python.

https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1_xYUs00VWYOAXShB85W1MFWaUjGHfO4K?usp=sharing

Speed comparison summary#

Downsampling 10 sec of 48000 Hz to 44100 Hz.
Ran on Google Colab.

Library	Time on CPU (ms)
soxr (HQ)	10.8
torchaudio	13.8
soxr (VHQ)	14.5
scipy.signal.resample	21.3
lilfilter	24.7
julius	31
resampy (kaiser_fast)	108
samplerate (sinc_medium)	223
resampy (kaiser_best)	310
samplerate (sinc_best)	794

Technical detail#

For technical details behind resampler, see libsoxr docs.

Python-SoXR package comes with modified version of libsoxr. See changes here.
These changes do not apply to dynamic-linked builds (e.g. conda-forge build).
To check the version of libsoxr, use soxr.__libsoxr_version__.

Credit and License#

Python-SoXR is LGPL v2.1+ licensed, following libsoxr’s license.

OSS libraries used#

libsoxr (LGPLv2.1+)#

The SoX Resampler library
https://sourceforge.net/projects/soxr/