atone(1)

NAME
atone - Generate a sine wave to stdout

SYNOPSIS
atone [-freq frequency] [-power power] [-phase phase] [-peak peak] [-time time]

DESCRIPTION

atone generates a sine wave tone on stdout in MU255 format. atone | aplay is a useful command pipeline.

OPTIONS

[-freq]

    Specifies the frequency in Hz. Defaults to 1000.0.

[-power]

    Specifies the power level in dB, relative to the digital milliwatt. Defaults to -10.0.

[-phase]

    Specifies the initial phase of the sine wave. Legal values are in the range 0 to 1024 - which represent the cycle divided into 1024 parts. Defaults to 0.

[-peak]

    Specifies the peak integer value corresponding to the digital clipping level. Defaults to 8031. Don't change this one.

[-time]

    Generates so many seconds of tone. Default is infinite.

ENVIRONMENT

none

BUG
Probably.

If you encounter a reproducible bug, please submit a problem report to (af-bugs@crl.dec.com).

SEE ALSO
apower(1) aplay(1)

COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1993-1994, Digital Equipment Corporation.
See AF(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHORS
Digital Cambridge Research Lab