How to change speed of a wav file while retaining the sampling frequency in Python

Question

I wish to change the speed of an audio file (in the .wav format) by small amounts(±25%). The catch is that I need to retain the previous sample rate of the file. Both solutions involving a change of speed and pitch, and change of speed only (tempo change) are welcome, as ideally I would like to do both separately.

Why not try to use audacity? It seems simpler. – tupui Aug 01 '17 at 15:13 — tupui, Aug 01 '17 at 15:13
Not a viable option for thousands of examples ;) – Bruno KM Aug 02 '17 at 08:28 — Bruno KM, Aug 02 '17 at 08:28

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '17 at 15:19

You can use ffmpeg for that purpose:

ffmpeg -i in.wav -filter:a "atempo=0.5" out.wav

If you want to call it from Python, you can use ffmpy.

import ffmpy
ff = ffmpy.FFmpeg(inputs={"in.wav": None}, outputs={"out.wav": ["-filter:a", "atempo=0.5"]})
ff.run()

How to change speed of a wav file while retaining the sampling frequency in Python

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