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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
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Subject: Re: Using 16-bit Signed Integer PCM
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Rene Maurer <rmnet@mailc.net> wrote:
> dump.sox is in s32 format and not as assumed in s16 format.

> Is there an explanation?

.sox is always 32-bit integer, see soxformat(7) manpage.

And having hacked on sox internals in C, I can confirm.  It's a
bit unfortunate, since nowadays most audio plugins and libraries
are 32-bit float and FPUs are common, so the conversions cost
some performance.