Hello, I have been looking at several WAV file format descriptions and also some
of the available tools. I was wondering if there were any pointers to working with
the format in Perl (libraries and other tools)? I know it would be slow, but, at least
at first, that's not a problem. I not dying to transition my brain to C++, though I
know I would end up there if things worked at all in Perl.

My goal is to split a 2 channel WAV file into three channels -- left only, common,
and right only. I could then play with the components in amplitude blends and
put in fixed delays to learn about generation of multi-channel sound from two
channels,

TIA,

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I don't know if you looking for this, but there is some command line tool written in Perl on the following website:
http://www.lameb.fsnet.co.uk/

The Fix Wav Offset is particurarly interest for me. It is able to modify an offset of a wav file on the hard disk. If a burner doesn't support write offset, it can modify the offset before burning.

Thanks for the reference. I took a look at the site yesterday, and
plan to download their stuff. Since it all appears to be in Perl, I
should be able to learn a good deal.

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