"Martin Blume" <mblume@socha.net> writes:

> "Jerry Avins"  schrieb
>> > How do I convert a 16 BIT, stereo wave audio.... into an 8 BIT
> mono audio
>> > in MATLAB. Please help
>> >
>> > [s, fs]=wavread('test.wav');
>> >
>> > snew=(:,1); %This converts it to mono
>>
>> What is your question? Is it how to convert a 16-bit integer to 8
> bits?
>> Is it how to do it with the best adherence to the original?
>>
>> Do you know about binary numbers and bits?
>>
> It's a shame that MATLAB is delivered without documentation these
> days.
> The version we bought in our company came with a lot of booklets
> and you could even do help(function) or so in the program.
>
> Regards
> Martin

Indeed. In the old days, they even had a web sight that provided
complete documentation as well as a broad base of user-contributed
m-file scripts for many common tasks.
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%% Fuquay-Varina, NC            %  things were so uncomplicated?"
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%%%% <yates@ieee.org>           % *Time*, Electric Light Orchestra
http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescr

Martin Blume wrote:
> "Jerry Avins"  schrieb
>>> How do I convert a 16 BIT, stereo wave audio.... into an 8 BIT
> mono audio
>>> in MATLAB. Please help
>>>
>>> [s, fs]=wavread('test.wav');
>>>
>>> snew=(:,1); %This converts it to mono
>> What is your question? Is it how to convert a 16-bit integer to 8
> bits?
>> Is it how to do it with the best adherence to the original?
>>
>> Do you know about binary numbers and bits?
>>
> It's a shame that MATLAB is delivered without documentation these
> days.
> The version we bought in our company came with a lot of booklets
> and you could even do help(function) or so in the program.

It's all there. For some reason or other, some people don't look. Maybe 
reading English is hard.

Jerry
-- 
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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"Jerry Avins"  schrieb
> > How do I convert a 16 BIT, stereo wave audio.... into an 8 BIT
mono audio
> > in MATLAB. Please help
> >
> > [s, fs]=wavread('test.wav');
> >
> > snew=(:,1); %This converts it to mono
>
> What is your question? Is it how to convert a 16-bit integer to 8
bits?
> Is it how to do it with the best adherence to the original?
>
> Do you know about binary numbers and bits?
>
It's a shame that MATLAB is delivered without documentation these
days.
The version we bought in our company came with a lot of booklets
and you could even do help(function) or so in the program.

Regards
Martin

kingdavid3 wrote:
> How do I convert a 16 BIT, stereo wave audio.... into an 8 BIT mono audio
> in MATLAB. Please help
> 
> [s, fs]=wavread('test.wav');
> 
> snew=(:,1); %This converts it to mono

What is your question? Is it how to convert a 16-bit integer to 8 bits? 
Is it how to do it with the best adherence to the original?

Do you know about binary numbers and bits?

Jerry
-- 
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

How do I convert a 16 BIT, stereo wave audio.... into an 8 BIT mono audio
in MATLAB. Please help

[s, fs]=wavread('test.wav');

snew=(:,1); %This converts it to mono