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# scipy.io.wavfile.read

`scipy.io.wavfile.``read`(file, mmap=False)

  Return the sample rate (in samples/sec) and data from a WAV file

  Parameters : | file : file Input wav file. mmap : bool, optional Whether to read data as memory mapped. (Default: False) New in version 0.12.0.
  Returns : | rate : int Sample rate of wav file data : numpy array Data read from wav file

  Notes

  - The file can be an open file or a filename.
  - The returned sample rate is a Python integer
  - The data is returned as a numpy array with a data-type determined from the file.

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