# Changing the sampling rate: resample

### 15.1.8 Changing the sampling rate: resample

The resample command resamples a clip to a desired rate.

- resample takes one mandatory argument and two optional arguments:
  - A, an audio clip.
  - Optionally, r, the target sample rate in Hz (by default 44100).
  - Optionally, n, an integer specifying the quality level, from 0 (poor) to 4 (best) (by default, 2).
- resample(A ⟨ r,n⟩) returns the audio clip A resampled to rate r.

giac does resampling by using the libsamplerate library http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsamplerate/ written by Erik de Castro Lopo. For more information see the library documentation.

#### Example.

Assuming that the directory sounds contains example.wav, a wav file with a sample rate of 44100:
Input:

clip:=readwav("/path/to/sounds/example.wav"):; samplerate(clip)

Output:

44100

Input:

res:=resample(clip,48000):; samplerate(res)

Output:

48000