This Python module provides bindings for the PortAudio library and a few convenience functions to play and record NumPy arrays containing audio signals.

The sounddevice module is available for Linux, macOS and Windows.

Documentation:

https://python-sounddevice.readthedocs.io/

Source code repository and issue tracker:

https://github.com/spatialaudio/python-sounddevice/

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