ref: 3e264d195ae38ae281cec5c3cc3632a56bb9cb1c
parent: 0904a4c1387919d318adece40838564b0a96c5b6
author: Rob Sykes <robs@users.sourceforge.net>
date: Sat Aug 13 03:52:59 EDT 2011
the splice effect is easily misunderstood; hopefully, this diagram will help alleviate this
--- a/sox.1
+++ b/sox.1
@@ -3375,6 +3375,27 @@
effect given with the position at which to perform the splice\*mthis is
length of the first audio section (including the excess).
.SP
+The following diagram uses the tape analogy to illustrate the splice
+operation. The effect simulates the diagonal cuts and joins the two pieces:
+.EX
+
+ length1 excess
+ -----------><--->
+ _________ : : _________________
+ \\ : : :\\ `
+ \\ : : : \\ `
+ \\: : : \\ `
+ * : : * - - *
+ \\ : : :\\ `
+ \\ : : : \\ `
+ _______________\\: : : \\_____`____
+ : : : :
+ <---> <----->
+ excess leeway
+
+.EE
+where * indicates the joining points.
+.SP
For example, a long song begins with two verses which start (as
determined e.g. by using the
.B play