AudioSig

Portable, dependency-light audio signal processing for NumPy arrays.

AudioSig provides the focused DSP operations needed by speech and audiobook applications without requiring librosa, SciPy, scikit-learn, or native extensions.

Installation

pip install audiosig

Basic usage

import numpy as np
from audiosig import (
    apply_speech_effects,
    generate_silence,
    pitch_shift,
    resample_speed,
    resample_to_length,
    time_stretch,
)

sample_rate = 24_000
audio = np.zeros(sample_rate, dtype=np.float32)

faster = time_stretch(audio, rate=1.1)
higher = pitch_shift(audio, sample_rate=sample_rate, semitones=2.0)
exact = resample_to_length(audio, 12_000)
faster_playback = resample_speed(audio, speed=1.25)
speech_effects = apply_speech_effects(audio, sample_rate=sample_rate, rate=1.1)
pause = generate_silence(0.25, sample_rate)

AudioSig accepts float32 and float64 NumPy arrays shaped as (samples,), (channels, samples), or arbitrary leading batch dimensions followed by the sample axis. The public functions never mutate their input and preserve the floating-point dtype.

time_stretch(rate=1.1) makes audio faster and shorter; rates below one make it slower and longer. pitch_shift(semitones=2) raises pitch while preserving the exact input length. resample_speed changes both duration and pitch, while resample_to_length targets an exact sample count. Regular resampling uses a finite windowed-sinc low-pass filter and produces round(input_length * target_rate / source_rate) samples.

Waveform construction and channel downmixing

generate_silence(duration, sample_rate) returns a newly allocated, one-dimensional mono buffer of zeros. Its length is exactly int(duration * sample_rate), using truncation/floor semantics, and its dtype is float32 by default or float64 when requested. Only float32 and float64 are accepted. For long silence files, generate bounded chunks in the application and stream those chunks to the file layer; AudioSig does not provide file I/O or a streaming API.

downmix_to_mono(audio, channel_axis=0) averages the explicitly selected channel axis in the input dtype. It preserves all other axes, performs no clipping or normalization, and returns caller-owned storage. One-dimensional audio is treated as already mono and copied. SoundFile-style frames-first data uses channel_axis=1; AudioSig's channels-first layout uses the default:

from audiosig import downmix_to_mono

silence = generate_silence(0.5, 24_000)  # (12_000,), float32
mono_frames = downmix_to_mono(frames, channel_axis=1)
mono_channels = downmix_to_mono(channels)

Both operations are NumPy-array primitives only. They do not decode or encode WAV/FLAC/MP3 files, resolve URLs, play audio, or compose audiobook chapters.

Silence trimming and VAD

from audiosig import normalized_energy_vad, split, trim

trimmed, interval = trim(
    audio,
    top_db=40.0,
    frame_length=512,
    hop_length=128,
)

activity = normalized_energy_vad(
    audio,
    sample_rate,
    frame_duration_ms=10,
    energy_threshold=0.15,
)

intervals = split(audio, top_db=40.0, frame_length=512, hop_length=128)

Passing sample_rate selects normalized-energy VAD compatible with the former PyKokoro helper. Omitting it selects relative-dB VAD with overlapping frame controls. The package also exports framing, frame RMS, short-time energy, zero-crossing rate, spectral flux, median smoothing, decibel conversion, and non-silent-frame detection. split returns clipped half-open [start, end) intervals for every active region, while trim returns the single outer interval. The compatibility energy_based_vad wrapper remains available; explicit normalized_energy_vad and relative_db_vad functions make the algorithm choice visible. Normalized VAD preserves its historical pad_end=False default, while pad_end=True analyzes trailing partial speech. Use find_speech_bounds when [0, 0] must be distinguishable from speech at sample zero.

Synthetic examples are available under examples/. They use sine waves and seeded noise, so no input recordings or optional packages are required.

AudioSig provides speech-oriented NumPy WSOLA and experimental ESOLA backends for moderate rate and prosody changes, plus a basic phase-vocoder backend for generic numerical use. Select ESOLA with method="esola" and provide sample_rate; its supported rate range is 0.5 <= rate <= 2.0. The speech-effects compositor uses WSOLA by default and combines pitch and rate in one time-scale pass. ESOLA is not a general music stretcher, does not claim formant preservation, and has not been validated as an extreme-speed solution. The experimental method="td_psola" option is available only through pitch_shift and apply_speech_effects: it directly modifies voiced speech pulses and uses WSOLA for unvoiced duration changes. It is limited to -6 <= semitones <= 6 and 0.75 <= rate <= 1.5, is not a music or polyphonic pitch shifter, and does not guarantee formant preservation. It is not a default; see the TD-PSOLA listening protocol before considering any promotion. All public effects preserve exact output-length, dtype, axis, copy, and finite input contracts. Invalid arrays and parameters raise typed AudioSig exceptions so applications can choose their own fail-open or fail-fast policy.

AudioSig supports Python 3.10 through 3.14 and requires NumPy 1.24 or newer. The package is licensed under Apache-2.0. See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md for the provenance boundary of the clean-room silence/VAD implementation.

PyKokoro integration

AudioSig provides numeric DSP only. PyKokoro should parse SSMD strings at its application boundary, call AudioSig with numeric parameters, catch AudioSignalError, and decide whether to log, retry, or return the original audio. A stable dependency range such as audiosig>=0.1.0,<0.2 should only be declared after that release is published on the intended package index.

The relevant numeric operations are apply_speech_effects, apply_gain_db, energy_based_vad, frame_rms, resample, resample_speed, resample_to_length, trim, and activity_to_intervals.

This checkout contains AudioSig only; downstream source changes and release verification require the PyKokoro and TTSForge repositories.

Compatibility policy

Direct resample keeps AudioSig's historical rounded output length by default; pass length_mode="ceil" when matching librosa's length policy is required. pitch_shift continues to enforce the exact input length. The portable effect implementation intentionally retains its symmetric Hann window and reflect center padding, so time/pitch effects are covered by duration, axis, channel, and finite-output invariants rather than sample-for-sample librosa equality.