How to plot WAV file

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john_smith45 · Dec 13, 2021 · 2K views
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Hello,   I'd like to plot .wav file in time and frequency domain.
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Answered Nov 20, 2025
If this is the output of wavread, then see if you have two channels in y
 
[y,fs] = wavread(filename);

If y is two-channels, Nx2, then just plot one:

    y = y(:,1);

    dt = 1/fs;
    t = 0:dt:(length(y)*dt)-dt;
    plot(t,y); xlabel('Seconds'); ylabel('Amplitude');
    figure
    plot(psd(spectrum.periodogram,y,'Fs',fs,'NFFT',length(y)));

 

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