sox on os x - JoFrhwld/FAVE GitHub Wiki

You can find binaries and installers for SoX on its sourceforge downloads page The current version the last time this page was updated was 14.4.1. Download sox-14.4.1-macosx.zip from the Sourceforge page, unzip it, and put the unzipped folder somewhere where it'll stay permanently (like /Applications).



In the 
Terminal application,
 go 
to 
your 
home
 directory and list all of the files in it.

cd ~
ls -a

Look towards the top of the list for a file called .bash_profile. [1]

If there isn't one, you can create it by typing

touch .bash_profile

Open the file:

open .bash_profile

Add the following line to the end of the file.

export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/sox-14.4.1

If you put the SoX folder in a directory other than /Applications, change this line accordingly. Save and close .bash_profile

[1] Note: You may instead find a .bash_login file. If you already have a .bash_login but NOT a .bash_profile, you can add the sox path to .bash_login instead. However, if in future you create a .bash_profile it will take precedence, so anything in .bash_login will be ignored. For this reason you should probably just use .bash_profile.

Close and reopen the Terminal window. Type in

which sox

The Terminal should print back

Applications/sox-14.4.1/sox