# How to generate waveform graphics from audio files?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-generate-waveform-graphics-from-audio-files/210646
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**Created:** [December 20, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-generate-waveform-graphics-from-audio-files/210646 "2006-12-20T17:47:02Z")
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### Author: ![rmo518](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@rmo518](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rmo518)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-generate-waveform-graphics-from-audio-files/210646/1 "2006-12-20T17:47:02Z")

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Is there anyway to quickly generate jpgs or gifs of a sound’s wavefore from wav or MP3 files?

I could of course take screen captures of waveforms out of Flash itself or Audacity or some other such software, but that seems pretty time consuming if you have to do a lot of them.