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+from scipy.io import wavfile
+import scipy.io
+
+# file name would need to be read and saved to this variable
+wav_fname = ""
+
+# opens the .wav file
+samplerate, data = wavfile.read(wav_fname)
+
+print(f"number of channels = {data.shape[len(data.shape) - 1]}")
+print(f"sample rate = {samplerate}Hz")
+
+length = data.shape[0] / samplerate
+print(f"length = {length}s")
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