waveform python module. Synopsis: import waveform # quickly draw the waveform of an mp3 file to a picture waveform.draw("infile.mp3", "outfile.png", (800, 100), bgColor=(0,0,0,0), fgColor=(0,0,128,255)) # draw using a gradient center_color = (184, 221, 242, 255) outer_color = (19, 117, 205, 255) waveform.draw("infile.mp3", "outfile.png", (800, 100), bgColor=(0,0,0,0), fgGradientCenter=center_color, fgGradientOuter=outer_color) # generate the picture extremely quickly at the loss of how # good the image looks waveform.draw("infile.mp3", "outfile.png", (800, 100), cheat=True) Supported audio formats: libsndfile + libmad123, e.g.: wav aiff au ogg flac mp3 Supported graphic formats: pretty much anything as far as I know. ImageMagick is pretty hefty.