=========================================== NOTE This module is deprecated. What you probably want is to use this C program with subprocess.Popen:

https://github.com/superjoe30/waveform

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.