How to edit raw PCM audio data without an audio library?

Question

I\'m interested in precisely extracting portions of a PCM WAV file, down to the sample level. Most audio modules seem to rely on platform-specific audio libraries. I want

Answer 1

Seems like a combination of open(..., "rb"), struct module, and some details about the wav/riff file format (probably better reference out there) will do the job.

Just curious, what do you intend on doing with the raw sample data?