Python read microphone

I am trying to make python grab data from my microphone, as I want to make a random generator which will use noise from it. So basically I don't want to record the sounds, but rather read it in as a datafile, but realtime.

I know that Labview can do this, but I dislike that framework and am trying to get better at python.

Any help/tips?

Is there any alternative for Pyaudio?

Is there any alternative for PyAudio? simpleaudio is strongly recommended, but pyaudio , ffplay , and avplay are alternative options.

How do I record audio in Python?

Recording AudioThe python-sounddevice and pyaudio libraries provide ways to record audio with Python. python-sounddevice records to NumPy arrays and pyaudio records to bytes objects. Both of these can be stored as WAV files using the scipy and wave libraries, respectively.

You may be interested by PyAudio. I think you can get some bytes from the stream.

Here is an interesting example