def _execute_sox_cmd(self, cmd, console_output=False):
        """
        Executes a Sox command in a platform-independent manner.

        `cmd` must be a format string that includes {inputfile} and {outputfile}.
        """
        on_windows = platform.system().lower() == "windows"

        # On Windows, a temporary file cannot be shared outside the process that creates it
        # so we need to create a "permanent" file that we will use and delete afterwards
        def _get_random_tmp_file():
            if on_windows:
                rand_string = "".join(random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits) for _ in range(8))
                tmp = self.name + "_" + rand_string
                WinTempFile = collections.namedtuple("WinTempFile", "name")
                tmp = WinTempFile(tmp)
            else:
                tmp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
            return tmp

        # Get a temp file to put our data and a temp file to store the result
        tmp = _get_random_tmp_file()
        othertmp = _get_random_tmp_file()

        # Store our data in the temp file
        self.export(tmp.name, format="WAV")

        # Write the command to sox
        stdout = stderr = subprocess.PIPE if console_output else subprocess.DEVNULL
        command = cmd.format(inputfile=tmp.name, outputfile=othertmp.name)
        res = subprocess.call(command.split(' '), stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
        assert res == 0, "Sox did not work as intended, or perhaps you don't have Sox installed?"

        # Create a new AudioSegment from the other temp file (where Sox put the result)
        other = AudioSegment(pydub.AudioSegment.from_wav(othertmp.name), self.name)

        # Clean up the temp files
        if on_windows:
            os.remove(tmp.name)
            os.remove(othertmp.name)
        else:
            tmp.close()
            othertmp.close()

        return other
Executes a Sox command in a platform-independent manner.

        `cmd` must be a format string that includes {inputfile} and {outputfile}.